Key Points
- The Rams beat the Giants 28-6 on Monday Night Football; Matthew Stafford threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns, and Davante Adams caught eight passes for 195 yards.
- AMD crossed a $1 trillion market cap for the first time on Monday, touching an all-time high of $613.92 a share.
- Resident Evil opened at No. 1 with $60.2 million domestically.
- The Nike G.T. Future "Varsity Red" releases today at 10 a.m. ET for $200 on SNKRS and at Foot Locker.
The Daily Briefing
The Rams evened their record at 1-1 with a 28-6 Monday night win over a Giants team that lost quarterback Jaxson Dart to a first-quarter knee injury. AMD became the fourth U.S. chipmaker to reach a $1 trillion valuation, after Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron. Resident Evil took the weekend box office with $60.2 million, nearly five times the No. 2 film. On the sneaker side, Nike's G.T. Future "Varsity Red" leads a week that ends with three Saturday drops, including the first retro of the Kobe 3 "Orca."
Sneakers
Nike G.T. Future "Varsity Red" drops today, Tuesday, September 22, at 10 a.m. ET for $200 on the Nike SNKRS app and at Foot Locker. The shoe has a Varsity Red molded upper with black detailing over full-length Air Zoom Strobel cushioning.
Also today: LaMelo Ball's sixth signature shoe, the PUMA MB.06 "Shooting Star", debuts in a purple low-top with teal accents, and adidas launches its Pokémon collection for the franchise's 30th anniversary.
The rest of the week, per Sports Illustrated's weekly release guide:
- Air Jordan 5 "Sunset" (women's) — Friday, September 25, $205. White leather with Fire Red and Sunset accents, returning for the first time in 20 years.
- Air Jordan 1 Low OG "Garden" — Saturday, September 26, $155. A black-and-red floral pattern referencing Michael Jordan's final Madison Square Garden game, in Bulls road and Knicks colors.
- Air Jordan 40 "14" — Saturday, September 26, $200. Challenge Red suede with yellow accents, a nod to the Ferrari-inspired Air Jordan 14.
- Nike Kobe 3 Protro "Orca" — Saturday, September 26, $210. The black-and-white pair Kobe Bryant wore during his 2007-08 MVP season, retroed for the first time. It lands a week after the Kobe 8 Protro "Mambacurial" and weeks after the FC Barcelona x Kobe 3 Low Protro.
Sports
Aaron Donald's return got a primetime stage Monday as the Rams beat the Giants 28-6 at SoFi Stadium. Matthew Stafford went 22 of 31 for 327 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception, and passed Philip Rivers for sixth place on the NFL's all-time passing touchdowns list, ESPN reported. Davante Adams caught eight passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns.
The Giants fell to 1-1. Jaxson Dart left in the first quarter with a knee injury, Jameis Winston could not move the offense in relief, Malik Nabers had a first-half injury scare, and linebacker Brian Burns was hurt in the fourth quarter. The Rams, now 1-1, bounced back from their 27-7 loss to the 49ers in Australia. Monday's preview is in Games to Watch, and tonight's full slate lives at watch.uristocrat.com.
Culture
Resident Evil opened to $60.2 million across 3,684 theaters, a $16,328 per-theater average, according to The Numbers. That beat Boxoffice Pro's $40 million to $50 million preview range. Last week's No. 1, Practical Magic 2, dropped to $12.2 million in its second weekend.
The rest of the top five are holdovers: Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($6.4 million), Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey ($5.0 million), and Coyote vs. Acme ($4.4 million). For this month's rap release calendar, HotNewHipHop keeps a running list of September hip-hop albums.
Technology
AMD passed a $1 trillion market cap for the first time on Monday, hitting an intraday high of $613.92 at the end of a five-day run of gains of about 24%, CNBC reported. The stock is up more than 180% this year. AMD joins Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron as the fourth U.S. chip company in the trillion-dollar club.
Elsewhere, Tech Startups' daily roundup tracked SoftBank's $11.15 billion bond sale to fund a third $10 billion OpenAI tranche closing October 1, Ireland's €403 million (~$463 million) fine against Google over location data, and Amazon blocking Meta's Muse shopping agent from its store.
Today on Uristocrat
Monday's Games to Watch set up Giants at Rams on Monday Night Football alongside a WNBA doubleheader and the first week of NHL preseason. From the archive, the Aaron Donald unretirement covers the one-year, $20 million deal that brought him back to Los Angeles.
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