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After 50 years, Tommy John surgery is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return
Read full article: After 50 years, Tommy John surgery is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed returnTommy John surgery, like baseball itself, is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return.
Retired police sergeant who killed 3 at California bar shot his estranged wife first, officials say
Read full article: Retired police sergeant who killed 3 at California bar shot his estranged wife first, officials sayAuthorities say the retired police officer who opened fire at a popular Southern California bar entered and first shot his estranged wife and her dinner companion before firing at random.
Florida man gets 62 stitches after 250-pound alligator attack
Read full article: Florida man gets 62 stitches after 250-pound alligator attackST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. – A Port St. Lucie man is recounting the terrifying moments when he was bitten on the leg by an 8-foot alligator while walking his dog. Mark Johnson, 61, said he and his dog, Rex, were walking near a canal Sunday morning around 9:30 a.m. He said he slid and that’s when his foot got stuck in the mud. The reptile has been relocated to an alligator farm. [RELATED: Facts about the American alligator from the FWC.]
Golf not a Paralympic sport? It's true, but that could change
Read full article: Golf not a Paralympic sport? It's true, but that could changeIt took more than 100 years for golf to be successfully reinstated as an Olympic sport. Despite golf becoming fully entrenched as an Olympic sport starting with the 2016 Rio de Janerio games, the same can’t be said of the Paralympics, which has not recognized golf as a sport for its event. He said having golf in the Paralympics could give adaptive golf a huge platform to which sponsors can jump on board and possibly help alleviate those costs. A lot of people, this is their vacation.”Beyond providing further awareness to adaptive golf, getting the Paralympics to welcome golf as a sport can further showcase what amputees can do in athletics. Kellie Valentine, a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been competing at adaptive golf tournaments for more than 20 years and knows what the Paralympic stage would mean.