{"id":105336,"date":"2023-05-23T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T05:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/as-broadcaster-glen-kuiper-fired-after-saying-n-word-on-air\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T05:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T05:30:14","slug":"as-broadcaster-glen-kuiper-fired-after-saying-n-word-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/as-broadcaster-glen-kuiper-fired-after-saying-n-word-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#8217;s Broadcaster Glen Kuiper Fired After Saying N-Word On-Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-bd58bf1ffcbabe6a524c14f643107930\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230522_1bb846b8161841b38093616ed70ec559\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:06998dcb-c100-45ac-9652-89d68d136a8f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1b\/4by3\/2023\/05\/22\/1bb846b8161841b38093616ed70ec559_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Glen Kuiper\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd58bf1ffcbabe6a524c14f643107930--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-25a290bed2c71f554ae0598110e4c3e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Glen Kuiper<\/strong> has been fired from his position as Oakland A&#8217;s broadcaster &#8230; after he used the n-word whereas on-air earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-25a290bed2c71f554ae0598110e4c3e1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-03d992a443eb7b1a9a3111510ce034d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>NBC Sports California mentioned in a press release Monday it got here to the choice to half methods with the longtime play-by-play man following a weekslong investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-03d992a443eb7b1a9a3111510ce034d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bcf8c41b0e1c289e1325f2501942d0e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Area baseball through the years,&#8221; the community mentioned in asserting the information.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bcf8c41b0e1c289e1325f2501942d0e9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-728ca1c05b318b6855cab5585b3fd6f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kuiper had initially been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/05\/06\/oakland-a-announcer-apologizes-n-word-negro-leagues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>suspended<\/strong><\/a> on May 6 for utilizing the racial slur whereas speaking with <strong>Dallas Braden<\/strong> simply earlier than the A&#8217;s vs. Royals sport on May 5.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-728ca1c05b318b6855cab5585b3fd6f6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-17c38fc46278aa4b02e2a05af686e9c8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-78521e44-7408-41e2-88c0-2c738962bd6a-1511795379-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-78521e44-7408-41e2-88c0-2c738962bd6a-1511795379-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6f\/16by9\/2023\/05\/07\/6f887f4511a046a7b30f29ca64425add_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">5\/5\/23<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Courtesy of MLB<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-17c38fc46278aa4b02e2a05af686e9c8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d139fb8cc2ba28a9144b56745bcc51e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>During their dialog, Kuiper had been attempting to clarify to viewers what they did throughout the leadup to Oakland&#8217;s contest in Kansas City &#8230; however in an try and say they&#8217;d gone to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he muttered the n-word as an alternative.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d139fb8cc2ba28a9144b56745bcc51e9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d0b2fcc2d749b4a0a4881672fa067ce2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Later within the sport, the 60-year-old apologized for all of it &#8230; saying he had mentioned one thing that did not come out the way in which he supposed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d0b2fcc2d749b4a0a4881672fa067ce2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c6153d45d5c27e23f1518e5f3ad4700a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d59cb8b5-7bf5-48d8-a7b5-a91699cad735-2068515981-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d59cb8b5-7bf5-48d8-a7b5-a91699cad735-2068515981-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9c\/16by9\/2023\/05\/06\/9cf8eecef96b484dbcd2eeabefb57574_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">5\/5\/23<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c6153d45d5c27e23f1518e5f3ad4700a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-325971160ecf2d7031ffff48e934ec9a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be extra sorry and horrified by what I mentioned,&#8221; he added in one other apology later within the week. &#8220;I hope you&#8217;ll settle for my sincerest apologies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-325971160ecf2d7031ffff48e934ec9a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9edd7aa91cf58ad26024080d4cdf908e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kuiper had been calling A&#8217;s video games and different sporting occasions within the Bay Area for twenty years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9edd7aa91cf58ad26024080d4cdf908e--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Glen Kuiper has been fired from his position as Oakland A&#8217;s broadcaster &#8230; after he used the n-word whereas on-air earlier this month. 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