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Michelle R. Martinelli

Bob Huggins should have been fired, but West Virginia chose cowardice instead

With Bob Huggins, West Virginia had the chance to do the right thing. But when faced with an opportunity to stand up for the LGBTQ+ community and demonstrate zero tolerance for hate speech, it said, “Nah.”

The Mountaineers’ 69-year-old men’s basketball coach appeared on a Cincinnati radio show Monday and repeatedly used a homophobic slur while he and the host mocked solidarity for the transgender community.

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