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The Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> fired play-by-play announcer Braiden Bell on Thursday \u2014 the same day he was hired \u2014 over old racist and misogynistic tweets.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Trail Blazers fired their new television play-by-play broadcaster, Braiden Bell, hours after they announced the hire, after posts on X resurfaced from Bell\u2019s past that featured misogynistic and racist comments,\u201d The New York Post\u2019s Christian Arnold wrote on October 1<\/a>. \u201cThe objectionable social media posts were from 2012 and 2013, when Bell was roughly 15 years old, and contained comments about \u2018Asian people\u2019 and used the terms \u2018slut\u2019 and \u2018wh\u2014s\u2019 to refer to women in the posts.\u00a0 Bell is now 29 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n The Blazers announced Bell\u2019s firing in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Portland Trail Blazers have zero tolerance for racist, sexist, or harmful comments,\u201d the Blazers said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cSocial media posts made by our recently announced play-by-play broadcaster are in clear violation of team and league policies, as well as our values and expectations. Therefore, we will not be moving forward with this broadcaster.\u201d<\/p>\n Bell\u2019s social media accounts were set to private by Friday morning.<\/p>\n Braiden Bell\u2019s Hiring Made News Thursday Morning<\/p>\n The Oregonian ran an article Thursday morning about Bell\u2019s hiring \u2014 a story that had to be updated later that night with a line at the top telling readers he\u2019d already lost his job.<\/p>\n \u201cBell, who had been calling games for the WNBA\u2019s Phoenix Mercury and the G League\u2019s Valley Suns<\/a>, will replace veteran Kevin Calabro, who left the organization over the summer,\u201d The Oregonian\u2019s Joe Freeman wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe 29-year-old will work alongside color commentator Lamar Hurd and courtside reporter Brooke Olzendam in a new-look broadcast that will continue to air on the Rip City Television Network.\u201d<\/p>\n Portland TV Station Broke Story on Firing, Tweets<\/p>\n KGW-TV \u2014 Portland\u2019s NBC affiliate \u2014 broke the story on Bell\u2019s firing and tweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n From KGW: \u201cThe tweets were from 2012 and 2013 and were first spotted by KGW reporter Devon Haskins. KGW was in the process of reporting a story on the tweets Thursday afternoon and reached out to the Blazers for comment. The team replied several hours later saying they had fired Bell.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPortland Trail Blazers have fired Braiden Bell hours after naming him the new TV play-by-play broadcaster after racist tweets were discovered in his past as a teen,\u201d NBA on Prime\u2019s Chris Haynes wrote<\/a> on his official X account.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe Blazers have released a statement saying that they have fired freshly hired TV pxp announcer Braiden Bell after racist and misogynistic tweets from his past have resurfaced,\u201d Blazers reporter Brenna Greene wrote<\/a> on her official X account.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, and the entire NFC East Division. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Portland Trail Blazers small forward Deni Avdija. 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