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Legendary USC safety Taylor Mays on 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Legendary USC safety Taylor Mays on 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot On Monday, the College Football Hall of Fame announced its ballot for the class of 2026. Included on this year's ballot is legendary USC safety Taylor Mays. A blue-chip recruit from the state of Washington, Mays played for Pete Carroll's Trojans from 2006 through 2009. He had one of the most decorated careers of any player in college football history, being named a first-team All-American an astonishing three times (and was a second-team All-American as a freshman in 2006). Known for his hard-hitting abilities, Mays was one of the driving forces behind the Trojans' elite defenses of the latter half of the Carroll era. During his time at USC, Mays won three Pac-10 titles and three Rose Bowls. Mays was picked in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft, and would go on to play six seasons in the league. Since the conclusion of his playing career, Mays has gotten into coaching, spending the past three seasons on Lincoln Riley's staff at USC as a defensive analyst. In January, he was named the safeties coach at Washington. One of the greatest Jewish football players of all-time, Mays was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. 14 years later, he is looking to add another hall of fame to his resume.
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This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead
June 3 1918 — Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox pitched his second no-hitter, blanking the Detroit Tigers 5-0. 1932 — Lou Gehrig became the first American League player to hit four home runs in a game, helping the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia A's 20-13. The event was overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw as manager of the New York Giants. Advertisement 1954 — Henry Thompson of the New York Giants hit three home runs and drove in eight runs in a 13-8 win against the St. Louis Cardinals. Willie Mays drove in the other five runs with two homers. 1971 — Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter, beating the Cincinnati Reds 1-0. 1978 — Dave Johnson became the first major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in a season. His grand slam in the ninth inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. 1989 — Los Angeles and Houston played 22 innings at the Astrodome in the longest night game in National League history -- 7 hours and 14 minutes. The Astros won the game on Rafael Ramirez's RBI single off Jeff Hamilton, normally the Dodgers' third baseman. When the game ended, Fernando Valenzuela was playing first and Eddie Murray was at third. Advertisement 1989 — Nolan Ryan pitched his 11th career one-hitter and struck out 11 as Texas beat Seattle 6-1. It was Ryan's 16th low-hit game (no-hitter or one-hitter), breaking Bob Feller's record of 15. 1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitched nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos 1-0 win. 2003 — Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Chicago's 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after umpires found cork in his shattered bat. 2006 — Damion Easley hit three homers and had seven RBIs in Arizona's 13-9 victory over Atlanta. Advertisement 2008 — Randy Johnson took sole possession of second place on baseball's career strikeout list after getting the Milwaukee Brewers' Mike Cameron to go down swinging in the first inning. It was Johnson's 4,673rd career strikeout, breaking a tie with Roger Clemens and leaving the Arizona Diamondbacks' veteran ace behind only Nolan Ryan, who had 5,714 strikeouts in his career. 2017 — Albert Pujols hits his 600th home run of his career, the historic blast being a 4th-inning grand slam off Ervin Santana of the Twins in a 7 - 2 Angels win. He is the ninth player to join the exclusive fraternity. 2017 — Endinson Volquez of the Mets throws the first no-hiitter of the year, defeating the Diamonbacks 3-0. 2018 — Blake Snell ties an American League record by striking out the first 7 batters he faces for the Rays against the Mariners. Advertisement 2022 — With a disappointing 22-29 record after splurging on free agents over the past few years, the Phillies fire manager Joe Girardi, who has failed to take them to the postseason in his two-plus seasons at the helm. Bench coach Rob Thomson is named manager on an interim basis to finish the season. 2024 —Padres player Tucupita Marcano faces a lifetime ban from baseball after an investigation by MLB found that he has placed bets on a large number of major league games, in contravention of very clear rule. He is suspected of having bet on Pirates games while injured last season; he has not played this season, also due to injury. The lifetime ban will be confirmed tomorrow and four other players will receive one-year suspensions for placing bets while they were in the minor leagues: Michael Kelly, Jay Groome, José Rodríguez and Andrew Saalfrank. _____ June 4 Advertisement 1940 — The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field. 1940 — The St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at Sportsman's Park, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-1. 1951 — Pittsburgh's Gus Bell hit for the cycle to lead the Pirates to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies at Philadelphia. 