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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots took just half a season to decide they didn't need Albert Haynesworth.Two days after he sat out most of the second half against the New York Giants, the Patriots released the defensive lineman they obtained after his rocky two-year stay with the Washington Redskins.In six games with the Patriots, Haynesworth had just three tackles and no sacks. His last play came in Sunday's 24-20 loss to the Giants when left guard David Diehl blocked him to clear the way for Brandon Jacobs' 10-yard touchdown run with 9:10 left in the third quarter."We had a lot of defensive linemen active and so they played in different rotations," coach Bill Belichick said Monday. "Vince (Wilfork) is a guy, obviously, that we don't want off the field, but the rest of those guys, they can't all play. [Read the full article] NEW YORK (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the plans says NBA owners and players will meet before Commissioner David Stern's deadline to accept the league's latest proposal or face a worse one.The two sides are still divided over changes to the salary cap system, as well as the revenue split.Players said Tuesday they wouldn't accept the deal as configured and asked to negotiate again before the Wednesday afternoon deadline.The person tells The Associated Press that the meeting is expected to be small groups, though other players who remained in New York after Tuesday's union meeting could attend. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because negotiations are supposed to remain confidential.Stern has said if there's no agreement by the end of the business day, the league would propose a 53-47 split of revenues in the owners' favor, along with essentially a hard salary cap.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. [Read the full article] At 5 p.m. Wednesday, just as the sun sets behind the league's offices at Olympic Tower in New York City, the NBA will likely begin a "nuclear winter."Sure, things can change with the sides set to meet Wednesday afternoon. The NBA could ignore or extend its own deadline (it's done it before) or the players could suddenly decide that a 50-50 split of basketball-related income, a punitive, incrementally increasing luxury tax and an overall system that makes it unlikely even the uber wealthy teams will want to exceed the luxury tax threshold is OK by them. Then again, the owners could budge a on the system issues (as Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski hinted they would) enough that players give in and agree to a deal.• The NBA will withdraw its current offer and present a new one highlighted by a 47 percent share of the BRI for players, a hard salary cap and rollbacks of existing contracts, among many other indigestible items the union is sure to reject. [Read the full article] 
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