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MINNEAPOLIS -- Brandon Roy gave it everything he had to try to resurrect a playing career derailed by chronic knee problems. He had platelet-rich plasma therapy on his knees last summer to get himself in position to sign a deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He worked hard in training camp to get his body in shape for the NBA after missing the previous year when he retired from Portland. And when the knee issues came up again early in the season, Roy had one more arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in a last-ditch effort to get on the court one last time. In the end, his knees wouldnt co-operate. And now his career may have come to a painful close once and for all. The Timberwolves waived Roy on Friday, which could mark the end of an All-Star career that was shortened by knee problems. "We wish Brandon and his family all the best in the future," new Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders said in a statement issued by the team. Roy retired before last season when he couldnt alleviate the bone-on-bone pain in his knees that stopped the three-time All-Star from being the smooth, playmaking shooting guard that made him a franchise cornerstone in six seasons with the Blazers. But after getting some time to rest and trying the same advanced procedure that Kobe Bryant and others have used in the past, Roy felt good enough to try a comeback. He signed a two-year deal worth more than $10 million to join the Timberwolves, who were desperately in need of a big, shot-making shooting guard to play alongside Ricky Rubio in the backcourt. After a promising training camp, the knee issues quickly returned. Roy first was hurt again in a collision in a preseason game with the Indiana Pacers. He played five games at the start of the regular season, but that was all he could manage. He had arthroscopic surgery in December and tried several other methods of rehabilitation and therapy as the season progressed. Each time he thought he was getting close to returning, the pain would return. The 28-year-old Roy averaged 5.8 points and 4.6 assists in his five games with the Wolves. The second season of his deal was not guaranteed, making Roys release inevitable. The Wolves will get roughly $5.3 million in salary cap room by making the move, which will help Saunders pursue other alternatives for shooting guard this summer, which remains the teams biggest need. Free agents like O.J. Mayo or Kevin Martin, who played for coach Rick Adelman in Houston, could be possibilities, and the Wolves will also consider trading for a veteran and using their two first-round draft picks to improve its shooting from the perimeter. The Wolves will be looking to add size to the position after using Luke Ridnour, J.J. Barea and Alexey Shved, all on the smaller side, at shooting guard for most of the season. Freddy Galvis Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. Wil Myers Jersey . 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Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown received $600,000 from video-game maker Electronic Arts to dismiss a case brought by the Pro Football Hall of Famer for his unauthorized appearance in the companys Madden video game.The judgment, which was announced Tuesday by Hagens Berman, the firm representing him, will be entered in the court record in the coming days.Big business should think twice before it turns players hard-won identities and achievements into merchandise without permission or compensation, Browns attorney, Robert Carey, said in a statement.Electronic Arts asked to use Brown in its Madden game as part of its feature that allowed gamers to play with famous older teams, including Browns Browns team, which won the title in 1964. Brown declined to be used.To get around it, Brown alleged that EA created a character in the game that was similar to Brown in height, weight, skin color, experience, position and ability level.ddddddddddddThe $600,000 represents a significant sum to EA. Sources have told ESPN that the Madden cover athlete gets paid less than $500,000 for the endorsement every year.The payment represents the end to a long battle between EA and Brown, who first sued the company in August 2008.I took a stand for all athletes and laid a framework for future plaintiffs with my great legal team, Brown said in the statement. Hopefully, this is a step forward in getting companies like Electronic Arts to recognize the value that athletes have in selling their products.Hagens Berman was part of a team of lawyers that represented NCAA players to which EA paid out a $60 million settlement fee for use of their likenesses, without their permission, in games from 2003 to 2014. ' ' '