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Canseco fired from broadcasting job after tweets about sexual harassment

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Former Oakland Athletics player Jose Canseco was fired from his broadcasting job with NBC Sports California on Tuesday after the 1988 American League MVP decided to offer his thoughts on a number of recent sexual harassment cases on Twitter.

NBC Sports California immediately issued a statement addressing Canseco's remarks:

"Jose Canseco is no longer an employee with NBC Sports California," the network said in a press release, according to ESPN. "His agreement with us ended after the 2017 season. We certainly don't agree with his comments, which do not reflect the values of our network or our team partner."

The Athletics issued a statement of their own, mentioning their disappointment in Canseco:

“If people can’t take a joke, that’s ridiculous," Canseco sent Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle in a text message. "What I’m saying really has no meaning. Those tweets don’t even make any sense, they’re a bunch of riddles.”

Canseco was expected to return as part of the NBC Sports California broadcast crew for 2018 before his dismissal.

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