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"ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been
advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment
with ESPN has been terminated," ESPN said in a statement on
Wednesday. (http://es.pn/1VCV574)
ESPN last year also removed Schilling from coverage of the
Little League World Series after the retired pitching star sent
a tweet comparing the percentage of Muslims who are extremists
to the percentage of Germans in 1940 who were Nazis.
A six-time All-Star, Schilling played 20 years in Major League
baseball and won the World Series in 2001 with the Arizona
Diamondbacks, and with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 2007.
Reuters could not immediately reach Schilling for comment.
(Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard
Orr)
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