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5 after probes Blake Shelton 5% of blake sheldon evaluates the shares had been tendered, prompting analysts including J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. 's Harry Curtis to say the firm may raise its bid. MGM shares rose $5. 31 to $98. 29 on Monday The stock has risen 32% since Aug. 21. Dubai World said Monday that it owned 14. 5 million MGM shares, or about 4. 9% of the company, after purchasing 348,903 in the tender offer. . Justin Gatlin's coach could face a two-year ban if the Olympic and world champion sprinter is found guilty of a second doping violation, the sport's international governing body said Monday. The International Assn. of Athletics Federations will act only if evidence links Trevor Graham to any doping violations and the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency decides not to take action against him, IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said. At least six athletes who trained under Graham have received doping suspensions. Graham, however, has always denied direct knowledge or involvement with drug use. Gatlin said Saturday he had been informed by the USADA that he tested positive for testosterone or other steroids after a relay race in Kansas in April.

He said he has never knowingly taken banned substances. If found guilty, Gatlin would face a life ban and the loss of his share of the 100-meter world record blake shelton songs . He equaled Jamaican Asafa Powell's mark of 9. 77 seconds in May, a month after the positive test. In a column published Monday, former Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson said Gatlin's association with Graham was the biggest obstacle to proving that he's not a drug cheat. "Not because I have suspected that Justin was doping -- I've always had a lot of respect for him -- but there has always been one thing about him that has bothered me: his association with coach Trevor Graham," Johnson wrote. "Even if Gatlin is innocent, now he will be suspected forever and he is about to see the danger of his continued association with Graham, because that association almost guarantees that no one will give him the benefit of the doubt. "**PRO BASKETBALLBucks Trade Magloire to Trail BlazersThe Milwaukee Bucks traded center Jamaal Magloire to the Portland Trail Blazers for guard Steve Blake, forward Brian Skinner and center Ha Seung-Jin. Magloire, 28, averaged 9. 2 points and a team-high 9. 5 rebounds for Milwaukee last season blake . He was the only Buck to start all 82 games. The Charlotte Bobcats signed second-round pick Ryan Hollins, a 7-footer who started at center on UCLA's Final Four team last season, averaging seven points and 4. 8 rebounds. Miami Heat guard Jason Williams was cleared to begin rehabilitation after surgery to repair a partial tear of his right patella tendon that caused him to sit out 18 games last season. The Lakers' new team in the NBA Development League will be called the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the result of an online naming contest among fans. The team, which has not appointed a coach or general manager, will play home games in Staples Center, before and after Lakers home games. -- Jerry Crowe**TENNISRoddick Withdraws From TournamentAndy Roddick withdrew from the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington because of a strained back, but said the injury shouldn't prevent him from being at full strength for the U. S ricky van shelton . Open. Roddick strained the lower left side of his back after a second-round victory over Scott Oudsema at the Countrywide Classic at UCLA last week some beach blake Blake Shelton - blakeshelton . He went on to reach the finals of that tournament, losing to James Blake. The injury hindered Roddick throughout a 30-minute practice Monday . Roddick's first match was scheduled for Wednesday against Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia. Jan-Michael Gambill of the United States will replace Roddick in the draw. Play began at the Legg Mason with Wesley Moodie beating Thousand Oaks teenager Sam Querrey, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6), even though Querrey dominated his opponent with 19 aces in the first set, winning 82% of his first-serve points. Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko needed only 54 minutes to beat Christophe Rochus, 6-1, 6-2, and 2003 champion Guillermo Coria retired because of a right shoulder injury at the rainy Prokom Open in Sopot, Poland. **MOTOR RACINGBusch Winner Gilliland's Part-Time Team FoldsThe Busch Series team that put David Gilliland on the NASCAR map folded, an indication that the upstart Riverside driver has accepted a better ride. Gilliland shocked NASCAR by winning the Busch race at Kentucky Speedway in June driving for Clay Andrews Racing, a part-time team. The victory earned Gilliland numerous offers from top-level Nextel Cup teams. Andrews, of Corona, apparently saw it as a sign that he couldn't keep 30-year-old Gilliland and closed his operation. -- Jim PeltzThe turmoil at Robert Yates Racing continued when crew chiefs Tommy Baldwin and Slugger Labbe were released from their contracts.

