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 Duane … Read more
Some things can shock you into silence. And when you’re on a broadcast, the silence can be awkward… for you and the hundreds of thousands — if not millions — listening. We were reminded of that during the top of the fifth inning between the Texas Rangers and the Athletics as a camera cut to a … Read more
Now you see him, now you don’t. It took just one commercial break for an unhappy Athletics fan to be told to move on. During the NBC Sports California pre-game show Thursday at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, a fan wearing a green shirt with the word “sell” on it was spotted in the background. … Read more
Sometimes the best moments of a game do not happen on the field. That is precisely what occurred in the Athletics’ game Wednesday night. In the bottom of the sixth inning, a foul ball was hit just above the safety netting at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, on the path to land right on top … Read more
The Yankees’ newest announcer is already catching some flak. WFAN’s Boomer Esiason didn’t hold back after Dave Sims elected to skip the Yankees’ series against the A’s, fewer than 40 games into his tenure as the radio station’s play-by-play announcer for the team. “I’ve worked with Dave, great guy,” Esiason said on the “Boomer and … Read more
What an american idiot. Billie Joe Armstrong got Green Day banned by two Las Vegas radio stations after he insulted the city at a recent concert. The 52-year-old singer expressed his anger over his favorite baseball team, the Oakland A’s, relocating to Las Vegas while he was performing at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on Sept. … Read more
Fog-geddaboutit! San Francisco has been accused of “bullying” after slapping nearby Oakland with a trademark lawsuit — sharply warning the crossbay rival to “stay away” from its brand. The brouhaha by the Bay began after the burg Gertrude Stein once described as having “no there there” rebranded its airport (OAK) — formerly known as “Metropolitan Oakland … Read more
The “Sports Pope” is not here for the 15 minutes of fame for the “Hawk Tuah” girl. The viral star, whose real name is Hailey Welch, threw out the first pitch before Thursday’s day game between the Mets and A’s at Citi Field, extending her fame cycle following the infamous man-on-the-street interview in which she … Read more
Jenny Cavnar of NBC Sports California might go down in history for this wild jinx during the A’s-Rays game on Thursday. With elite closer Mason Miller on the mound protecting a one-run lead in the ninth, Cavnar quipped with Rays outfielder Jose Siri at the plate: “Hey, Siri, it’s not your night. “Feeling Mason Miller … Read more
David Justice is calling fake news on how he was depicted in the “Moneyball” movie. The movie, based on the Michael Lewis book about former Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, portrayed Justice as a me-first egotist. Justice appeared on Keyshawn Johnson’s Fox Sports podcast “All Facts No Brakes” and repudiated specific aspects of how … Read more
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 fairly … Read more
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 Oakland’s … Read more
Tony Kemp got drafted in 2013 and received quite the ultimatum. The A’s outfielder joined Xavier Scruggs and Lauren Gardner on MLB Network’s “Off Base” on Monday from Yankee Stadium, where Oakland has played this week, and was asked about how he balances a bourgeoning MLB career with raising one young kid — and another on the … Read more