The first 150 seconds of Sunday’s Seattle-Arizona game showed exactly why Russell Wilson might be done with the Seahawks … and why he might stick around for another decade. On the second play from scrimmage, Arizona’s Chandler Jones burst through Seattle’s overwhelmed offensive line and laid out Wilson. He fumbled the ball right into the hands of Zach Allen, who ran it back 16 yards for a touchdown. O-line protection has been a sore point for Wilson for a long time, and that was as ugly a… Source link
Read More »Bill Russell memorabilia auction nets over $5 million, final game jersey sells for $1.1 million – Yahoo Sports
The auction of Bill Russell memorabilia was a runaway success. The 87-year-old civil rights icon and 11-time NBA champion auctioned over 400 items from his long and storied career at the TD Garden on Friday. When the auction closed and the dust settled, the total came to over $5 million. In fact, the top 18 items in the auction brought in over $5.3 million just on their own. The biggest seller was the jersey Russell wore at Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. That… Source link
Read More »2 things the Russell 2000 needs to beat the S&P 500: DataTrek
The last time the Russell 2000 (^RUT) hit a new high was in March of this year, peaking at just over 2,360 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) continues to break new highs. According to DataTrek Research, however, there are two factors that will determine whether the Russell 2000 can outperform the S&P. “The first is US high yield corporate spreads over Treasuries, which play an outsized role in the Russell’s relative performance,” DataTrek Co-Founder Nicholas Colas said in their Oct. 28… Source link
Read More »GameStop Moves to Russell 1000; AMC Stays in Small-Cap Index
(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp. will join the FTSE Russell 1000 Index of large-capitalization stocks and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. will remain in the Russell 2000 after both companies saw billions of dollars added to their market values amid frenzied rallies this year. GameStop will be transferred into the Russell 1000 and out of the Russell 2000 as part of FTSE’s annual reconstitution, according to a list released by the global index provider on Friday. Due to the timing of a rally in… Source link
Read More »Surging meme stocks like AMC and GameStop send Russell 2000 skyrocketing
Meme stock mania has been mighty kind to the small-cap Russell 2000 Index after its reconstitution last June. The total market capitalization of the Russell 2000 Index surged 84% from last year’s reconstitution (or the addition and subtraction of new companies to the index) to $3.5 trillion, FTSE Russell said in weekend tweet. This year alone, the Russell 2000 is up more than 16% compared to a 12% gain for the S&P 500. “In 2020, overall capitalization for the U.S. equity market stayed… Source link
Read More »How to Tell Whether AMC and GameStop Will Make the Russell 1000
(Bloomberg) — The Russell Reconstitution is a big deal every year, but this time, potential changes for GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. make it interesting for a broader swath of investors than normal. The annual reconstitution of Russell’s U.S. family of indexes accounts for market changes in the previous year, and it affects more than $10.6 trillion in investor assets benchmarked to, or invested in, products based on the Russell U.S. Indexes, according to its website…. Source link
Read More »Lawsuit against Russell Westbrook thrown out by judge
The two fans banned from Utah Jazz games after a verbal altercation with Russell Westbrook aren’t going to get $100 million from the Washington Wizards guard. A judge reportedly threw out a lawsuit filed by those fans Thursday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The two fans – Shane Keisel and Jennifer Huff — filed a lawsuit against Westbrook alleging defamation and infliction of emotional stress. They were seeking $100 million. Keisel and Huff were banned from games after a run-in… Source link
Read More »Russell Westbrook opens up on breaking Wilt’s triple-double record
Russell Westbrook has been on an absolute tear. He’s more than rallied after a slow start to the season, and broke a longstanding NBA record in the Washington Wizards‘ 146-143 loss to the San Antonio Spurs: Wilt Chamberlain’s record for triple-doubles in a single month, which has stood since 1968. Chamberlain set the record with 11, but now Westbrook has 12. The Wizards have two more games scheduled in April, so that number could keep climbing. Westbrook isn’t feeling the love, though. He… Source link
Read More »Russell Wilson to host vaccination show with President Joe Biden
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara will host a vaccination special on NBC with President Joe Biden. The program, titled “Roll Up Your Sleeves,” will encourage people in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations. Multiple celebrities — including Charles Barkley, Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Shaquille O’Neal — will appear on the special, which will air Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on NBC. Former President Barack Obama and former… Source link
Read More »Russell Westbrook sets franchise triple-double record
Russell Westbrook hasn’t been with the Washington Wizards long. Just 38 games, in fact. Yet on Monday night, Westbrook became the franchise’s all-time leader in triple-doubles. Westbrook put up 35 points, a season-high 21 assists and 14 rebounds in Washington’s 132-124 win against the Indiana Pacers at Capital One Arena — which marked his 16th of the season. Darrell Walker held the organization’s last record with 15 triple-doubles, something he did over 283 games between… Source link
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