News

ICM Partners is building out its sports representation business with the purchase of Texas-based NFL specialists Select Sports Group.

ICM’s move to buy Select Sports comes nine months after it acquired the largest soccer agency in the world, Stellar Group, with some 800 clients, most of them related to soccer. At the time ICM Partners leaders vowed to pursue bolt-on agency acquisitions that bring distinct skill sets and operate under the ICM Stellar Sports banner.

Financial details of the transaction with Select Sports were not disclosed. A source confirmed that the deal is a complete buyout with money changing hands and Select Sports becoming wholly owned by ICM Stellar Sports. The agreement calls for Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley, Select Sports co-heads and owners, to become co-presidents of the ICM Stellar Sports’ NFL representation division. Reggie Johnson, an NFL agent who joined ICM Partners in 2017, will now work with Burkhardt and Nalley on gridiron representation.

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.

ICM is expanding its business representing NFL athletes and coaches with a new acquisition. The agency is acquiring Select Sports Group, the NFL-focused representation business led by Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley.

Select Sports Group will be folded into ICM’s sports unit, ICM Stellar Sports, with Burkhardt and Nalley serving as co-presidents of its NFL division, alongside Reggie Johnson, who helped launch ICM Stellar Sports’ NFL business. Stellar Sports already has a significant presence in soccer (recognized as football outside of the U.S.), representing more than 800 athletes worldwide, but the new deal solidifies the company’s presence in U.S....

ICM is expanding its business representing NFL athletes and coaches with a new acquisition. The agency is acquiring Select Sports Group, the NFL-focused representation business led by Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley.

Select Sports Group will be folded into ICM’s sports unit, ICM Stellar Sports, with Burkhardt and Nalley serving as co-presidents of its NFL division, alongside Reggie Johnson, who helped launch ICM Stellar Sports’ NFL business. Stellar Sports already has a significant presence in soccer (recognized as football outside of the U.S.), representing more than 800 athletes worldwide, but the new deal solidifies the company’s presence in U.S....

Police in Orlando are operating under the assumption that shooters targeted the Jeep NFL star Chris Johnson was in Sunday morning ... which led to his injuries and the death of another man. While cops believe the Jeep was the intended target, they are unsure if the shooters were specifically going after Chris or anyone else in the vehicle. According to the report, Chris was "uncooperative and would only state that he saw 'a car roll by,...

Former New York Jets running back Chris Johnson was shot on early Sunday morning in a drive-by shooting that injured two and left one dead. Police say another vehicle pulled up to the Jeep the men were in at just after 4 a.m. and opened fire. Johnson, 29, and another passenger were only injured, but the driver, Dreekius Oricko Johnson, 28, was killed, Espn reports. Chris Johnson was shot in the shoulder, while the other passenger, Reggie Johnson, also 29, suffered wounds to the shoulder, hand and leg. Both men are in stable condition, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "Our thoughts and prayers...

Former New York Jets running back Chris Johnson was shot on early Sunday morning in a drive-by shooting that injured two and left one dead. Police say another vehicle pulled up to the Jeep the men were in at just after 4 a.m. and opened fire. Johnson, 29, and another passenger were only injured, but the driver, Dreekius Oricko Johnson, 28, was killed, Espn reports. Chris Johnson was shot in the shoulder, while the other passenger, Reggie Johnson, also 29, suffered wounds to the shoulder, hand and leg. Both men are in stable condition, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "Our thoughts and prayers...

NFL star Chris Johnson is recovering at an Orlando, Florida hospital in stable condition after being shot in the shoulder Sunday morning, according to police. The Orange County Sherriff’s Office released a media advisory, which indicated that Johnson and two others were in a Jeep that came under fire at 4:09 a.m. Also Read: NFL Network Fires Warren Sapp After Alleged Solicitation of Prostitute (Updated) The driver of the Jeep, 28-year-old Dreekius Oricko, was killed. A second passenger identified as Reggie Johnson, suffered gunshot wounds to the shoulder, hand and leg, and was hospitalized in stable condition, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Many people carve pumpkins around Halloween, but someone masked by pumpkin flesh and wielding a scythe is only interested in cutting into humans to celebrate the season. This antagonist is shown in the first trailer for Carver, a slasher film co-written and directed by 14-year-old Emily Diprimio that hearkens back to the genre’s 1980′s heyday with its masked killer and practical gore.

“Carver is about a group of teenagers who are haunted by a despicable act they committed when they were younger. Their actions caused the deaths of three innocent people. Now on the anniversary of those deaths an ominous calling card, in the form of a carved pumpkin has been placed at each of their homes. Someone is out for revenge…the question is who?

Carver is a throwback to those wonderful slasher films of the 80′s. It is a story about revenge and redemption. There are plenty of scares and we promise,...