1964 — Sandy Koufax pitched his third no-hitter, striking out 12, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 in Philadelphia. 1968 — Don Drysdale of the Dodgers blanked the Pirates 5-0 for his sixth straight shutout en route to a record 58 2-3 scoreless innings. Advertisement 1972 — A major league record eight shutouts were pitched in 16 major league games: five in the American League, three in the National League. The Oakland Athletics swept a pair from the Baltimore Orioles by identical 2-0 scores. 1974 — The game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium was forfeited to Texas. Umpire Nestor Chylak had problems with fans all night on 10-cent beer night. The crowd got out of control when Cleveland tied the score 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth. 1989 — Toronto beats Boston 13-11 in 12 innings after trailing 10-0 after six inngs. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson threw six scoreless innings before leaving in the seventh because of a foot blister. The Jays then scored two in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth and two more in the 11th on Junior Felix's home run. It was the biggest lead the Red Sox have blown and their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park. 1990 — Ramon Martinez struck out 18 and pitched a three-hitter, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Atlanta Braves 6-0. Advertisement 1996 — Pamela Davis pitched one inning of scoreless relief and got the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system. The 21-year-old right-hander pitched for the Jacksonville Suns, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team. 2000 — Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays becomes the 77th major league player to hit a home run in his first at bat, but just the fourth American League pitcher and the first since the Angels' Don Rose in 1972, the year before the designated hitter rule took the bat out of AL pitchers' hands. 2005 — Rafael Palmeiro and Melvin Mora each hit grand slams to help Baltimore rally for a 14-7 win over Detroit. 2007 — Mark Ellis hit for the cycle and Eric Chavez had a two-out homer in the 11th inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 win over Boston. Advertisement 2009 — Randy Johnson became the 24th major league pitcher to win 300 games by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader. 2012 — Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels manager became the ninth manager in AL history to manage 2,000 games with one club. The Mariners beat the Angels 8-6. 2018 — In a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees OF Aaron Judge sets a record by striking out eight times. 2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets. Advertisement 2022 — The rule preventing position players from pitching in a close game is invoked for the first time when Crew chief C.B. Bucknor objects to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calling on OF Zach McKinstry to pitch the 9th inning gainst the Mets with his team trailing, 9 - 4. The rule, adopted before the 2020 season but not implemented until this year due to the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states that a team cannot use a position player on the mound unless there is a difference of six or more runs between the two teams. Roberts is thus forced to use a real pitcher, Evan Phillips, to pitch the final inning. In spite of the rule, the practice of using such 'mystery pitchers' is continuing undiminished, with teams even resorting to them when they have built a huge lead late in the game, in order to rest their bullpens, something that was completely unseen before the decade started. _____ June 5 1915 — Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander lost his no-hitter when Artie Butler punched a single with two outs in the ninth. Alexander struck out Bob Bescher for the final out to beat St. Louis 3-0. Alexander went on to pitch three more one-hitters during the season. Advertisement 1929 — The Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in the sixth inning en route to a 21-4 romp over the Chicago Cubs. 1935 — Chicago White Sox rookie John Whitehead loses to St. Louis 2-0. It was his first loss after winning his first eight starts, an AL record for the start of a career. 1949 — Commissioner Happy Chandler lifted the ban on all players who jumped to Mexico, starting in 1946. 1955 — Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit a home run off Chicago's Billy Pierce that traveled about 550 feet. The ball cleared the left-field upper deck at Comiskey Park. 1959 — Pittsburgh's Dick Stuart hit the longest home run at Forbes Field. Stuart smashed a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie. Advertisement 1966 — Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. Cardenas hit two home runs in each game as Cincinnati won the opener 8-3 but dropped the second game 9-5. 1986 — San Diego's Steve Garvey was ejected for the first time in his career when he argued a play at home plate. Garvey, the on-deck hitter, protested the last out of a triple play by the Atlanta Braves. Television replays showed that Bip Roberts was indeed safe. The Padres lost 4-2. 1989 — The Blue Jays lost their debut in the SkyDome as Glenn Braggs hit a two-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past Toronto 5-3. The $375 million complex featured a $100 million, four-section, retractable roof. 1997 — Alex Rodriguez of the Mariners became the first Seattle player to hit for the cycle in a nine-inning game. He completed the cycle with a double in the ninth of a 14-6 win at Detroit. Advertisement 2001 — Colorado pitcher Mike Hampton had two homers, three RBIs and recorded his eighth win as Colorado defeated Houston 9-4. 