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Curt Schilling: ESPN has 'some of the biggest racists in sports commentating'

Former pitcher and ex-ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling isn’t keeping quiet after the network fired him earlier this month.

Schilling joined SiriuxXM’s Breitbart News Patriot Forum for a segment that will air on Thursday morning, though Newsday was there to report on what he had to say:

“It was apparent to me early on that if you wanted to go off topic as a sports person you had to go off topic left, or you were going to get in trouble. … Some of the most racist things I’ve ever heard have come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. They’re some of the biggest racists in sports commentating.”

When asked after the appearance what he meant, Schilling added this:

“The memo that was sent out more than once was about they wanted on air-talent to focus on sports. To me that means focus on sports unless you want to talk about something that is part of the liberal agenda.

“You listen to Stephen A. Smith, and Stephen A. Smith was the guy who said that Robert Griffin didn’t play quarterback for the Redskins because he’s black. No, Robert Griffin didn’t play quarterback for the Redskins because he [stunk]. … Tony Kornheiser compared the Tea Party to ISIS. I don’t know any planet where those are sports topics. But I don’t care. It’s OK. I think those conversations need to happen. But as soon as you go to the flip side, the right side, there are repercussions for not talking about sports.”

Schilling also added the Facebook post that led to his firing was “commentary [on] the functionality of men’s and women’s bathrooms.”

It’s clear even though Schilling is no longer on the air at ESPN, it’s far from the last time we’ll hear from him.

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