Tag: Kuiper
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MLB broadcaster Glen Kuiper to call first game since firing over racial slur
[ad_1] Glen Kuiper is back on the air. Nearly three years after appearing to say a racial slur during a broadcast, the former A’s announcer will return to the radio booth when the Giants play Team USA during spring training on March 3. Kuiper, who is the younger brother of San Francisco’s longtime play-by-play announcer…
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A’s announcer Glen Kuiper frustrated he was fired for ‘one mistake’ after on-air racial slur
[ad_1] Glen Kuiper is digging that hole a little bit deeper. After NBC Sports California fired Kuiper as their A’s play-by-play broadcaster on Monday because he used the N-word on television while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he released a statement to KRON4. Though it does include an apology, it is…
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A’s announcer Glen Kuiper fired by NBC Sports after using on-air racial slur
[ad_1] A’s announcer Glen Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California just over two weeks after uttering the N-word during a broadcast. Kuiper, a 60-year-old veteran play-by-play broadcaster and former minor league player, said the n-word on live television when describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum during a pregame segment prior the…