Columbia University suspended its wrestling team’s season on Monday while it investigates a leak of illicit text messages sent among team members, The New York Times reported.

The messages, shared on the private messaging app GroupMe, were peppered with derogatory references to women, minorities, and gay people. Screenshots of the messages were made public by independent student-run news site Bwog.

The university described the inflammatory messages as “appalling” in a statement.

“Columbia University has zero tolerance in its athletics programs for the group messaging and texts sent by several members of the men’s varsity wrestling team. They are appalling, read more >>>

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