John Clay: Ugly rhetoric also spilling into sports

The shooting Saturday of an Arizona congresswoman that also claimed the life of six people, including a 9-year-old girl, has sparked a public debate about the current tone of political discourse in this country.

Clarence Dupnik, the Arizona sheriff in charge of the investigation into the shooting, called on the country to "do a little soul-searching."

I say it's time for sports to do a little soul-searching as well.

It's time for a debate on the current discourse in our own little neck of the woods.

After all, a day after the NCAA on Friday ruled Enes Kanter was permanently ineligible to play college basketball, here is what someone tweeted to New York Times reporter Pete Thamel:

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