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Scottish Premier League club Rangers have confirmed they are investigating alleged racist abuse towards United States international Maurice Edu after their Champions League defeat to Unirea Urziceni on Tuesday.

Thecourt further ruled that the infringement constituted unfair competition underfederal and New York laws, including violations of New York’s General BusinessLaw.The court also found that Lucky Brand breached a 2003 settlement agreementbetween the parties governing the use of the “Get Lucky” mark. The court’sruling permanently enjoins Lucky Brand from ever using Get Lucky on apparel,fragrances and accessories.”Judge Swain’s order granting Partial Summary Judgment was a tremendous winfor our client Get Lucky,” says Ms Schofield Baker. “This ruling brings thema step closer to getting out of the court room and back to the business ofselling their products where they belong.”The ruling comes on the heels of a decision by a Southern District of NYMagistrate Judge to award attorneys’ fees to Get Lucky after issuing asanction against Lucky Brand for its persistent refusal to comply withdiscovery obligations in the case. McDermott Will & Emery handled thesanctions motion, which resulted in the award of attorneys’ fees and thepartial judgment issued by Judge Swain. The trial may begin as early as May2009.McKool Smith has more than 100 attorneys in Dallas, Austin, Marshall, NewYork, and Washington DC, handling commercial, intellectual property and whitecollar litigation for national and international clients.

The firm isrecognized as one of the premier litigation law firms in the United States,having earned significant courtroom victories for clients such as AmericanAirlines, Ericsson, Electronic Data Systems, Medtronic Inc., and SonyEricsson.For more information, contact Roger Cohen at 973-632-4694 or Mike Androvett at 800-559-4534 or RCEMcKool SmithRoger Cohen, +1-973-632-4694, , or Mike Androvett,1-800-559-4534, , both for McKool Smith. If the Trojans are attacked by the NCAA, then anyone will feel they could be next.  Want to set a standard and clean up the so-calledamateur athletics?  Here is your chance Miles Brand and Co.  Go after USC.  If nothing else, invest time, invest money and give them a real investigation.  If it comes up with nothing then so be it, just the fact you are willing to go after the top-dog in college sports would set an example like no other.  I feel this is a bad incident for college sports, but a great opportunity to make a change.  There areallegations all the time in college sports because so many teams and players feel they can get away with paying athletes or finding houses for their parents.  Why not try and clean up the place a bit and go after USC and OJ Mayo here?  The NCAA is a pushover of an organization.  If you are a mediocre college program you may have to be on watch, but the USCs, Notre Dames, and LSUs feel they do not need to worry about any of this, and for good reason.  Do something for a change here and stand up for yourself, NCAA. . Courtesy of Brandon Marcello and The Slophouse blog, we came across this compilation of some of Paul Eells? memorable radio calls from the last seven years Good stuff. Fall afternoons just aren?t the same without Eells? trademark celebration of the Hogs entering the end zone.According to Marcello, KATV?s Web site will post additional compilations as the week progresses. This weekend, a golf tournament and celebrity softball game will be held in Cabot to commemorate Eells and raise money for broadcast journalism majors.For our money, Eells? most memorable on-air moment was his radio call of U.S.

Reed?s half-court buzzer-beater in the NCAA Tournament, which you can hear by clicking here. Hard to believe that was more than 27 years ago. This article is also featured on Razorback Expats. Central European Distribution Corporation Signs Binding Agreement to Increaseits Ownership in the Russian Alcohol Group, the Leading Vodka Producer inRussia; Schedules Analyst / Investor Call for Monday, April 27thBALA CYNWYD, Pa., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Central EuropeanDistribution Corporation (Nasdaq: CEDC) today announced that it has signedbinding agreements with Lion Capital LLP (“Lion”) and certain of Lion’saffiliates to increase CEDC’s ownership in the Russian Alcohol Group (“RussianAlcohol”), the leading vodka producer in Russia, including an agreementregarding the acquisition by CEDC of the controlling stake in Russian Alcohol. In 2011, 2012 and 2013 the annual cash consideration to bepaid is approximately $150.0 million in each year.CEDC may satisfy up to $35million of the above payments (2011 to 2013) through the issuance of shares ofCEDC common stock. In 2012 as well as the cash payment, CEDC will issue anadditional 751,852 shares of CEDC common stock to affiliates of Lion. Finally, CEDC will issue to certain affiliates of Lion warrants over 1,490,550shares of CEDC common stock exercisable on May 31, 2011 at a strike price of$22.11, 300,000 shares of CEDC common stock exercisable on July 31, 2012 at astrike price of $26, and 1,803,813 shares of CEDC common stock exercisable onMay 31, 2013 at a strike price of $26.The gain on the warrants can besettled in cash or on a net share basis at CEDC’s sole election.

