Massachusetts resident known online as ’Roaring Kitty’ became an icon in GameStop saga but did his followers do well?
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
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By Matt O Brien | The Associated Press
“IF HE’S STILL IN, I’M STILL IN,” was the constant refrain from followers of Roaring Kitty, the YouTube personality whose enthusiasm about buying stock in video-game retailer GameStop made him an icon in the social media frenzy that shocked Wall Street last week.
His hometown newspaper in Massachusetts dubbed him a “Brockton legend,” stirring dreams about how the former high school running champion might use his newfound riches to build the city an indoor track. Hollywood studios started sketching out movie proposals about the small-pocketed investors who banded together on social media to vault a troubled brick-and-mortar chain “to the moon” and punish hedge funds that were betting on its failure.
Feb 5, 2021
In this June 7, 2003, photo, Brockton High School runner Keith Gill finishes the boys mile race at the 2003 All State Meet Championship in Norwell, Mass. Gill, a YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty, became a figurehead in the January 2020 social media-driven GameStop stock-buying frenzy. (Craig Murray/The Enterprise via AP)
WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) “IF HE’S STILL IN, I’M STILL IN,” was the constant refrain from followers of Roaring Kitty, the YouTube personality whose enthusiasm about buying stock in video-game retailer GameStop made him an icon in the social media frenzy that shocked Wall Street last week.
His hometown newspaper in Massachusetts dubbed him a “Brockton legend,” stirring dreams about how the former high school running champion might use his newfound riches to build the city an indoor track. Hollywood studios started sketching out movie proposals about the small-pocketed investors who banded together on social media to vault a troubled
GameStop booster did well; many devotees won t as shares sag
by Matt O Brien, The Associated Press
Posted Feb 4, 2021 1:50 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 1:58 pm EDT
In this June 7, 2003, photo, Brockton High School runner Keith Gill finishes the boys mile race at the 2003 All State Meet Championship in Norwell, Mass. Gill, a YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty, became a figurehead in the January 2020 social media-driven GameStop stock-buying frenzy. (Craig Murray/The Enterprise via AP)
WILMINGTON, Mass. “IF HE’S STILL IN, I’M STILL IN,” was the constant refrain from followers of Roaring Kitty, the YouTube personality whose enthusiasm about buying stock in video-game retailer GameStop made him an icon in the social media frenzy that shocked Wall Street last week.
The many hats worn by NJ boxing legend Jersey Joe Walcott
One of the more prominent names in New Jersey sports history, Jersey Joe Walcott, was born on Jan. 31, 1914. That wasn’t his real name, however; he was born Arnold Raymond Cream in Pennsauken, and was a Camden County fixture for the rest of his life.
He dropped out of school at 15 to help support his family, working at the soup factory while taking boxing lessons. He turned pro at age 16, and adopted the name of a boxer he admired, Joe Walcott, adding the “Jersey” to differentiate himself. He boxed as a heavyweight from 1930 to 1953, amassing a record of 51-18-2 and winning the heavyweight championship in 1951 when he was 37; at the time, he was the oldest man to ever win the title.
BROCKTON It was revealed this week that the Reddit user known as “DeepF–kingValue” and YouTuber known as Roaring Kitty is Keith Gill, a Brockton native who grew up in the city and graduated from Stonehill College.
Gill, a star track athlete in his high school and college days, told the Journal that he has one dream in mind.
“I always wanted to build an indoor track facility or a field house in Brockton,” he said of his hometown. “And now, it looks like I actually could do that.”