Redskins want refund from Albert Haynesworth

The Washington Redskins are going to try to get their $21 million back from absentee defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.

An official within the league with knowledge of the deliberations told the Associated Press that the Redskins are going to examine Haynesworth’s contract to see if they can recoup some or all of the bonus they paid him April 1.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Coach Mike Shanahan has declined to make the team’s plans public.

Haynesworth was a no-show for the Redskins’ mandatory minicamp Wednesday. He is unhappy with the team’s switch to a 3-4 defense. Teammates called his actions selfish.

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The surgery on Brett Favre’s left ankle last month went well, according to his doctor, but the Vikings’ quarterback has a few more weeks of rehabilitation before he will decide if he will return for a 20th NFL season.

Orthopedic surgeon James Andrews told the Associated Press there were no problems with the arthroscopic procedure, which removed scar tissue and bone spurs from Favre’s ankle.

“He’s rehabbing and trying to decide what he’s going to do,” Andrews said.

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USC and Hawaii have contacted the NCAA in an effort to confirm the status of their Sept. 2 football game at Honolulu.

As part of NCAA sanctions against USC announced last week, the Trojans are prohibited the next two years from using an exemption that allows schools to play 13 games if one is at Hawaii. However, both schools are hopeful the NCAA will allow the game because it was scheduled years ago and Hawaii would be punished as much or more than USC.

Jim Donovan, Hawaii’s athletic director, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser this week that canceling the game could cost his school’s already-in-the-red athletic program more than $1 million.

— Gary Klein

Hollywood Park has canceled live racing for Thursday because of a shortage of entries for the scheduled eight-race card. Racing will resume Friday. It’s the second time this meeting the track has been forced to cancel a day of racing because of a lack of entries.

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John Stevens, dismissed as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers in December, is “a strong candidate” to join the Kings’ coaching staff as an assistant next season, Kings Assistant General Manager Ron Hextall said.

The Kings requested and were given permission to talk to Stevens for the opening created when Mark Hardy resigned last week. Hardy voluntarily entered an alcohol treatment program after he was charged with felony fourth-degree sexual abuse May 21 in Washington.

Stevens was fired 25 games into the season after the struggling Flyers had compiled a 13-11-1 record. Under his successor, Peter Laviolette, the Flyers rebounded to win the Eastern Conference championship and lost a six-game Stanley Cup final series to the Chicago Blackhawks last week.

Adding Stevens would turn the Kings into Flyers West: Hextall, General Manager Dean Lombardi and Coach Terry Murray previously worked for the Flyers.

— Helene Elliott

Wimbledon announced its tournament seedings, placing Serena Williams at No. 1 and her sister Venus Williams at No. 2.

Among the men, Roger Federer was the No. 1 seed, ahead of Rafael Nadal in a reverse of their world rankings.

Federer, the defending champion and six-time Wimbledon winner, received the top seeding even though Nadal recently replaced him at No. 1.

The draw will be held Friday, with the tournament starting Monday.

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Baseball’s 2012 All-Star Game will be played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Commissioner Bud Selig announced.