NBA Broadcaster Fired Just Hours Into New Job
First reported 2 Oct, 09:31 UTCUpdated 2d ago3 sources
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X/braidenbell The Portland Trail Blazers fired a new play-by-play broadcaster within hours of hiring him after past racist and misogynistic posts surfaced on X. The team dumped Braiden Bell, 29, after posts from 2012 and 2013 surfaced, when he was about 15. They included comments about “Asian people” and used the…
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- NBA Broadcaster Fired Just Hours Into New Job (opens The Daily Beast in a new tab)
X/braidenbell The Portland Trail Blazers fired a new play-by-play broadcaster within hours of hiring him after past racist and misogynistic posts surfaced on X. The team dumped Braiden Bell, 29, after posts from 2012 and 2013 surfaced, when he was about 15. They included comments about “Asian people” and used the…
- Trail Blazers fire new announcer just hours after hiring over decade-old social media posts (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The team says they have ‘zero tolerance’ for such comments
- Why the Portland Trail Blazers Fired Their New Broadcaster Hours After His Hiring Announcement (opens Townhall in a new tab)
