Portland Trail Blazers fire new broadcaster after racist, misogynistic tweets resurface
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Braiden Bell, 29, was hired to replace longtime play-by-play man Kevin Calabro and work alongside Lamar Hurd and Brooke Olzendam. However, the Blazers fired Bell when his old tweets came to light.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Hours after his hire was announced by the team, the Portland Trail Blazers fired their play-by-play announcer on Thursday after racist and misogynistic social media posts he made years ago resurfaced.
In a stunning turn of events, the team abruptly fired its new play-by-play commentator after a series of troubling, years-old tweets from him came to light.
PORTLAND – The same day the Portland Trail Blazers announced the hiring of television broadcaster Braiden Bell, the team has fired him because of past social media posts.
The Portland Trail Blazers fired new play-by-play television broadcaster Braiden Bell on Thursday when past inappropriate social media posts resurfaced just hours after the team announced his hiring
Braiden Bell, 29, was hired to replace longtime play-by-play man Kevin Calabro and work alongside Lamar Hurd and Brooke Olzendam. However, the Blazers fired Bell when his old tweets came to light.
Braiden Bell, 29, was hired to replace longtime play-by-play man Kevin Calabro and work alongside Lamar Hurd and Brooke Olzendam. However, the Blazers fired Bell when his old tweets came to light.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers fired new play-by-play television broadcaster Braiden Bell on Thursday when inappropriate social media posts that he made as a teenager resurfaced just hours after the team announced his hiring.
Within hours of launching a new chapter in their broadcast booth, the Portland Trail Blazers pivoted and changed direction. Portland announced Thursday that it had hired Braiden Bell, a 29-year-old broadcaster who previously worked with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and the G League’s Valley Suns, as i…
