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Long time A's baseball announcer fired after N-word slur on the air. [View all]
The move was expected. He blurted the N-word out so easily it seemed something he was accustomed to using. An audio of the incident is at the link.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oakland-athletics-glen-kuiper-fired-racial-slur-baseball_n_646be896e4b06749be15fe7b
Glen Kuiper, the A's main play-by-play announcer for 20 years, was fired after saying a slur while describing a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
During a May 5 baseball broadcast before the Oakland A’s faced the Kansas City Royals, Kuiper spoke of his trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. But he instead called it the “N****r League Museum.”
“Following an internal review, the decision has been made for NBC Sports California to end its relationship with Glen Kuiper, effective immediately,” the network said in a statement on Monday. “We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball.
During a May 5 baseball broadcast before the Oakland A’s faced the Kansas City Royals, Kuiper spoke of his trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. But he instead called it the “N****r League Museum.”
“Following an internal review, the decision has been made for NBC Sports California to end its relationship with Glen Kuiper, effective immediately,” the network said in a statement on Monday. “We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball.
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