2008 — Atlanta's Chipper Jones became the third switch-hitter in major league history to hit 400 career home runs. Jones' homer off Ricky Nolasco was one of his four hits in the 7-5 comeback win over Florida. Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray were the first two reach the milestone. 2013 — The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners played the first game in major league history when each team scored five or more runs in the game when it was scoreless through the ninth. Alejandro De Aza and Alex Rios each had an RBI single in the 16th inning, and Chicago won 7-5. 2015 — Oakland's Pat Venditte became the first pitcher in 20 years to throw with both arms in the same game, but the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 4-2 on a night a fan sustained life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a broken bat. 2021 — Team USA secured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics by winning the Americas Olympic Qualifier. _____
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05-05-2025
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Analyst resets Berkshire Hathaway stock forecast after Warren Buffett bombshell
It was a sad night in Queens. On Sept. 25, 1973, baseball icon Willie Mays stood before the crowd at New York's Shea Stadium to bid farewell to the game he loved so dearly. 💵💰Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter 💰 "The game of baseball has been great to me," Mays said to 44,000 Mets fans. "I have just about everything I need. The only thing that I'm looking for out of baseball now is that I can teach other kids to be as great athletes as I was in my day." That would be quite an achievement. Mays's amazing statistics include 3,283 career hits, 660 home runs, 1,909 RBIs, and 338 stolen bases. He also won two MVP awards and 12 Gold Glove awards, and he was selected to play in 24 All-Star Games. Mays, who died last year at 93, holds the Major League Baseball records for most outfield assists, 7,000, and most games played in center field, 2,829. But his incredible skills were eroding and Mays knew it was time to hang up his spikes. TheStreet Pro's Stephen Guilfoyle remembers that night. Mays was losing his edge by this time, but as an impressionable youngster, he believed that the Say Hey Kid would eventually come out of his long slump and reclaim his lofty place as a New York and baseball legend. In addition to being a sports fan, Guilfoyle, whose career dates back to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the 1980s, was following the financial markets, using his paper-route money to trade when he was just 13 years old. The Wall Street veteran sees a connection between Mays's farewell to baseball and Warren Buffett, the longtime CEO of Berkshire Hathaway () and () , who just announced that he would step down from the helm of the investment group. Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time, famed for evaluating prospects from a value point of view as opposed to chasing hot stocks. Since 1965, Berkshire Hathaway has produced a staggering compounded annual return of 19.9% — nearly double that of the S&P 500. More Warren Buffett: Warren Buffett is entitled to gloat a little Buffett's Berkshire has crucial advice for first-time homebuyers Buffett's Berkshire has bold housing market recommendation Both Mays and Buffett had a very basic approach to their respective professions. "They throw the ball, I hit it," Mays said. "They hit the ball, I catch it. Buffett, of course, has been quoted endlessly, but one of his most popular gems is that "risk comes from not knowing what you are doing." "I had recently cut loose my long position in Berkshire Hathaway, the B stock," Guilfoyle said in his recent TheStreet Pro column. "No, I did not know this day was coming, at least not now," he added. "I held on to those shares for years. I did know that doing what he loved had to be less fun for Warren Buffett in 2025 than it used to be." Guilfoyle noted that for Buffett, who is 94, holding down such a demanding job and remaining sharp had to be tough without his career-long friend and business partner, Charlie Munger, who died at 99 in 2023. "Willie outlasted his peers, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider," he said. "He was traded away from his teammate Willie McCovey. He was no longer close to being at the top of his game. He said goodbye."Buffett is different, Guilfoyle noted. "He outlasted Munger," he said, "but he is sharper now at 94 than most of us ever were at our best. Maybe without his teammate, without 'his' Willie McCovey, he felt the love for the game slip away. I don't know." Berkshire Hathaway's board voted unanimously to name Greg Abel, currently vice chairman for non-insurance operations, as the group's president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2026. Buffett will remain chairman. "(Buffett) tried to reassure investors that he will still 'hang around' to help," Guilfoyle noted in a follow-up column. "He'll have to, as he has not expressed a plan to eventually surrender his position as chairman of the firm's board." Berkshire Hathaway shares were down 4.4% to $516.19 at last check. Keefe Bruyette raised its price target on Berkshire Hathaway to $735,000 from $730,000 to reflect its updated earnings estimates and peer valuations. The firm, which affirmed a market perform rating on the shares, viewed Buffett's plan to step aside as CEO as the most important takeaway of Berkshire's annual meeting. While Abel has "increasingly demonstrated competence," the firm predicted that the news would pressure the shares. Guilfoyle had. a similar viewpoint, "I think it's safe to say that Berkshire's stock would react poorly to the idea that Buffett might be stepping back from his full-time stewardship of the firm," he said. "This could be a tough time for the stock, as Buffett tries to sunset gracefully." "For now," Guilfoyle said, "BRK.B is on my 'don't touch' list."Sign in to access your portfolio
