Fatal Injuries at Turfway Being Probed (BloodHorse)

Veterinarians with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and management at Turfway Park are looking into reasons why the number of catastrophic injuries over the Polytrack surface spiked during the recently concluded holiday meet at the northern Kentucky track.

Running: Not as easy as you think (Independent)

I'm running on a treadmill, in bare feet. Sticky tape is holding my rolled-up shorts high against my thighs and my spine and legs are covered in black pen marks and fluorescent yellow stickers. Yet I'm not worried about my strangely tattooed semi-nakedness, in spite of the fact that two people and several video cameras are monitoring my every movement. My only concern is a small blue mark on ...

Nodl rejoins Flyers with injuries piling up (Philadelphia Daily News)

WASHINGTON - It's been an up and down life for Andreas Nodl.After playing with the Flyers for nearly 2 months, the rookie forward was sent down to the Phantoms, then called up and sent down again. And now with the Flyers' injury woes, he's back with the big club.

OU's Brown gives Sooners solid backup plan at running back (Austin American-Statesman)

He's the leading rusher on the Big 12's second-leading running team, the No. 2 rusher in the league. But Chris Brown knows his role, which he recently revealed when asked what superhero he might be.

Second-round game-breakers: Bank on Panthers' Smith (The Sporting News via Yahoo! News)

In the first round of the AFC playoffs, San Diego Chargers running back Darren Sproles and Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed took center stage as game-changers. In the NFC's wild-card round, Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin each delivered 71-yard catch-and-run touchdowns.