NEW YORK -- Quarterback Tom Bradys last best chance to avoid serving a four-game Deflategate suspension to start the new season was flatly rejected Wednesday by an appeals court.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued a one-sentence rejection of requests by the National Football League Players Association and Tom Brady to reconsider an April decision that reinstated the suspension.We are disappointed, the players association said in a statement. The track record of this league office when it comes to matters of player discipline is bad for our business and bad for our game. We have a broken system that must be fixed.It added that it will review its options carefully.The NFL declined comment.The courts action left intact a 2-to-1 ruling by a three-judge panel that found NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acted within his powers by upholding the suspension of the star quarterback for his role in a scheme to doctor footballs used in a January 2015 playoff game.The decision affirmed wide-ranging powers given to the commissioner by the NFLs collective bargaining agreement. It was a setback for organized labor groups arguing for due process in employee discipline.The players association and Brady had requested that the panel reconsider or that all the 2nd Circuit judges hear arguments and decide anew.Bradys remaining hope is to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.That is an extremely long shot, said Nellie Drew, a sports law professor at the University at Buffalo. She said the 2nd Circuit acted correctly and that any changes to how the NFL handles arbitrations over player issues will have to be handled at the negotiating table.She predicted Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will be getting a whole lot of repetitions as the Patriots prepare for their season opener Sept. 11 at Arizona.Its time to put this thing to bed, Drew said. If it was my kid, Id say: `Let it go.Lawyers and other representatives for the Patriots and Brady did not immediately return messages seeking comment.If he misses four games, Brady will lose just under $250,000 in salary after renegotiating his contract in the offseason to earn only $1 million this season.Anthony Barkow, a lawyer who submitted an amicus brief on behalf of Kenneth R. Feinberg, the special master of the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund and a longtime arbitrator, said: We wish the result were otherwise, but respect and understand the decision and know that it is extremely rare for the 2nd Circuit to grant en banc review.What began as an accusation of cheating in the 2015 AFC championship game has grown into a multimillion-dollar legal battle over three NFL seasons, involving not just an MVP quarterback but also some of the nations elite lawyers and scientists.And as it developed, it evolved from a silly little dispute about the air pressure in footballs into a referendum on the powers of a sports commissioner and the right of all unionized employees to due process in a disciplinary hearing.Joining the case along the way were longtime league adversary Jeffrey Kessler and former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who was involved in the Bush v. Gore lawsuit that settled the 2000 presidential election and the case that overturned Californias ban on same-sex marriages.At stake for the Patriots was not only the availability of their quarterback for a quarter of the season, but their legacy as an NFL dynasty. Already punished by Goodell for an illegal videotaping scheme in 2007 that predictably came to be known as SpyGate, the Patriots saw the suspension as an attack on their legitimacy after Brady and coach Bill Belichick led them to four Super Bowl championships.Suspicions that the Patriots were cheating arose again on Jan. 18, 2015 when the league tested -- somewhat unscientifically it would belatedly learn -- the footballs provided by the home team for the AFC title game against the Indianapolis Colts and found them to be underinflated.After three months, league investigator Ted Wells concluded the Patriots intentionally used underinflated footballs in the game and that Brady was at least generally aware of the scheme. The NFL suspended the four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback four games and docked the team $1 million and two draft picks.Brady appealed -- first within the league, and Goodell affirmed the decision. After both sides went to federal court, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman overturned the suspension. The league appealed to the 2nd Circuit, and the court reinstated the original penalty.That left Brady hoping for a new hearing in front of the complete circuit -- called en banc -- or an even more unlikely hearing at the Supreme Court.Thats always an option to litigants, Olson said after joining the case. It is not something we have resolved ourselves to doing.New England fans rallied behind their quarterback, putting Free Brady on T-shirts, reciting the Ideal Gas Law from memory and giving a heros welcome not only to the quarterback when he took the field for the 2015 regular season opener but also to Kessler and Berman.In other NFL cities, fans were just as convinced that the Patriots and Belichick were up to no good. Added to the videotaping penalty -- along with Belichicks tendency to stretch the rules to their limits, or occasionally beyond -- it was seen as confirmation that the team cant win without cheating.The courts decision is unlikely to change minds on either side.---AP sports writer Jimmy Golen in Boston reported from Boston. AP football writer Barry Wilner in New York and AP sports writer Kyle Hightower in Boston also contributed to this report.---AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Womens Golden Knights Jerseys . 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NAPLES, Italy -- Having wasted a chance to advance in record time a month ago, Napolis Champions League fortunes are now going down to the final round of group matches.The Serie A runner-up was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday for a result that helped neither side.Dynamo was eliminated while Napoli was left tied with Benfica on eight points atop Group B. Besiktas is next with seven points after rallying from an early three-goal deficit to draw 3-3 with Benfica in the other group match earlier.Dynamo has two points and will finish last.Benfica hosts Napoli, while Besiktas visits Kiev, in the final round of group matches in two weeks.Its too bad, because it would have been much simpler with a victory, Napoli captain Marek Hamsik said. But were still in the lead and we need to get a result in Lisbon. ...Were surely going to have to play better than we did tonight.Napoli won its opening two matches in convincing fashion and would have become the first team in Champions League history to advance from the group stage after just three matches had it beaten Besiktas at home on Oct. 19. But Napoli allowed a late winner from Besiktas to lose that game 3-2, then was held 1-1 at Benfica in its next game.Against Kiev, Napoli controlled much of the match and produced several late chances but couldnt quite find the ttarget.ddddddddddddMidway through the first half, Lorenzo Insigne rushed into the area with the ball at his feet and Kievs defense chasing from behind but the winger slipped and fell before he could get a shot off.A header from Hamsik went just wide in the 50th. A few minutes later, Kiev defender Yevhen Makarenko did well to intercept a dangerous cross with Napoli forward Jose Callejon well positioned to score.Napoli substitute Manolo Gabbiadini also missed a couple of late chances.Napoli has sorely missed Arkadiusz Milik, the forward who scored two first-half headers when the Partenopei came from behind to beat Kiev 2-1 in Ukraine in the group opener.Milik tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while playing for Poland in October and isnt expected back for several more months.Attack-oriented Napoli had scored at least one goal in its last 18 Champions League matches and was last held scoreless by Arsenal in 2013.The buildup to the match was marred when a Kiev fan was stabbed the night before the game. There were also brief clashes between supporters and police outside the stadium before kickoff, with reports that a taxi was set on fire when a firecracker was set off inside the car. 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