New Commentators Include Sports Vets Matt
Leinart, Jay Williams and
Channing Frye; Host Selema Masekela
of E! and X Games Fame, Indiana Fever President & COO
Allison Barber and Sportscaster
Taylor Rooks
New York Post to Host 'Page Six Hour' in the
Sport Beach Content Studio, THINK450 to Host Courtside Conversation
and Athlete "AMA" on the Main Stage
NEW
YORK and CANNES,
France, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell
(NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform
marketing, today unveiled its third round of confirmed renowned
athletes, personalities and brand partners participating at
Sport Beach. The network's flagship venue at the Cannes
Lions International Festival of
Creativity 2023 (Cannes Lions), Sport Beach is built
for brands, platforms and athletes to tap into the
cultural zeitgeist of sport and explore the power of fandom.
Sheryl
Swoopes, Alan Shearer,
Sue Bird, Nastia Liukin and more
join Stagwell's Sport Beach at Cannes Lions 2023.
Talent
- Conrad Anker (rock
climbing) – An American rock climber, mountaineer, and author. He
was the team leader of The North Face climbing team for 26 years
until 2018. In 1999, he located George
Mallory's body on Everest as a member of a search team
looking for the remains of the British climber.
- Paolo
Banchero (basketball) – The no. 1 pick in the 2022
NBA Draft, Paolo is a forward for the Orlando Magic and was named
Rookie of the Year in 2023. He played college basketball for the
Duke Blue Devils.
- Saquon Barkley (football) – Top NFL running back
currently playing for the New York Giants. AP offensive rookie of
the year after his first season in the NFL. Barkley played college
football at Penn State, where he set
several all-time school records for his offensive production over
three seasons before forgoing his senior year to enter the
NFL.
- Scout Bassett (track & field) – An
American Paralympic Track & Field athlete, Scout is a 7-time
National Champion in the 100m, 2016
Paralympian, and a WSF board member. Her book, LUCKY GIRL, will be
released in September alongside her fund to financially support
young athletes with disabilities compete at the elite level.
- Kelvin Beachum (football)
– Currently an NFL offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals,
Kelvin is a 12-year veteran and has played for the Pittsburgh
Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets. He is also a
two-time Walter Payton Man of the
Year nominee...
- Sue Bird (basketball) – A
WNBA legend and decorated athlete, Sue has captured five Olympic
Gold Medals, four World Championship Gold Medals, two NCAA
Championships, four WNBA Championships, and is a 13x WNBA All-Star.
Bird stepped into her entrepreneurial spirit and has co-founded two
companies – Togethxr and A Touch More, both in line with her
passion to uplift underrepresented voices and stories through
allyship and advocacy.
- Ashlyn
Harris (soccer) – Former United States Women's
National Team & Gotham FC goalkeeper and current Global
Creative advisor for Gotham FC, Ashlyn made her debut in 2013 with
the National Team. She was a member of the 2015 and 2019 World Cup
Champion team, is a two-time CONCACAF Champion, three-time
SheBelieves Cup Champion, three-time College National Champion, and
Olympian.
- Nastia Liukin (gymnastics) – A 5-Time Olympic medalist
at the 2008 Olympic Games, and a member of the International
Gymnastics Hall of Fame, USA
Gymnastics Hall of Fame, and the United States Olympic Hall of
Fame. Since her retirement from the sport in 2012, Nastia has gone
on to commentate gymnastics for NBC, founded multiple successful
businesses, and serves as an angel investor for early-stage
companies.
- CJ McCollum (basketball) - CJ McCollum is President of
the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the union for
current professional basketball players in the National Basketball
Association. A 10-year veteran of the NBA, McCollum currently plays
for the New Orleans Pelicans and was originally drafted by the
Portland Trail Blazers with the tenth overall pick in the 2013 NBA
draft.
- Alan Shearer (soccer) – A
former professional football player and England captain. Widely regarded as one of the
best strikers of his generation, and one of the greatest players in
Premier League history, he is the Premier League's record
goal-scorer with 260 goals. Since his retirement in 2006, Shearer
has worked as a TV pundit for the BBC, Premier League Productions
and Amazon Prime.
- Faze Swagg (esports) – A popular streamer,
YouTuber, and content creator for Faze clan as well as a part of
Nuke Squad, Swagg is a dedicated Call of Duty streamer. Before
moving to YouTube, he became one of the top Warzone creators on
Twitch.
