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ESPN pulls Schilling over Muslim 'Nazi' tweet

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling throws out the first pitch after being inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame on August 3, 2012 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts (AFP Photo/Jared Wickerham)

Los Angeles (AFP) - Major League Baseball legend Curt Schilling was suspended by broadcaster ESPN on Tuesday after triggering uproar with a tweet that compared "extremist" Muslims to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

Schilling, 48, attempted to head off the controversy, hastily deleting the tweet soon after it was posted on his Twitter feed.

The post depicted a graphic of Hitler with the message: "It's said only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists.