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Schilling off the air for controversial tweet ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling has been taken off the air after he sent a tweet equating Muslim extremists with Nazis in Germany, according to ESPN.com.
Schilling off the air for controversial tweet
ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling has been taken off the air after he sent a tweet equating Muslim extremists with Nazis in Germany, according to ESPN.com.
Schilling, who pitched for the Phillies from 1992 to 2000 and later won World Series rings with Arizona and Boston, was broadcasting Little League World Series games when he was disciplined.
"Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company's perspective," ESPN said in a statement. "We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration."
The tweet was later deleted. Schilling called it "a bad decision," according to ESPN.com.
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- Inquirer wire services