Michael Strahan Squares Up May Issue of Success Magazine

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Strahan is also on the cover of the May issue of Success magazine, which will be pushed out on social media starting tomorrow and hit newsstands April 12. Inside the issue, under the headline “You Can’t Stop Him,” regular contributor Jeff Vrabel does a great job of capturing Strahan’s natural effervescence, touching on everything from his subject’s childhood in Germany, to that Hall of Fame run with the New York Giants, to key excerpts from last fall’s tome Wake Up Happy, and more:

Strahan has a number of natural advantages for achieving all these things, and the first is probably his memory. He ascribes that to being the youngest of six kids, where observation was key to attention and survival. He also credits the Giants, who made him study a six-inch-thick playbook in training camp and plucked out particular pages in practices and on game days. “In football, you have to adjust without a second thought,” he says, “You have to remember that blitz, that call.” He claims a photographic memory for sacks, which is considerable when you count up how many he has to remember…

The second natural advantage is his work ethic, born into him and reinforced during his days in Germany. “It’s the little things,” he says. “When I’m done with GMA and get to Live, I make sure I change my entire outfit. Shoes, socks, tie, shirt, everything. You don’t want someone to look and go, ‘Man, I saw him wearing the same thing!’ That’s lazy to me. It’s very important in whatever job I do to be 100 percent present.”

Strahan is also about to add to his J.C. Penney menswear line with MSX by Michael Strahan, a companion “athleisure” collection arriving in stores just in time for Father’s Day. Vrabel, who has a second piece in the May issue about trying out meditation, spent time for the Strahan piece on the Live! set and also got some nice quotes from, among others, Howie Long.

Success magazine is in the midst of its own impressive growth. The magazine launched a full redesign with the October 2015 issue, has just added a podcast titled Success Insider and has seen between January 2015 and February of this year increases in digital subscriptions (147.4%), newsstand sales (18.1%) and print subscriber rolls (17.5%).

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Headquartered in Dallas, Success magazine was launched way back in 1897 as a manifesto by Orison Swett Marden

The C.O.O.L Champion of Our Livelihood

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The C.O.O.L. – short for Champion Of Our Livelihood is a comfortable street wear brand embracing the creativity and originality of urban youth. The urban men’s wear line promotes individuality and independence in all aspects of life from fashion to hobbies to career choices. The C.O.O.L. philosophy, good choices put you in position to win.

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Based in North Miami, The C.O.O.L. draws inspiration from urban culture, including iconic celebrities, movies and hip hop music. Established in 2012, the men’s street wear brand is available in a number of urban retailers and sneaker stores nationwide and has been worn by Dannell Ellerbe of the New Orleans Saints, Kodak Black, DJ Khaled, Plies and a number of Miami artists.

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Shaq, Iverson among finalists for 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame class

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Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson were among the 14 names announced as finalists for the 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame class on Friday afternoon.

The finalists for basketball’s highest distinction include:

Shaquille O’Neal
Allen Iverson
Kevin Johnson
Sheryl Swoopes
Eddie Sutton (coach)
Bo Ryan (coach)
Tom Izzo (coach)
John McLendon (coach)
Muffett McGraw (coach)
Robert Hughes (coach)
Darrell Garretson (official)
Leta Andrews (coach)
Charles “Lefty” Driesell (coach)
1954-58 Wayland Baptist University

O’Neal spent 19 seasons in the league from 1992-2011, most notably with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Heat. He won four NBA championships, three Finals MVPs, made 15 All-Star teams, eight All-NBA First Teams, and is a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary team.

Iverson was selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996, leading the franchise to six postseason appearances and a trip to the NBA Finals in 2001. Revered as perhaps the most dominant little man in NBA history, Iverson won four scoring titles during his illustrious career, averaging 26.7 in 914 games.

“I’m a product of Michael Jordan, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley … all the guys that paved the way for us,” Iverson said at the announcement Friday in Toronto.

Notable names who weren’t named finalists as players from the North American committee include Tim Hardaway, Chris Webber, and Mark Aguirre.

The final enshrinees will be announced on April 4 during the NCAA’s Final Four in Houston.

Here’s What Watching The Super Bowl With Microsoft’s HoloLens Could Look Like in the Future We are the Jetsons & #ThisismotionTV

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Watching sports could soon be a very different experience — at least if it’s up to Microsoft and the NFL. Before you know it, a holographic player could be charging through your walls and replays could play in 3D on your coffee table.

Microsoft today released a new concept for its HoloLens augmented reality goggles that shows off its vision for what the combination of sports and HoloLens could soon look like. It’s worth watching, even if you don’t like football.

Not to rain on the parade, but as anybody who has tried the HoloLens prototype will tell you, this is still very much science fiction — not because HoloLens doesn’t work (I’ve tried it, and it sure does), but because the field of vision you get from the current versionsimply doesn’t give you the kind of immersive experience Microsoft shows in its video.

Microsoft is soliciting applications from developers right now and expects to ship its $3,000 HoloLens developer edition to a select group of them in the first quarter of this year (likely around the time of its Build developer conference, which conveniently starts on March 30).

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Beyonce Announces Formation Tour

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Beyonce has announced her plans for an upcoming world tour. It will kick off on April 27 in Miami and will end on July 31 in Brussels.

April 27 – Miami, FL – Marlins Park
April 29 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium
May 1 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome
May 3 – Raleigh, NC – Carter-Finley Stadium
May 5 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
May 7 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
May 9 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium
May 12 – San Diego CA – Qualcomm Stadium
May 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl
May 16 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium
May 18 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field
May 20 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
May 23 – Minneapolis, MN – TCF Bank Stadium
May 25 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
May 27 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
May 29 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
May 31 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field
June 3 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium
June 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
June 7 – New York, NY – Citi Field
June 10 – Baltimore, MD – M&T Bank Stadium
June 12 – Hersey, PA – Hersey Park Stadium
June 28 – Sunderland, UK – Stadium of Light
June 30 – Cardiff, UK – Millennium Stadium
July 2 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
July 5 – Manchester, UK – Emirates Old Trafford
July 7 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park
July 9 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
July 12 – Dusseldorf, DE – Esprit Arena
July 14 – Zurich, CH – Letzigrund
July 16 – Amsterdam, NE – Arena
July 18 – Milan, IT – Stadio San Siro
July 21 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
July 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Parken
July 26 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena
July 29 – Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena
July 31 – Brussels, BE – Roi Boudoin

WOW Congrats to Cory #ThisismotionTV

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What a difference a year can make. One year ago, anonymous messaging app After School was in the middle of a four-month-long ban from Apple’s App Store for violating the company’s safety guidelines.

Now After School is alive and well, and cashing a really big check.

The company, which has an app for high school students to post anonymously to their classmates, raised $16.4 million in a new round of venture funding led by Accomplice. The round includes other investors like Cowboy Ventures and individuals like Parse co-founder Tikhon Bernstam and AngelList founder Naval Ravikant.