NBC Sports California has fired Oakland Athletics TV broadcaster Glen Kuiper two weeks after the veteran broadcaster used a racial slur on air.
“Following an internal review, the decision has been made for NBC Sports California to end its relationship with Glen Kuiper, effective immediately,” the network said in a statement Monday. “We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball over the years.”
Kuiper, 60 and in his 17th season as the A’s play-by-play announcer, hasn’t been on air since May 5, when he used the slur before a game between the A’s and Royals.
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