Iran’s weightlifting federation calls Mostafa Rajai’s actions – shaking hands with Maksim Svirsky of Israel on the podium at a meet – “unforgivable.”
Author: Steve Gardner, USA TODAY
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Radio announcer Suzyn Waldman fed up with ‘boring,’ punchless Yankees
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