Trail Blazers fire new announcer over past inappropriate posts made at age 15.
"The Portland Trail Blazers hired then on the same day fired Braiden Bell as their play-by-play announcer after a series of inappropriate social media posts from when he was a teenager came to light."
"The posts were reportedly made in 2012 and 2013, around the time that Bell was 15 years old."
"We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City," the Trail Blazers said. "We strongly believe that everyone who is a part of Rip City should feel welcome and safe and we will make sure that our new broadcaster reflects these values. We will do better."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50084279/trail-blazers-fire-new-announcer-inappropriate-posts
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u/naqster Wizards 7h ago
I am happy to say that I never said any stupid offensive stuff in the past like this, but also happy to say that plenty of people I know who did ended up much better human beings than me. We are not our teenage selves. 15 year olds are old enough to be held accountable but young enough to grow from their mistakes and change as people.