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11:30 AM Albert Haynesworth was fined $7,500 and LaRon Landry fined $5,000 for Sunday's Redskins-Falcons sideline skirmish, but DeAngelo Hall - who's accusing Atlanta coach Mike Smith of taking a swing at him - escaped any financial penalty.

11:15 AM Facing budget problems & students voting against raising fees to fund athletics, the University of New Orleans Privateers may be dropping from NCAA Division I all the way down to Division III.

11:00 AM Bill Simmons takes in a Clippers game, and has issues with the ofiicially announced attendance: "last night's Clips crowd was listed at 14,248. There was not more than 10K in that building. No way. Impossible."

10:45 AM LeBron James is tired talking about 2010: "This free-agent talk is getting old. It's getting old and I think I'm going to stop. Tonight will be the last time I answer any more free-agent questions until the offseason,"