Steve Futterman
speaker
2,313 appearances
272 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 1 Sep
Steve Futterman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In nineteen seventy four, Tommy John, pitching for the LA Dodgers, tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow.
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In the past it would have been career ending, but doctor Frank Job, who worked with the Dodgers, had an idea.
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Replaced the torn ligament with a tendon from the opposite arm.
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Steve Lombardo was a young doctor in the operating room.
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The procedure worked and it revolutionized modern sports medicine.
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John came back and won more than one hundred sixty games.
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What's now called Tommy John's surgery has been performed thousands of times since on such pitching rates as Justin Verlander, John Smoltz, and Chohe Otani.
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For MPR News, I'm Steve Federman.
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They are considered one of the crown jewels of the NBA.
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Back-to-back titles.
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The L.A.
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Lakers have won 17 championships, featuring some of the game's all-time greats, including Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and LeBron James.
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Now, for the second time in a year, the team is being sold.
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The new owners subject to approval will be Josh Kushner, the brother of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Bob Iger, the former CEO of the Walt Disney Company.
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Last year, a majority stake in the Lakers was sold to Mark Walter.
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He also leads the group that owns the L.A.
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Dodgers.
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Walter is currently the subject of a federal probe into whether he improperly disclosed loans to other companies.
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A spokesman for Walter says he's always acted in good faith.
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For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
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