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

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

NBC Sports activities California mentioned 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 Space baseball through the years,” the community mentioned in saying the information.

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

Throughout their dialog, Kuiper had been making an attempt to clarify to viewers what they did in the course of the leadup to Oakland’s contest in Kansas Metropolis … however in an try to say they’d gone to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he muttered the n-word as a substitute.

Later within the sport, the 60-year-old apologized for all of it … saying he had mentioned one thing that did not come out the best way he supposed.

“I couldn’t be extra sorry and horrified by what I mentioned,” he added in one other apology later within the week. “I hope you’ll settle for my sincerest apologies.”