The Collaborative Effort Makes Her Spirit Sing

Excited about the success of Major League Baseball's Diversity Summit 2014, Wendy Lewis, Vice President of Diversity and Strategic Alliances, told What's The 411Sports host, Glenn Gilliam, that the collaborative effort "makes her spirit sing." Ms. Lewis receives great support and enthusiasm from Commissioner Allan "Bud" Selig, Jonathan Mariner and MLB's 30 baseball clubs in the execution of the MLB Diversity Summit.

This is MLB's third diversity summit. It is however, the first in New York City and it opened on Jackie Robinson Day. The Jackie Robinson family will attend a ceremony on the second day of the summit. In addition to Sharon and Rachel Robinson, members of Mr. Nelson Mandela's family will also be in attendance at Yankees Stadium for the ceremony on the second day of the summit.

MLB has taken the lead on diversity and inclusion in sports and has given diversity and inclusion consultation to the other major sports. However, Ms. Lewis knows that the other sports will do things their way and perhaps, one day they will all do something together.

Major League Baseball is different; it does have a special calling.

"We have the legacy," Ms. Lewis stated. "We have the DNA of Jackie Robinson so I think we have an extra source of responsibility here".

Given the legacy of Jackie Robinson, it is disturbing to many that baseball now has the lowest number of African-American players of the top three major sports leagues: baseball, basketball, and football.

Addressing the dearth of African-American MLB players, Commissioner Selig in April 2013, launched the On-field Diversity Task Force to design ways improve the African-American player pipeline.

Major League Baseball is also a big supporter of the Negro League Baseball museum.

Ms. Lewis joined MLB Commissioner's office after spending eight seasons with the Chicago Cubs.

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Although his day is pretty much get up, go to work, go to bed and start all over again, Michael Strahan is having a great time doing his morning show, Live! with Kelly and Michael.

Strahan told What's The 411Sports reporter, Andrew Rosario, during Super Bowl Week 2014, he doesn't see much difference between being on Fox NFL Sunday and talking football and doing his morning show because sports and entertainment are all intertwined.

The real advantage of being on Fox NFL Sunday was being on camera. It prepared him for Live! with Kelly and Michael because just being on camera helps you to get over the nervousness of knowing millions of people are watching.

Additionally, Strahan credits learning television teamwork from working with Terry Bradshaw and crew on Fox NFL Sunday, which was great preparation for Live! with Kelly and Michael.

However, with all that said, what separates Fox NFL Sunday from Live! with Kelly and Michael is that Live! with Kelly and Michael is a lot more animated and there is more talk time than on Fox NFL Sunday.

On Being Elected into Pro Football Hall of Fame

As for the possibility of getting voted into the Pro Hall of Fame (NFL), "It would be amazing," Strahan said.

"It would be amazing and hopefully it happens. But, it is one of those things you can't worry about because you can't control it. And, you go out and you play as hard as you can for as long as you can, and hopefully it's appreciated, and the votes come in your way. And, if they don't, you go back to the drawing board and continue to live your life because being in the Hall of Fame (Pro Football) or not, doesn't mean you stop living. It means you keep on going and doing what you continue to do," Strahan continued.

Life seems to be good for Strahan, right now, really good.

Update: Michael Strahan was elected to the NFL Football Hall of Fame on February 1, 2014.

The induction ceremony for the seven-member class took place on August 2, 2014, in Canton, Ohio.

Check out Andrew Rosario' interview with NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan

Thousands of people converged on Union Square Park in New York City on May 3, 2014, for the rally called, Rock a Crown for #234, to protest the abduction of 234 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Nigerian Islamic militant group, Boko Haram.

Protestors at the Rock A Crown for 234 rally in New York City's Union Square Park. Photo Credit: Kizzy Cox/What's The 411 Networks

Gugulethu Mlambo told What's The 411TV host and veteran reporter, Kizzy Cox, that she had planned to attend brunch in Manhattan with friends. However, when Mlambo heard the news about the abducted school girls in Nigeria, she decided that what she needed to do was take action.

Gugulethu Mlambo, organizer of RockACrown #234 Rally to bring attention to the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Kizzy Cox/What's The 411 Networks

Watch video of Bring Back Our Girls Rally (Commentary Follows)

What's The 411Sports reporter, Andrew Rosario, talks with Fox Sports analyst, Pam Oliver, about reporting from as close to the action as you can get and being one of the few women doing what she does.

The interview took place at Media Row during the NFL's Super Bowl 2014 media week in New York City.

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