This totalconsideration described above factors in the effective cost of capital ofspreading the payments over five years. The conference call will also be broadcast live over theinternet.To listen to the call live, you must go to the following webcast at leastfifteen minutes early in order to register.You can then download and installany necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the livebroadcast, a replay of the discussion will be available shortly after the callon our website at listen to the conference call, please dial-in:Toll Free:877-879-6203International Calls:719-325-4804Passcode: 8261434Webcast: http:// Alcohol is the largest vodka producer in Russia with approximately a15% market share, and produces leading vodka brands such as Green Mark, whichis the number one vodka brand in Russia and second largest in the world, andZhuravli, a top selling premium vodka brand behind CEDC’s Parliament, which isthe top selling premium vodka brand in Russia. Russian Alcohol is expected tohave 2009 Net Sales of approximately $475-$500 million based upon currentexchange rates.Lion Capital is a London-based investment firm that is recognized as a leaderin investing in the consumer sector, with over euro 4 billion of equitycapital invested in consumer businesses across Europe and North America.Lion’s portfolio of market-leading food and beverage companies includes suchwell-known brands as Weetabix, the UK’s number one cereal brand, Kettle Foods,a leading snack business in the UK and US, and the iconic Schweppes andOrangina beverage brands in Europe. Lion Capital’s investment strategy isunderpinned by exceptional experience within its senior team in investing inand operating within the consumer sector and the firm has a proven trackrecord of successfully growing companies post-acquisition.William Carey, President and CEO of CEDC commented, “We are pleased to havesolidified our investment strategy in purchasing the Lion equity interest inthe largest vodka company in Russia, the Russian Alcohol Group.Thetransaction gives us increased financial flexibility in acquiring Lion’sequity holding given the current turmoil in the financial markets.With theincreased minority rights and equity stake that we are receiving, we will nowhave an opportunity to realize significant synergies between our Russianinvestments on a faster pace.Mr.

This change of guidance reflectsapproximately 8 months of net sales revenue from the Russian Alcohol businessand takes into account as well the loss of interest from the subordinatedexchangeable loan notes, additional cash and equity to be paid and ourincreased share of the Russian Alcohol results over this 8 month period.Thisguidance does not factor in any potential synergies within Russia, and weexpect the transaction to be accretive to our results starting in 2010.”CEDC has reported fully diluted net income per share guidance in accordancewith GAAP and on a non-GAAP basis, referred to in this release as comparablenon-GAAP net income. CEDC’s management believes that the non-GAAP reportinggiving effect to the adjustments shown in the attached reconciliation providesmeaningful information and an alternative presentation useful to investors’understanding of CEDC’s core operating results and trends. CEDC discussesresults and guidance on a comparable basis in order to give investors betterinsight into underlying business trends from continuing operations. CEDC’scalculation of these measures may not be the same as similarly named measurespresented by other companies. These measures are not presented as analternative to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a performancemeasure, and you should not place undue reliance on such measures. Areconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures can be found in the section”Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures” at the end of this pressrelease.Citi is acting as financial advisor and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is acting as legaladvisor to CEDC.Weil, Gotshal & Manges is acting as legal advisor to Lion Capital.CEDC is the largest vodka producer in Poland and produces the Absolwent,Zubrowka, Bols and Soplica brands, among others. CEDC currently exportsZubrowka to many markets around the world, including the United States,England, France and Japan.

There are 6 top guys so at the very least 1 will be there at 6 which will make there job easy in terms of who they select. Even better is if a team before them goes off the board — unlikely, but so was Thomas Hickey at #4 last year — there could be a couple to chose from.For Jacket fans wanting Howson to move that pick I think that greatly increases if the top 4 d-men are gone and Filatov is there at 6. Its impossible to know exactly what they are thinking but my gut thinks they want one of the top 4 d-men and if he’s off the board they either 1 trade down or 2. trade it all together.Not that I’m against taking Filatov – I kind of like this kid to be honest.According to this article it appears that Flyers do not plan on dealing former OSU product RJ Umberger:In other words, the Flyers will look in other areas to strengthen their blue line, and Holmgren said Carter and Umberger will not be used as trade bait.I don’t see how the Flyers can keep all of these guys. The article even talks about them targeting Brian Campbell — ain’t gonna happen — not when they’ve already got 48 million committed to what is expected to be a 55 million dollar cap and with so many RFAs to re-sign.In the Flyers case, the salary cap does its job of preventing teams from overspending and outbiding everyone for prime time talent in the NHL.

