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Portland Trail Blazers fire brand-new announcer for racist, sexist tweets
Hours after the Portland Trail Blazers announced they had hired announcer Braiden Bell, a KGW-TV reporter uncovered racist and misogynist posts on Bell’s Twitter account from 2012 and 2013.
The Portland Trail Blazers fired their new play-by-play broadcast announcer on Thursday, just hours after announcing they had hired him.
The Blazers introduced announcer Braiden Bell just after noon, saying in a press release that he was “a great fit... [1307 chars]
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