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Russell Corporation Announces Participation in the 2005 SunTrust Institutional Investor Conference ATLANTA, April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Russell Corporation (NYSE:RML) announced today that members of its management team will be presenting at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's Annual Institutional Investor Conference. Robert Koney, senior vice president and CFO, and Roger Holliday, vice president of investor relations will provide an overview of the Company's products and operations. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 2:40 p.m. eastern time at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, GA. The webcast of this presentation can be accessed from the company's investor relations web page at http://www.russellcorp.com/ or by going to http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh13/rml/. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030630/RMLCORPLOGO) About Russell Corporation Russell Corporation is a leading branded athletic and sporting goods company with over a century of success in marketing athletic uniforms, apparel and equipment for a wide variety of sports, outdoor and fitness activities. The Company's major brands include Russell Athletic(R), JERZEES(R), Spalding(R) and Brooks(R). The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RML and its web site address is http://www.russellcorp.com/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030630/RMLCORPLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Russell Corporation CONTACT: Financial, Roger Holliday, +1-678-742-8181, or Media, Nancy Young, +1-678-742-8118, both of Russell Corporation Web site: http://www.russellcorp.com/

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