This agreement marks not only the end of our legal dispute, but more importantly, the beginning of a closer working relationship between our companies.

That's the beginning of a month, and we felt that was a good time to terminate the agreement,

[With Alex Smith and the 49ers still far from reaching a contract agreement, the team's plans for the No. 1 pick in the N.F.L. draft remains uncertain.] It's hard to characterize negotiations, but there are issues that we have not agreed on, ... We're just going to move ahead and see if we can reach an agreement. If not, we'll analyze our options and move forward.

The decision is a mutual agreement between myself, my family, the doctors and the University of Washington.

These past two years, we have built a strong and solid relationship and our presenting sponsorship agreement has set the gold standard for teams in every league.

We've done smaller tours at the beginning of records, we've done Lollapalooza , but this is our first real official AUDIOSLAVE tour.