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.
- David Teel of the (Hampton Roads, Va.) Daily Press wrote 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
