Blues coach Jim Montgomery saw no need to ease defenseman Philip Broberg back into the fray Saturday night. “You got a horse, you’ve got to let the horse run,” Montgomery said. Montgomery assigned Broberg to the second defensive pairing with Justin Faulk against the Philadelphia Flyers.

St. Louis Blues defender Philip Broberg has been activated off of injured reserve and is expected to return to the lineup on Saturday.

Philip Broberg looked like his old self Friday. The St. Louis Blues defenseman skated without any restrictions, once again getting in a full practice ahead of Saturday's home matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers.

For better or worse, many non-Texans associate the state with "Friday Night Lights" and a culture based on a near-universal devotion to football. Along with the movie and show about big time high school games in small towns,

James Van Der Beek, the "Dawson's Creek" star, is selling signed jerseys from the 1999 football film "Varsity Blues" to pay for his cancer treatments.

Four weeks ago, James, 47, announced that he has been diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer, adding that he was 'in a good place and feeling strong.'