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05-05-2025
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Analyst resets Berkshire Hathaway stock forecast after Warren Buffett bombshell
It was a sad night in Queens. On Sept. 25, 1973, baseball icon Willie Mays stood before the crowd at New York's Shea Stadium to bid farewell to the game he loved so dearly. 💵💰Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter 💰 "The game of baseball has been great to me," Mays said to 44,000 Mets fans. "I have just about everything I need. The only thing that I'm looking for out of baseball now is that I can teach other kids to be as great athletes as I was in my day." That would be quite an achievement. Mays's amazing statistics include 3,283 career hits, 660 home runs, 1,909 RBIs, and 338 stolen bases. He also won two MVP awards and 12 Gold Glove awards, and he was selected to play in 24 All-Star Games. Mays, who died last year at 93, holds the Major League Baseball records for most outfield assists, 7,000, and most games played in center field, 2,829. But his incredible skills were eroding and Mays knew it was time to hang up his spikes. TheStreet Pro's Stephen Guilfoyle remembers that night. Mays was losing his edge by this time, but as an impressionable youngster, he believed that the Say Hey Kid would eventually come out of his long slump and reclaim his lofty place as a New York and baseball legend. In addition to being a sports fan, Guilfoyle, whose career dates back to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the 1980s, was following the financial markets, using his paper-route money to trade when he was just 13 years old. The Wall Street veteran sees a connection between Mays's farewell to baseball and Warren Buffett, the longtime CEO of Berkshire Hathaway () and () , who just announced that he would step down from the helm of the investment group. Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time, famed for evaluating prospects from a value point of view as opposed to chasing hot stocks. Since 1965, Berkshire Hathaway has produced a staggering compounded annual return of 19.9% — nearly double that of the S&P 500. More Warren Buffett: Warren Buffett is entitled to gloat a little Buffett's Berkshire has crucial advice for first-time homebuyers Buffett's Berkshire has bold housing market recommendation Both Mays and Buffett had a very basic approach to their respective professions. "They throw the ball, I hit it," Mays said. "They hit the ball, I catch it. Buffett, of course, has been quoted endlessly, but one of his most popular gems is that "risk comes from not knowing what you are doing." "I had recently cut loose my long position in Berkshire Hathaway, the B stock," Guilfoyle said in his recent TheStreet Pro column. "No, I did not know this day was coming, at least not now," he added. "I held on to those shares for years. I did know that doing what he loved had to be less fun for Warren Buffett in 2025 than it used to be." Guilfoyle noted that for Buffett, who is 94, holding down such a demanding job and remaining sharp had to be tough without his career-long friend and business partner, Charlie Munger, who died at 99 in 2023. "Willie outlasted his peers, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider," he said. "He was traded away from his teammate Willie McCovey. He was no longer close to being at the top of his game. He said goodbye."Buffett is different, Guilfoyle noted. "He outlasted Munger," he said, "but he is sharper now at 94 than most of us ever were at our best. Maybe without his teammate, without 'his' Willie McCovey, he felt the love for the game slip away. I don't know." Berkshire Hathaway's board voted unanimously to name Greg Abel, currently vice chairman for non-insurance operations, as the group's president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2026. Buffett will remain chairman. "(Buffett) tried to reassure investors that he will still 'hang around' to help," Guilfoyle noted in a follow-up column. "He'll have to, as he has not expressed a plan to eventually surrender his position as chairman of the firm's board." Berkshire Hathaway shares were down 4.4% to $516.19 at last check. Keefe Bruyette raised its price target on Berkshire Hathaway to $735,000 from $730,000 to reflect its updated earnings estimates and peer valuations. The firm, which affirmed a market perform rating on the shares, viewed Buffett's plan to step aside as CEO as the most important takeaway of Berkshire's annual meeting. While Abel has "increasingly demonstrated competence," the firm predicted that the news would pressure the shares. Guilfoyle had. a similar viewpoint, "I think it's safe to say that Berkshire's stock would react poorly to the idea that Buffett might be stepping back from his full-time stewardship of the firm," he said. "This could be a tough time for the stock, as Buffett tries to sunset gracefully." "For now," Guilfoyle said, "BRK.B is on my 'don't touch' list."
