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Basketball announcer loses job after caught using racial slurs
Video streamer Matt Rowan was caught using a racial slur on a hot mic while members of a girls basketball team were kneeling during the national anthem. Clay Horning/The Transcript
An Oklahoma sports announcer was captured during a livestream directing racial slurs and expletives toward members of a girls' high school basketball team who were kneeling during the national anthem.
The racist comments came shortly after Norman High basketball players knelt during the playing of the national anthem before a quarterfinal state tournament game against Midwest City at Sapulpa High School in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.