Simone Biles joins Religion of Sports as creative partner, board member

Gymnast Simone Biles has already been prominent in the media space around documentaries and other films on her.

Now, she’ll be working with Religion of Sports to help bring others’ stories to light.

Biles was featured in ROS’ Simone vs. Herself series in 2021, with that following a similar series on Steph Curry and Tom Brady. She was then featured in the four-part series Simone Biles Rising (from ROS, the Olympic Channel, and Netflix) this summer and fall. And she was also spotlighted in a 2018 Lifetime movie based on her Courage to Soar autobiography.

But now, as Axios’ Sara Fischer reports, Biles is joining ROS as a creative partner and board member to help produce and direct others’ stories. She thinks her background in individual sports and perspective as an elite female athlete will help tell some different stories there.

Her new role comes as the importance of diverse voices in sports media is more widely recognized than ever. Biles also told Fischer her decision to partner with ROS was easy, given their previous collaborations and shared vision.