Miami Herald
05-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Analyst resets Berkshire Hathaway stock forecast after Warren Buffett bombshell
It was a sad night in Queens. On Sept. 25, 1973, baseball icon Willie Mays stood before the crowd at New York's Shea Stadium to bid farewell to the game he loved so dearly. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter "The game of baseball has been great to me," Mays said to 44,000 Mets fans. "I have just about everything I need. The only thing that I'm looking for out of baseball now is that I can teach other kids to be as great athletes as I was in my day." That would be quite an achievement. Mays's amazing statistics include 3,283 career hits, 660 home runs, 1,909 RBIs, and 338 stolen bases. He also won two MVP awards and 12 Gold Glove awards, and he was selected to play in 24 All-Star Games. Mays, who died last year at 93, holds the Major League Baseball records for most outfield assists, 7,000, and most games played in center field, 2,829. Bloomberg/Getty Images But his incredible skills were eroding and Mays knew it was time to hang up his spikes. TheStreet Pro's Stephen Guilfoyle remembers that night. Mays was losing his edge by this time, but as an impressionable youngster, he believed that the Say Hey Kid would eventually come out of his long slump and reclaim his lofty place as a New York and baseball legend. In addition to being a sports fan, Guilfoyle, whose career dates back to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the 1980s, was following the financial markets, using his paper-route money to trade when he was just 13 years old. The Wall Street veteran sees a connection between Mays's farewell to baseball and Warren Buffett, the longtime CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and (BRK.B) , who just announced that he would step down from the helm of the investment group. Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time, famed for evaluating prospects from a value point of view as opposed to chasing hot stocks. Since 1965, Berkshire Hathaway has produced a staggering compounded annual return of 19.9% - nearly double that of the S&P 500. More Warren Buffett: Warren Buffett is entitled to gloat a littleBuffett's Berkshire has crucial advice for first-time homebuyersBuffett's Berkshire has bold housing market recommendation Both Mays and Buffett had a very basic approach to their respective professions. "They throw the ball, I hit it," Mays said. "They hit the ball, I catch it. Buffett, of course, has been quoted endlessly, but one of his most popular gems is that "risk comes from not knowing what you are doing." "I had recently cut loose my long position in Berkshire Hathaway, the B stock," Guilfoyle said in his recent TheStreet Pro column. "No, I did not know this day was coming, at least not now," he added. "I held on to those shares for years. I did know that doing what he loved had to be less fun for Warren Buffett in 2025 than it used to be." Guilfoyle noted that for Buffett, who is 94, holding down such a demanding job and remaining sharp had to be tough without his career-long friend and business partner, Charlie Munger, who died at 99 in 2023. "Willie outlasted his peers, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider," he said. "He was traded away from his teammate Willie McCovey. He was no longer close to being at the top of his game. He said goodbye." Related: Warren Buffett sends strong message on trade, tariffs Buffett is different, Guilfoyle noted. "He outlasted Munger," he said, "but he is sharper now at 94 than most of us ever were at our best. Maybe without his teammate, without 'his' Willie McCovey, he felt the love for the game slip away. I don't know." Berkshire Hathaway's board voted unanimously to name Greg Abel, currently vice chairman for non-insurance operations, as the group's president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2026. Buffett will remain chairman. "(Buffett) tried to reassure investors that he will still 'hang around' to help," Guilfoyle noted in a follow-up column. "He'll have to, as he has not expressed a plan to eventually surrender his position as chairman of the firm's board." Berkshire Hathaway shares were down 4.4% to $516.19 at last check. Keefe Bruyette raised its price target on Berkshire Hathaway to $735,000 from $730,000 to reflect its updated earnings estimates and peer valuations. The firm, which affirmed a market perform rating on the shares, viewed Buffett's plan to step aside as CEO as the most important takeaway of Berkshire's annual meeting. While Abel has "increasingly demonstrated competence," the firm predicted that the news would pressure the shares. Guilfoyle had. a similar viewpoint, "I think it's safe to say that Berkshire's stock would react poorly to the idea that Buffett might be stepping back from his full-time stewardship of the firm," he said. "This could be a tough time for the stock, as Buffett tries to sunset gracefully." "For now," Guilfoyle said, "BRK.B is on my 'don't touch' list." Related: Veteran fund manager who forecast S&P 500 crash unveils surprising update The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