Their departure comes during a chaotic time for the once-proud team blake shelton album . Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler are leaving at the end of the season some beach shelton . Yates gave no reason for the crew chiefs' departures, announcing only that Cully Barraclough would take over Sadler's team and Butch Hylton would be in charge of Jarrett's team beginning with Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. **COLLEGE FOOTBALLUSC Freshman to Have Shoulder SurgeryUSC freshman receiver Jamere Holland will have shoulder surgery, and will sit out training camp and an undetermined portion of the season, Coach Pete Carroll said nobody but me blake. USC begins practice Thursday. -- Gary KleinTulsa extended the contract of Coach Steve Kragthorpe, a deal that runs through the 2011 season. **MISCELLANYRed Wings Sign Hasek to a One-Year DealThe Detroit Red Wings signed 41-year-old goalie Dominik Hasek to a one-year contract worth $750,000. Hasek, who helped the Red Wings to their most recent Stanley Cup title in 2002, is returning to Detroit after an injury-riddled season with the Ottawa Senators country music song . He joins another Red Wings Cup-winner, Chris Osgood, who was brought back as a reserve. Two Israeli clubs in the UEFA Cup will play their home qualifying matches in neutral countries. UEFA, European soccer's governing body, said it made the decision in view of the security situation in the region, where Israel is fighting Hezbollah. UEFA still hasn't decided on the venues. UEFA also released disciplinary regulations stating that players making racist remarks or gestures could be suspended for up to five games. Lebanon has pulled out of the 2007 Asian Cup soccer qualifiers, citing turmoil from the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. Germany set a world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle relay at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

The time was 3 minutes 35. 22 seconds. Tour de France cycling champion Floyd Landis officially requested the testing of his backup urine sample in an effort to clear his name of doping allegations. **PASSINGSBalding, First Canadian to Win on PGA TourAl Balding, the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event, died Sunday of cancer in Ontario blake shelton tour . He was 82. Balding won the Mayfair Open in 1955, and had his best season in 1957 when he finished eighth on the money list, according to the PGA Tour country song . He won three tournaments that year -- the Miami Beach Open, the West Palm Beach Open and the Havana International. country music listen . A former Dynegy Inc country music . accountant serving six years for helping foster a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme has asked a federal court to set aside his convictions and free him from jail. According to the 106-page petition, prosecutors won Jamie Olis' conviction in part by violating his constitutional rights to present the defense of his choice. A federal jury convicted Olis in 2003 of six counts of conspiracy and wire, securities and mail fraud for his role in helping disguise a 2001 transaction called Project Alpha, a gas trading and finance scheme that helped Dynegy inflate its reported cash flow by as much as $300 million. . new york -- The beaten-down shares of Vonage Holdings Corp. more than doubled in value Monday after the Internet phone company said it had settled a patent suit filed by Sprint Nextel Corp. The shares gained $1. 42 to $2. 57. On Sept 25, a jury in U. S.

District Court in Kansas City, Kan. , found that Vonage infringed six Sprint patents and ordered the company to pay $69. 5 million in damages . The settlement Monday resolves all claims in that suit for $80 million, the companies said. Sprint also agreed to license to Vonage its portfolio of more than 100 patents on connecting calls between a regular telephone network and a packet-switched network such as the Internet. "We are pleased to resolve our dispute with Sprint and enter into a productive future relationship," said Sharon O'Leary, chief legal officer of Holmdel, N. J Blake Shelton - wikipedia . -based Vonage. The settlement does not put all of Vonage's legal troubles behind it In March, another jury awarded Verizon Communications Inc country music love songs . $58 million in damages plus 5. 5% royalties on future revenue after finding that Vonage violated three Verizon patents Litigation continues in that suit country songs . Vonage denies infringement and says it has deployed work-arounds for two of the patented technologies. Vonage's legal troubles and the sudden shutdown of rival Sunrocket Inc . in July have raised questions about the future of stand-alone Internet telephone companies. Their subscribers use adapters to link their phones to their broadband Internet connections and pay about $25 a month for unlimited domestic calling. Vonage was a pioneer in that market and was the biggest player until last year. But its subscriber growth has stalled this year, leaving it with 2. 3 million subscribers at the end of the second quarter. Blake Shelton tickets Potential customers have been scared off by the litigation, raising Vonage's already high cost of recruitment to $287 for every new subscriber in the second quarter Blake Shelton .