Sports Medicine Pioneer Frank Jobe Dies At 88

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Dr. Frank Jobe, a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who was the first to perform an elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John surgery and saved the careers of countless major league pitchers, died Thursday. He was 88.

Jobe died in Santa Monica after being hospitalized recently with an undisclosed illness, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jobe performed groundbreaking elbow surgery on John, a Dodgers pitcher who had a ruptured medial collateral ligament in his left elbow. The injury previously had no solution until Jobe removed a tendon from John's forearm and repaired his elbow. John went on to pitch 14 years after the operation on Sept. 25, 1974, compiling 164 more victories without ever missing a start because of an elbow problem.

"Today I lost a GREAT friend," John tweeted.

Last year, the initial surgery and the relationship between John and Jobe was the subject of an ESPN documentary.

"When he did come back, I thought maybe we could do it on somebody else," Jobe told The Associated Press in 2010. "I waited two years to try it on somebody else, but we had no idea we could do it again."

Jobe initially estimated John's chances of returning to the majors at less than 5 percent. He later said 92 to 95 percent of patients return as good, if not better, than before the surgery.

The surgery has since become common practice for pitchers and players at every level of baseball, including New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, Washington star Stephen Strasburg, San Francisco's Tim Hudson and Minnesota's Francisco Liriano.

Some pitchers have signed multiyear contracts just months after they have the surgery in expectation of a high-level return.

Typically, full rehabilitation takes about a year for pitchers and about six months for position players. The procedure initially required four hours; now it takes about an hour.

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Regents may shift gears on UNLV med school plans to appeal to Southern Nevada donors

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NSHE Chancellor Dan Klaich speaks with the Sun Editorial Board, Tuesday Aug. 20,2013.

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Friday, March 7, 2014 | 1:55 p.m.

Nevadas higher education leaders are reconsidering the accreditation process for a proposed new UNLV medical school amid concerns about losing donor support from Southern Nevadans.

When regents approved an agreement to create a UNLV medical school in November, they outlined plans for a partnership between UNR and UNLV for a new public, M.D.-granting medical school in Las Vegas.

Initial plans called for UNLV to use the University of Nevada School of Medicines accreditation to kick-start a Southern Nevada medical school. Eventually, the UNLV medical would become independently accredited.

Now, though, some question whether Southern Nevada philanthropists will support a medical school in Las Vegas affiliated with UNR.

We are not buying a second UNR medical school in Las Vegas, Lindy Schumacher, director of Nevada giving for the Lincy Foundation, wrote in an op-ed published in the Sun. I believe (University of Nevada School of Medicine Dean Thomas) Schwenk would find a pool of donors in Las Vegas if he were asking for gifts for a UNLV Las Vegas-based medical school, and not simply a branch of the UNR medical school.

Amid concerns about losing donations that could help build a UNLV medical school, a statewide steering committee today recommended to the Board of Regents that UNLV pursue a separate accreditation process without assistance from UNR.

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Debate rages in tiny B.C. town over turning former grade school into medical marijuana factory

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Some residents of the small northern B.C. town of Topley are up in arms over a proposed licensed medical marijuana grow operation at the site of a former elementary school.

K Town Medical Growers is poised to buy the shuttered 15,000-square-foot school on the Yellowhead Highway, and transform it into a commercial marijuana production facility that its owner hopes will produce up to 8,000 kilograms of medicinal pot per year and provide jobs for as many as 150 people in the region.

News that the old school might be turned into a pot production facility has ignited strong opinions among the few hundred residents of Topley.

Its a big-time subject. Its the only thing the town is talking about lately, said resident Wendy Townsend, who is organizing a public meeting at the community hall on March 17.

Townsend, who is adopting a neutral stance, said shes heard from many people who are against the project.

Some are worried about odors and the potential for crime. Many still hold the school in affection, even though its been standing empty since 2010.

Theyre emotionally attached to the school, said Townsend. Its been the centre of our community. Theres still kids that play in the schoolyard.

However, others may also welcome the economic boom the facility could bring to the region, which is dominated by the forestry and mining industries in Burns Lake and Houston, said Townsend.

Many residents have questions they need answered before they can make up their minds, she added. A lot of residents have no understanding whatsoever of marijuana except for what they read and see in the news.

K Towns owner, Alexander Mark Roberts, already operates a small licensed medical marijuana facility in town, but wants to expand.

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2 more questioned after neighbor’s arrest in East Liberty sisters’ deaths – Video

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Allen Wade says he #39;s innocent. Pittsburgh police say he #39;s charged with killing Susan Wolfe and her sister, Sarah, at the house where the women lived in East ...

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