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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.