Free agency rules changed for all NFL teams because of the uncapped league year, which officially began early Friday when the veteran free agency period got under way.

Because league owners and the NFL Players Association failed to come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the old rules didn't apply—but especially so for the final eight teams in the playoffs who faced certain restrictions on who they could sign.

As one of the final four teams, the Super Bowl champion Saints were affected more because they, along with the Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets, can't sign an unrestricted free agent unless they lose one first.

Then, the player those teams sign as a replacement can only receive a salary comparable to the one the...

Attorneys for the woman who accuses Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault said that she did the right thing by going to police and asked for privacy in a statement Tuesday. Atlanta-based Attorneys Lee Parks and David Walbert said in the statement released to several media outlets that woman is assisting police.