Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner is the latest professional athlete to have old tweets resurface that cast him in a negative light.
Ryan Young of Yahoo Sports reported Sunday that Turner had racist and homophobic tweets dating back to 2011-2012, when he was 17-18 years old. Twitter user @BBBortles5 provided a sampling of the tweets (warning: NSFW content):
Blake Bortles is Elite@chelsea_janes I got you Chelsea https://t.co/yWYVsktDDz
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo provided a statement on the 25-year-old player, via Mark Zuckerman of MASN:
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