After further consultation with one of the leading physicians with regard to abdominal sports injuries [Dr. William Myers], it was decided that surgery was the best course of action. The best long-term decision for Eddie and our hockey club was to have the surgery immediately.

We have been working closely with the Central Social Insurance Medical Council, MHLW and some of the country's leading physicians to bring this valuable technology to patients in Japan. We are excited to be expanding this unique technology to another part of the world, where a significant number of patients can benefit.

We're leading in several categories but one thing is sure, we want to be the leading sports brand and if we want to lead in basketball then we need the NBA. With the NBA we have a new dimension.

Just a few years ago, physicians were taught that once brain cells were lost there was little that could be done to restore function beyond teaching patients how to compensate for their paralyzed limb. Today, we know the brain has amazing potential to be re-educated to pick up some of the lost function ? provided it receives the right kind of stimulation.

Drug companies spend $13,000 per physician annually. Those marketing tactics are very, very effective at getting physicians to do what each drug company wants -- to prescribe their product.

Our mission is to be the leading sports brand in the world. This definitely brings us a huge step ahead,