A’s Broadcaster Glen Kuiper Fired After Saying N-Word On-Air

Glen Kuiper has been fired from his function as Oakland A’s broadcaster … after he used the n-word whereas on-air earlier this month.

NBC Sports California stated in an announcement Monday it got here to the choice to half methods with the longtime play-by-play man following a weekslong investigation into the incident.

“We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball over the years,” the community stated in asserting the information.

Kuiper had initially been suspended on May 6 for utilizing the racial slur whereas speaking with Dallas Braden simply earlier than the A’s vs. Royals sport on May 5.

During their dialog, Kuiper had been attempting to elucidate to viewers what they did through the leadup to Oakland’s contest in Kansas City … however in an try and say they’d gone to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he muttered the n-word as an alternative.

Later within the sport, the 60-year-old apologized for all of it … saying he had stated one thing that did not come out the way in which he meant.

“I could not be more sorry and horrified by what I said,” he added in one other apology later within the week. “I hope you will accept my sincerest apologies.”