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Kaitlyn Farrington, a gold-medal-winning snowboarder for the U.S. Olympic team, is retiring at age 25 because of a degenerative spine condition known as congenital cervical stenosis, writes Alyssa Roenigk for ESPN.

When a new indoor facility opened this week for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, physician Jeff Laubenthal, MD, was honored as a part of the ceremony, reports Roll Bama Roll.

University of California Davis surgeons have commenced a clinical trial to test the safety of a device that can quickly extract young cells from the irrigation fluid used during orthopedic surgery.

Robert Anderson, MD, Carolina Panthers' team doctor and foot and ankle specialist, performed surgery on Baltimore Raven's cornerback Jimmy Smith back in November and now, Mr. Smith is on pace to start back next season, reports the Baltimore Sun.

Dharmesh Vyas, MD, Pittsburgh Penguins team physician, operated on defenseman Olli Maatta's shoulder on Wednesday, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

These sports medicine physicians have recently moved to other positions:

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center named Peter Sabonghy, MD, as the 2014 Physician of the Year, according to a Your Houston News report.

It's not so atypical for a NFL quarterback to have special hand symbols to convey various types of information to his teammates, but this past Sunday might be the first time a quarterback and his team doctor have established a…

Washington Capital's defenseman Nate Schmidt has been working with Kevin Black, MD, on getting back in his skates after breaking his shoulder blade, reports the Patriot News.

Officials with Clayton State University (Ga.) recently inducted their team physician, Joseph S. Wilkes, MD, to the second class of their sports hall of fame, says The Citizen.