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Inside one of sports' most abhorrent trends: The unearthing of old
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Add Trea Turner to long list who have been burned by social media
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Sean Newcomb's Old Racist, Homophobic Tweets Revealed After Failed
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Social media reminds athletes that the past is never fully gone
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Trea Turner tweets: Nats SS apologizes after tweets surface
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Sean Newcomb confronts resurfaced tweets, Braves to work toward
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Braves' Sean Newcomb apologizes, doesn't remember offensive tweets
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Homophobic, racist tweets resurface from Atlanta Braves' Sean
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Old anti-gay tweets surface of two more Major League Baseball
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Braves' Sean Newcomb addresses ugly old tweets right after just
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb under fire for 2011, 2012
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Trea Turner Old Racist and Homophobic Tweets Surface After Loss to