NFL turf gurus start preparing MetLife field for Super Bowl XLVIII

Wednesday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• The Associated Press reported that the NFL's turf gurus are gearing up for the Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., with an eye on player safety.

• about Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas, who did not return to Tuesday's Hyundai Sun Bowl with concussion symptoms after a second-quarter collision.

• Seattle Weekly reported that San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Paul Wulff is being sued by a former player for conducting practices without helmets at full speed when Wulff was head coach at Washington State.

• The New York Times wrote about what it called the "lingering" concussion problem in football.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor