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News and Links for August 23, 2008…

A crazy Cuban taekwondo-er flipped out and kicked a referee in the head after getting disqualified from his bronze medal match. Angel Matos and his coach have been banned for life for the move.

Deadspin takes a look at ESPN’s coverage of Gene Upshaw’s death, asking just who the Worldwide Leader really thought was the story.

The International Gymnastics Federation is still looking over a bunch of documents regarding the age of the Chinese gymnasts who cheated their way to a gold medal in the women’s all-around. Here is all of the documentation that you need to know that these girls were not all 16. I’m no Chris Hanson, but I can spot a non-16-year old with the best of them.

Hey, remember last year when everyone insisted that Tom Glavine was going to be the last 300-game winner ever? Well, now Randy Johnson is just six wins away from 300, and Mike Mussina is at a healthy 266, and clearly looks like he can keep going. And I still guarantee that barring a major injury, CC Sabathia will get 300 wins. But what do I know?

I don’t know what the specific rules allow for, but why didn’t Davey Johnson offer Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds a shot to play in the Olympics? Seems like they could have helped us win the gold medal.

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