Without it you can bet they would be making a huge push at Brian Campbell for 8 mil a year.Frankly I think they are going to have to move one of RJ Umberger or Jeff Carter to fit all they want to accomplish under the cap this off season.Teams that I would keep an eye on for CBJ trade activity:Ottawa, Toronto, San Jose, Florida and Philly.All five of those squads have different motivation to deal players for picks and have assets we could greatly use.3 days to go!!-LTL. We all knew this day was coming.  With Sprint owning naming rights to NASCAR’s premier league the AT&T car was given a grace period of which to find a new sponsor, that grace period ends with the 2008 season.Wednesday Richard Childress announced Jeff Burton’s full time sponsor in 2009, and it is a brand familiar to the Burton family.  Caterpillar will be on the Number 31 With a multi-year deal that was finalized Wednesday. ”To represent a well-known global brand like Caterpillar is an honor,” said Richard Childress.The 2009 season will be Caterpillar’s 17th year of sponsorship in NASCAR.”Joining Richard Childress and his team matches two organizations that share common values, as well as high levels of success. I’m confident this new partnership will excite Caterpillar’s customers, dealers and employees,” Jim Parker (Caterpillar’s North American Commercial Divison Vice President) Said.Caterpillar of course has been with Bill Davis Racing since 1998, back when Jeff’s brother Ward was driving the 22 car.. I’ll have more updates later, but here are the emails I’m getting.Everyone,Please come to the oak grove IMMEDIATELY. UC Police are attacking and trying to remove the tree-sitters! Please come RIGHT NOW Come as soon as you can Do not wait Do not delay This is it.

Come now!- The OaksIs it just usual hippie paranoia, or is the UC finally manning up and doing what they should’ve done months ago? Ken Crawford is following the story too.Update–nope:The tree-sit that has been going on for more than 18 months in the oak grove near Memorial Stadium may have reached its end now that UCPD officers are attempting to take the sitters out.In the latest of several developments, an arborist harnessed on the end of a crane was mobilized onto one of the trees. There, he attempted to cut down a structure in the tree when a tree-sitter began hitting him with a plastic bottle. The arborist was pulled out of the tree by the crane, but since then he has continued to cut other structures.Estimated to be eight to 12 in number, none of the sitters have been removed from the trees, but arborists have cut down several of their supplies and structures. Two cherry pickers carrying police officers are also on the site. The officers have cut some of the structures and ropes that the sitters use to travel between the trees.About 100 onlookers watching the scene from Piedmont Avenue, while several tree-sit supporters on the ground are yelling to people in passing cars.At least 20 UCPD officers in hard hats are currently at the scene. Beginning at approximately 6 a.m., they erected a third barrier around the oak grove that blocks pedestrians from using the sidewalk on the west side of Piedmont.Apparently it happened early this morning Too bad. I’d have loved to bring a lawn chair and watched the glory unfold.

Regardless of whether a positive decision is handed down tomorrow, this is a great day for Cal fans.Errr…fuck. Updates from more mainstream sources put that question mark back up. Hopefully they’re wrong as usual.Authorities removed some of the structures that have housed tree sitting protesters in an oak grove UC Berkeley wants to cut down to make way for a $125 million athletic facility.Police cordoned off part of Piedmont Avenue near Memorial Grove and brought in arborists to remove the platforms and gear the tree sitters have used to maintain their perches since December 2006. A university official said the tree sitters themselves would not be removed yet.“One of the things we’re most concerned about is safety and security, of our police officers and the people in the trees. That’s the reason we’re not forcibly removing people from the trees today,” said Dan Mogulof, a spokesman for UC Berkeley.Hmm, maybe I can still grab that lawn chair. And hunt down a deer and roast it in front of the enraged hippie’s eyes. That would be just.I’m going out for a few hours, but I’ll try and swing by to document footage of the carnage.

Stick with Ken for immediate updates.Final updates…alright, despite all the initial excitement, they’re not gone yet. It’s just to make sure that things don’t get any bigger than they already are.A crane was onsite removing items, but not people, Mogulof said.“At this point, we have no plans to physically remove them from the trees. We are putting pieces in place to make it difficult if not impossible for them to stay.’’ he said.“It’s really unfortunate that it’s come to this. The university has tolerated more than 280 violations, including weapons, assault and battery. We are now doing everything we can to bring this to a safe and certain end,’’ Mogulof said.Funny last tidbit before we find out about the decision.Police cordoned off the oak grove with barricades as tree-sit supporters arrived at the site.

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Football’s world governing body FIFA calls for greater security after three players from Algeria are injured when Egyptian fans throw stones at the team bus as it arrived in Cairo on Thursday.

Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador will renew their fierce rivalry on a 2010 Tour de France route that features a fearsome stretch in the Pyrenees which is likely to decide the outcome of the 97th edition of cycling’s most famous race.

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Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone casts doubt on the participation of two new teams ahead of the 2010 season, suggesting that a Serbian outfit will instead be on the starting grid in Bahrain.