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| ESPN fires analyst Curt Schilling after Facebook post on transgender people | ESPN fires analyst Curt Schilling after Facebook post on transgender people |
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| ESPN has announced that it has fired network analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling following his comments on Facebook about transgender people. | ESPN has announced that it has fired network analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling following his comments on Facebook about transgender people. |
| The network released a statement Wednesday saying: “ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated.” | |
| This week, Schilling reposted an image of an overweight man wearing a long blond wig and revealing women’s clothing. It included the phrase: “Let him in! To the restroom with your daughter or else you’re a narrow minded, judgmental, unloving, racist bigot who needs to die!!!” | This week, Schilling reposted an image of an overweight man wearing a long blond wig and revealing women’s clothing. It included the phrase: “Let him in! To the restroom with your daughter or else you’re a narrow minded, judgmental, unloving, racist bigot who needs to die!!!” |
| Related: Transgender student in Virginia wins key fight on bathroom access | Related: Transgender student in Virginia wins key fight on bathroom access |
| Schilling added his own comments, saying: “A man is a man no matter what they call themselves” and “Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic.” | Schilling added his own comments, saying: “A man is a man no matter what they call themselves” and “Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic.” |
| Schilling was apparently referring to laws in several states that restrict bathroom access to transgender people. | Schilling was apparently referring to laws in several states that restrict bathroom access to transgender people. |
| Earlier Wednesday, Schilling defended the post on his blog, saying that he was expressing his opinion and those criticizing him are frauds. | |
| This isn’t the first time that Schilling has been in hot water with the network for comments he made online. | |
| The former Sunday Night Baseball analyst was pulled by ESPN from a major league game and the network’s coverage of the Little League World Series last fall after he retweeted a post that compared Muslims and Nazi-era Germans.ESPN said the tweet was “unacceptable” but kept him on board. | |
| At the time, Schilling said he had made a “bad decision”. |