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David Haugh: I wanted to know why anyone would tweet the F-word at Sister Jean, so I called the host who did

I called WKGN-AM midday host Cody McClure - the Knoxville, Tenn., sports-talker who tweeted a four-letter insult at Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt - hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

I wanted to at least give a so-called professional a chance to defend an outburst I considered unprofessional, unacceptable and wildly inappropriate.

"F--- Sister Jean -everyone," McClure posted (except he didn't use the dashes) on his Twitter account Saturday night after Loyola beat Tennessee 63-62 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. I still cringe reading that.

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