Curt Schilling has company in his foxhole as he wages war against ESPN.
The polarizing ex-MLB pitcher has hammered his former employer in interviews and on social media in recent weeks after the network cut ties with the outspoken analyst. ESPN dumped Schilling after he shared a controversial Facebook post about transgender people.
Schilling claimed to be the victim of a double-standard, and his vitriol toward his former company only grew after ESPN edited him out from its “Four Days In October” documentary about the 2004 Boston Red Sox. The network claims it needed to shorten the program in the interest of time, a claim that Schilling doubts.
So, too, does his wife, Shonda. In an email correspondence with the Boston Herald’s Inside Track, Shonda Schilling ripped into ESPN for its treatment of her husband and the claims the company made.
“Couples who get divorced don’t usually stoop this low to get the last word in,” she said in the email to the Herald. “I know (ESPN’s) brand is to be true to Disney. That doesn’t mean you have to act like a child. I don’t remember any Disney films I ever saw that said to try to embarrass you if you want to be heard. Just one last thing, ESPN, people are not mad at what you did they are embarrassed for you.”
Maybe this will be the actual final word on this whole thing. Given how it’s played out so far, however, that seems unlikely.
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