Portland Trail Blazers fire announcer hours after hiring

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 2 Oct, 19:08 · Archive

The Portland Trail Blazers hired and fired announcer Braiden Bell within hours of his appointment.

The Portland Trail Blazers appointed Braiden Bell as their lead television announcer, but terminated his employment within hours of the announcement. The decision followed the discovery of social media posts from Bell's teenage years that had been posted more than ten years earlier.

The team cited a 'zero tolerance' policy in relation to the posts, according to reports. No further details about the content of the posts or other circumstances were provided by the outlets.

How it is being reported

• Trail Blazers fire new announcer just hours after hiring over decade-old social media postsIndependent World · 2 Oct, 18:44
• NBA's Portland Trail Blazers hire announcer, then fire him hours later over tweets from his teenage yearsFox News · 2 Oct, 15:26

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