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Sobrato followed its solid win over San Benito by easily beating

Sobrato continued to wear out Independence pitching in a 12-2

Nelson Pyle's walk-off two-run home run lifted the Athletics to

It's hard to imagine a team going through more ups and downs

April 6

Thursday 4.26

The media aftermath following some disparaging remarks made by former radio host Don Imus about Rutgers University girls' basketball team was the focus of my column last week. Centering on the "Huge Deal" made by broadcast media when a public figure does something off the wall, I wrote my column with the sense that the frantic broadcasting blitz generated by the Imus incident would be completely wiped away with the next major news event, which isn't a huge leap in logic given the number of times this pattern is repeated by the media. That major story came a lot sooner than I thought, and the insight nudging the back of my mind that Imus' name would fall completely off the radar screen turned out to be true as we learned about the heartbreaking events that took place in Virginia.  

I love to read. One of my favorite things to do when I have free time is to linger through a bookstore. But as much as I love bookstores, my favorite place is the local library. I was raised in a neighborhood full of kids that trekked together in a pack for a mile down Alum Rock Avenue to hang out at the library. We'd spend hours there, and then cart armloads of books home.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month