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Tommy John's rightful place is among MLB's immortals

2 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1 • • Article content“When they operated on my arm, I asked them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did, but it turned out to be Mrs. Koufax.”Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Tommy John's rightful place is among MLB's immortals

2 weeks ago | kingstonthisweek.com | Patrick Kennedy

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John, left, chats with Dr. Kerlan Jobe, who invented the surgery known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction, now better known as Tommy John surgery, as both are honored before a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium Saturday, July 14, 2012. In the procedure, which saved the career of John after he underwent it in 1974, a ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body.
Simon Whitfield: From cow-print shorts to Olympic gold to immortality

3 weeks ago | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentA quarter-century after he captured the 2000 Olympic triathlon in Australia, Kingston native Simon Whitfield, speaking on the phone from his home on Vancouver Island, recounts a special poignant moment — no, not his thrilling, come-from-behind victory over runner-up Stephan Vuckovic, but rather the very spot in the run where he passed the German en route to five-ring glory.
Feeling Brash: Kingston native nearing a return to the mound for MLB's Mariners

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentIt was around this time last year that Seattle Mariners pitcher Matt Brash got some devastating news. The Kingston native listened in disbelief as a team doctor told him the results of an MRI exam on Brash’s injured right arm – his “money arm.”Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
'My motor's still running': Kingston woman celebrates 106th birthday

1 month ago | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1Violet was born in 1919, while Robert Borden was Canada's prime minister, Charlie Chaplin was the biggest star on the silver screen and Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight boxing champ • Article content“Happy birthday,” a visitor from the fourth estate greets Violet Storck, who has just returned from chowing down on a birthday lunch of liver and onions and sticky toffee pudding at a West Kingston eatery. Longtime friend Linda Crook — they go back 40 years — treated “Vi” to lunch.
Bassett answered the call for many a family in his amazing career

2 months ago | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

• Article contentIn March 1963, Rod Bassett arrived in Kingston to begin work at Robert J. Reid & Sons funeral home. The 20-year-old Carleton Place resident had learned some of the ins-and-outs of the business while working part-time at his undertaker uncle’s funeral parlour back home. He wasn’t sure he’d made the right decision to leave his hometown and start life anew in the Limestone City, yet he vowed to stick it out for a year.
If you can't control 'em, I say G’wan, join 'em

2 months ago | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentSt. Patrick’s Day, as we know it today, is a byproduct of savvy American advertising and promotion. It’s billed the world over as a day to celebrate Irish culture and heritage with parades, parties and varying quantities of beer, some of it green. Brilliant. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Dick Cherry remembered as 'true gentleman and an inspiration'

Mar 9, 2025 | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1 • Article contentIn the late spring of 1971, Richard Cherry bumped into his friend Richard Dodds. “Richard”? Only their mothers used that front name, as did Richard Cherry’s famous hockey-commentator brother Don; to others they were simply “Dick.” The two old pals reminisced briefly on their time as student teachers at Queen’s University and the summer they worked together at Kingston Parks and Recreation. They also updated one another on their current standing.
Dick Cherry remembered as 'true gentleman and an inspiration'

Mar 9, 2025 | kingstonthisweek.com | Patrick Kennedy

Dick Cherry remembered as 'true gentleman and an inspiration'Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Mark Howard, left, and Const. Todd Sparkes, right, salute as Don Cherry and his brother Dick step back after placing a wreath on the gravestone of their late grandfather, John T. Cherry, who was one of the original 300 members of the Northwest Mounted Police. A ceremony Wed., Nov. 16, 2011 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Kingston, Ont. dedicated a regimental stone in his name.
COLUMN: In sports, Lynch really was a Jack of all trades

Mar 7, 2025 | thewhig.com | Patrick Kennedy

Advertisement 1 • Article contentOver the years this aging greybeard has covered, chronicled, and witnessed, first-hand, more than a few fine multi-sport athletes. Some are enshrined in the Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame. Most are not, yet they still showcased rare versatility and far-ranging skills in an array of sports and pastimes. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.