1.   And by stretching things like the hamstrings and quadriceps, hip abductors and hip flexors, calves, and lower back, it is possible to fool Mother Nature.

2.   Backup quarterback Ryan Fien did not practice Thursday because of an injured hip flexor.

3.   Bentley is a local athlete, from Overland High School in suburban Denver, and was pressed into services when Elam went out with a hip flexor injury.

4.   Before that was hip flexor trouble.

5.   Both were listed with the status of day to day, Karpovtsev with a bruised knee, Harvey with a hip flexor.

6.   Boyette re-injured his hip flexor but is expected to play.

7.   -- Team captain Patrick Flatley sat out his second straight game with a hip flexor.

8.   A hip flexor forced Muresan to miss the first two weeks of the season, but he may return as early as this week.

9.   A hip flexor injury prevented him from planting his left leg, and caused some passes to come up short.

10.   According to Sampras, he injured his hip flexor in the third game of the match.