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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...   Read full story »

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