{
  "id": 1815210,
  "title": "From 2024: Tommy John on Tommy John surgery, before and after",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/from-2024-tommy-john-on-tommy-john-surgery-before-and-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:17:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/from-2024-tommy-john-on-tommy-john-surgery-before-and-after/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In this interview from 2024, former pitching ace Tommy John talked with correspondent Faith Salie about the injury to his pitching arm he suffered in 1974, and about the innovative procedure (which came to be known as \"Tommy John surgery\") that rescued his career – and would prolong the careers of many more professional and amateur athletes since. [John died on Aug. 15, 2026 at age 83.]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}