links for 2008-02-23

• BREAKING: IRL and Champ Car unification agreement signed - Autoblog
  GZE2 - A bit too late...They've run open wheel racing into the ground in the USA...and its a damn shame. The only recognizable figure in open wheel racing today is Danica Patrick...and its cuz she's in the swimsuit issue.
  (tags: cars usa)
• Pub Philosopher: Bosnian Serbs threaten to secede
  Rushing to recognise Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence could prove to be as disastrous as the recognition of the Yugoslav secessions in 1991.
  (tags: blogs news kosovo)
• Merger appears to kill longstanding Portland race - Breaking News Updates from Portland and Oregon - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
  Portland's 25th anniversary Champ Car race, scheduled for July 27 at Portland International Raceway, is expected to be scratched after officials from the Indy Racing League and Champ Car signed a deal today to unify the two American open-wheel series.
  (tags: cars oregon)
• Nike nails down $500 million deal with French soccer - Breaking News Updates from Portland and Oregon - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
  GZE2 - Allez le Bleu!!
  (tags: soccer sports oregon)
• KuklasKorner : Naslund Tweaks Groin
  GZE2 - Not good...Naslund has been one of the best players on the ice.
  (tags: hockey canucks nhl)
• Hard times derail (Winter) Hawk hopes
  “We certainly talk and try. I wouldn’t call it a happy family. And our relationship with the city is through the Blazers, so it’s extremely difficult. Everything travels through the Blazers.
  (tags: hockey oregon)