three seasons

Ty Law walked through the locker room, looking comfortable again in Jets green and white, when Kerry Rhodes yelled over to him.

"Hey, Ty!" Rhodes said with a big grin. "I love you, Ty!" Talk about a warm welcome back. The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback passed his physical and practiced with New York on Tuesday after signing a one-year deal to rejoin the team he played for three seasons ago.

NFL owners have voted unanimously to shorten their labor agreement, meaning the current contract will end in 2011 instead of 2013.

A new deal must be in place by March 2009 to avoid a 2010 season without a salary cap. However, the NFL says that even without a new agreement there will be no interruption of play for at least the next three seasons.

NFL owners have been concerned that the current contract leans too far toward the players, who now get 60 percent of total team revenues.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have released wide receiver Cedrick Wilson a day after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend at a suburban restaurant.

The Steelers did not immediately comment beyond the two-paragraph release Thursday that says Wilson's contract has been terminated.

Wilson signed with the Steelers as a free agent out of San Francisco in March 2005. Wilson caught 81 passes for 1,162 yards and two touchdowns in three seasons with the Steelers.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have released wide receiver Cedrick Wilson a day after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend at a suburban restaurant.

The Steelers did not immediately comment beyond the two-paragraph release Thursday that says Wilson's contract has been terminated.

Wilson signed with the Steelers as a free agent out of San Francisco in March 2005. Wilson caught 81 passes for 1,162 yards and two touchdowns in three seasons with the Steelers.

Tampa Bay's Rocco Baldelli will begin the season on the disabled list because of a condition that the 26-year-old outfielder says leaves him extremely fatigued after short workouts.

Baldelli has been sidelined since last May because of lingering hamstring problems and has appeared in just 127 of 486 games the past three seasons because of an assortment of injuries.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says defensive back Carlos Thomas has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules.

The coach's statement Tuesday did not elaborate, and an athletics spokesman would not be more specific about what the junior did.

Thomas started seven games at cornerback last year and made 20 career starts over the past three seasons.