ICM Partners has acquired Select Sports Group, an indie agency that reps NFL coaches, players and executives.
The move was announced today by ICM Partners Managing Director/ICM Stellar Sports Chairman Ted Chervin, ICM Stellar Sports Executive Chairman Jonathan Barnett and Select Sports Group Co-Heads and owners Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley. The latter two will be Co-Presidents of the NFL representation division, which aims to boost clients’ off-the-field earning potential across all entertainment, marketing and branding platforms.
Per ICM Partners, Select Sports Group has represented more than 50 Super Bowl champions, 35 first-round NFL draft picks, 35 Pro Bowl players including multiple players in the 2020 game. Its high-profile player clients include Kyler Murray, Andy Dalton, Taysom Hill and Colin Kaepernick, along with Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury and Cleveland Browns Gm Andrew Berry.
Coming a month-plus ahead of the 2021 pro football season, the acquisition expands ICM Stellar Sports’ pro athlete representation footprint in North America.
The move was announced today by ICM Partners Managing Director/ICM Stellar Sports Chairman Ted Chervin, ICM Stellar Sports Executive Chairman Jonathan Barnett and Select Sports Group Co-Heads and owners Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley. The latter two will be Co-Presidents of the NFL representation division, which aims to boost clients’ off-the-field earning potential across all entertainment, marketing and branding platforms.
Per ICM Partners, Select Sports Group has represented more than 50 Super Bowl champions, 35 first-round NFL draft picks, 35 Pro Bowl players including multiple players in the 2020 game. Its high-profile player clients include Kyler Murray, Andy Dalton, Taysom Hill and Colin Kaepernick, along with Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury and Cleveland Browns Gm Andrew Berry.
Coming a month-plus ahead of the 2021 pro football season, the acquisition expands ICM Stellar Sports’ pro athlete representation footprint in North America.
- 7/27/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The NFL is building on its multi-faceted digital strategy with a new YouTube docuseries -- days after the league announced its foray onto to TikTok.
NFL Game Day All Access, bowing exclusively on YouTube today, will comprise 22 weekly episodes highlighting pivotal game-day moments of the 2019 season through the eyes of players and coaches -- both on and off the field, Variety reports. The series is being produced by NFL Films -- which creates commercials and organic content for and about the NFL -- and will air for free on the NFL’s four-year-old YouTube channel (which counts 5 million subscribers). Game Day All Access will combine game footage, behind-the-scenes clips, and wired sound.
Each episode will focus on a different player or coach, chronicling their morning trip to the stadium, the game itself, and then the departure back home. The first episode will feature appearances by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson,...
NFL Game Day All Access, bowing exclusively on YouTube today, will comprise 22 weekly episodes highlighting pivotal game-day moments of the 2019 season through the eyes of players and coaches -- both on and off the field, Variety reports. The series is being produced by NFL Films -- which creates commercials and organic content for and about the NFL -- and will air for free on the NFL’s four-year-old YouTube channel (which counts 5 million subscribers). Game Day All Access will combine game footage, behind-the-scenes clips, and wired sound.
Each episode will focus on a different player or coach, chronicling their morning trip to the stadium, the game itself, and then the departure back home. The first episode will feature appearances by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
And with the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Arizona Cardinals picked …
Kyler Murray, quarterback from the Oklahoma Sooners.
The 21-year-old Heisman Trophy winner became the first player to take to the stage in Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday night as thousands of football fans gathered in the Music City to see who would become the next Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff.
Also Read: La Chargers Defensive End Joey Bosa Gets Cameo on 'Game of Thrones' Season 8
It didn’t take the San Francisco 49ers long to announce their number two pick of Nick Bosa, defensive end for Ohio State. The choice also made the Bosa family the second family after the Mannings to have a father and two sons all go in the first round of the NFL Draft (brother Joey Bosa plays for the Los Angeles Chargers and dad, John Bosa, was drafted by the Miami Dolphins...
Kyler Murray, quarterback from the Oklahoma Sooners.
The 21-year-old Heisman Trophy winner became the first player to take to the stage in Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday night as thousands of football fans gathered in the Music City to see who would become the next Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff.
Also Read: La Chargers Defensive End Joey Bosa Gets Cameo on 'Game of Thrones' Season 8
It didn’t take the San Francisco 49ers long to announce their number two pick of Nick Bosa, defensive end for Ohio State. The choice also made the Bosa family the second family after the Mannings to have a father and two sons all go in the first round of the NFL Draft (brother Joey Bosa plays for the Los Angeles Chargers and dad, John Bosa, was drafted by the Miami Dolphins...
- 4/26/2019
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Josh Rosen, listen up ... if the Cardinals Do draft Kyler Murray tonight, Kurt Warner is handing out some sage advice -- Just Prove you're Better!!! "Bottom line is it's just part of it," Warner tells TMZ Sports out in Nashville ... "You gotta go and just prove you're the best guy for the job." Of course, Arizona drafted Rosen last season thinking he'd be the guy for the franchise's future ... but now, with Kliff Kingsbury at the helm,...
- 4/25/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Is Kliff Kingsbury the secret to finally getting Robert Nkemdiche to realize his massive potential?? Nkemdiche certainly thinks so ... 'cause the Cardinals' 2016 1st-round pick is absolutely Jacked Up over Arizona's new head coach. "I f*cking love him," the Cards' D-lineman tells TMZ Sports at Jay Glazer's Merging Vets & Players Super Bowl Party Wednesday night. "I think we're going to do some great things with him. I can't wait until we start with him.
- 2/3/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Larry Fitzgerald tells TMZ Sports he's excited to meet new Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury -- but there's one slight problem ... he might not be playing for him next season. The 35-year-old wide receiver will be a free agent in 2019 -- but has said if returns to the NFL, the plan is to remain a Cardinal for life. Now that Az is transitioning to a new head coach in Kingsbury, we asked Larry for his thoughts on the situation.
- 1/15/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
USC head coach Clay Helton says there's no hard feelings with Kliff Kingsbury for leaving the coaching staff to take an NFL head coaching job ... saying he doesn't blame the guy for jumping ship. Of course, Kliff -- who was fired from Texas Tech -- signed a contract to become USC's offensive coordinator just last month ... only to back out this week when the Arizona Cardinals expressed interest. Kliff officially signed with the Cards on...
- 1/8/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury heard all the unkind things Baker Mayfield said about him on his new docuseries -- and now, he's got some quotes of his own for his former Qb. As we previously reported, Mayfield said Kingsbury treated him Great at Tt during his freshman year ... only to kick him to the curb when he suffered a knee injury during a game against Kansas. Both Baker and his father went in on...
- 7/30/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Baker Mayfield opened up about why he hates his former Texas Tech coach, Kliff Kingsbury, so much -- essentially saying the guy kicked him to the curb when he got injured during a game. The Qb pulled no punches in his new Fox Sports docu-series, 'All The Way Up' -- saying Kliff treated him like a god when he stepped in and won 5 games as a freshman walk-on back in 2013. But, when Baker sprained his...
- 7/30/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.