ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling compares Muslims to Nazis in tweet

A since-deleted tweet form former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling generated social media controversy on Tuesday.



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Another ESPN analyst has found himself immersed in controversy.

Curt Schilling, the former major-league pitcher who's an analyst for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts, sent out a tweet Tuesday morning with a meme that compared Muslims to Nazis.

Curt Schilling posted this tweet Tuesday before deleting it shortly...

Schilling quickly deleted the tweet and later apologized in interactions with followers. Schilling told one follower, "needed to actually think a bit before acting on that one, or not acting. On me though."

ESPN pulled Schilling from his assignment at the Little League World Series and issued the following statement Tuesday afternoon:

"Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company's perspective. We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration."

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After ESPN issued its statement, Schilling tweeted:

I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part. — Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015

Schilling pitched for the Astros during the 1991 season after being acquired from Baltimore. He was then traded to Philadelphia, where his career was jump-started. He later helped Arizona (2001) and Boston (2003, 2007) win the World Series before retiring after the 2007 season.

Schilling is the second high-profile ESPN analyst to generate headlines for controversial actions this week.

On Sunday, NFL analyst Cris Carter apologized after video surfaced of him telling players at the league's 2014 rookie symposium to pick a "fall guy" to go to jail for them.

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