- Sheryl
Swoopes (basketball) – An American former
professional basketball player, she was the first player to be
signed in the WNBA and is a WNBA Hall of Famer. Sheryl is a
three-time WNBA MVP, was named one of the league's Top 15 Players
of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. She is considered to be
one of the greatest players in WNBA history.
Journalists and Commentators
- Allison Barber – Barber,
Ph.D., is the President and COO of the Indiana
Fever, Indiana's WNBA franchise. From grade school teacher to
communications strategist in the White House and United States
Department of Defense; and as the first chancellor and chief
fundraiser for Western Governor's University (WGU) Indiana, Allison has dedicated herself to
creating pathways to help individuals reach their potential.
Allison is a lifelong volunteer with the American Red Cross.
- Channing Frye
(basketball) – World Champion and NBA draft lottery pick,
Channing Frye, had an illustrious
14-year career in the National Basketball Association. Currently,
Channing is an analyst for Turner
Sports, where he hosts a multitude of shows including
Handles and Emmy-nominated NBATwitterLive. He is also a co-host of
the wildly popular podcast, Road Trippin', and started his own wine
label, Chosen Family Wines.
- Matt Leinart (football) –
An analyst on FOX Sports' BIG NOON KICKOFF college
football pregame show, Matt is one of the most decorated college
football players in the sport's history. A College Football Hall of
Fame inductee, Leinart won the Heisman Trophy, a BCS National
Championship and two Associated Press National Championships as a
quarterback at USC. He went on to play
in the NFL for the Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona
Cardinals.
- Selema Masekela –
Commentator, journalist, host, and Emmy nominated host/producer and
co-creator of AFROSURF. Best known for his work across
X-Games & ESPN/ABC, NBC Olympics, E!, Nat Geo, Red Bull Media House. He is the
co-founder of Stoked, a non-profit organization dedicated to
mentoring at risk youth through action sports.
- Taylor Rooks – An Emmy
nominated broadcaster, journalist, and cultural icon known most
prominently for her work with Turner
Sports/Bleacher Report and Amazon's Thursday Night Football.
For the success of her work, Taylor has been featured in Sports
Illustrated: "100 Influential Black Women in Sports" and is
considered one of the most influential figures in sports media
today.
- Jay Williams (basketball)
– ESPN Host, Entrepreneur, and co-Founder of Improbable Media
alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo, he was the 2nd overall pick for
the NBA's Chicago Bulls and 2X National Player of the Year in
college for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team.
Brand and Media Partners
- Bala – A fashion-forward fitness company, Bala was
founded in 2018 by husband-and-wife team Natalie Holloway and Maximilian Kislevitz. They shipped the first
75,000 units of their now infamous Bala Bangles from their garage
before appearing on Shark Tank, where they secured an investment
from Mark Cuban and Maria Sharapova.
- Enthusiast Gaming – An independent gaming media and
entertainment company, building the largest platform for video game
enthusiasts and esports fans to connect and compete worldwide.
Combining the elements of its five core pillars: creators, content,
communities, games, and experiences, Enthusiast Gaming provides a
unique opportunity for marketers to create integrated brand
solutions to engage with the coveted Gen Z and Millennial
audiences.
- Getty Images – A preeminent global visual content
creator and marketplace. Through its Getty Images, iStock and
Unsplash brands, websites and APIs, Getty Images serves
customers in almost every country in the world and is the
first-place people turn to discover, purchase and
share powerful visual content from the world's best
photographers and videographers.
- New York Post's Page Six
– Page Six, the New York Post's renowned gossip column, is a
world leader in celebrity and entertainment news. As a daily
must-read for those who want to stay in the know, Page Six features breaking news and the inside
scoop on the latest top stories. Page
Six has evolved into its own iconic and powerful brand
reaching audiences across all platforms including print, digital,
podcasting, TV, video, and social.
- ReachTV – ReachTV will be producing the "Business of
Sports" series from Cannes talking
to athletes, executives, and creators to get their take on the
business of sports. Hosted by MLB anchor AJ Andrews, the series
will look at merchandising, stadium deals, athlete and coach
contracts advertising social media, digital marketing, network
agreements and more.
- THINK450 – The innovation and partnership engine of the
NBPA, the union for current professional basketball players in the
National Basketball Association, dedicated to uncovering shared
interests between the 450 players and leading brands to build more
engaging partnerships.
About Stagwell
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built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative
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culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize
the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+
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