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ESPN Cans Paul Shirley Over Haiti Comments

Ex-NBA player no longer welcome to contribute after diatribe

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 27, 2010 12:48 PM CST

(Newser) – Apparently, Paul Shirley did some work for ESPN, but after his much-reviled comments on the Haitian earthquake that position is no longer open to him. The ex-NBA player “was a part-time freelance contributor,” the network says in a statement. “The views he expressed on another site of course do not at all reflect our company's views on the Haiti relief efforts. He will no longer contribute to ESPN.” Read Shirley's offending diatribe here.

Paul Shirley in 2007.
Paul Shirley in 2007.   (AP Photo)
Paul Shirley in 2000.
Paul Shirley in 2000.   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
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Lioness
Jan 28, 2010 12:58 PM CST
How to put them on, what's their use, why they're important, how it will help them, etc, etc. Just handing out condoms isn't going to help much of anything.
ccabek
Jan 28, 2010 12:17 PM CST
can they can Rush Limbog too........please
Roddy6667
Jan 28, 2010 8:58 AM CST
I guess the truth is very unpopular.

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