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5:10 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Peterson Completes Pittsburgh Race

Retired Southern Illinois University Carbondale English professor and WSIU's Reading Baseball host Pete Peterson completed a half marathon Sunday in Pittsburgh.

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11:35 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Special Olympics Spring Games Underway

Special Olympics Spring 2013 games played Friday at Carbondale High School

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon launched the Special Olympics 2013 Spring Games Friday in Carbondale.
 

More than 500 athletes are competing in track and field events. More than 600 friends and family are expected to cheer them on.  The gold-medal winners from area games will move on to compete in the Special Olympics State Summer Games at Illinois State University in June.

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11:20 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Reading Baseball: "42"

The biographical sports drama about the life of Jackie Robinson called  "42" is currently in movie theaters across the country.

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson reviews the film and points out how it distorts baseball history in relation to the Pittsburgh Pirates and one of their former pitchers.
 


Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and Pops: The Willie Stargell Story.
 

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