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HS announcer says he called basketball team a racial slur because of his diabetes
New York Post ^ | March 13, 2021 | Elizabeth Elizalde

Posted on 03/12/2021 10:54:23 PM PST by nickcarraway

An Oklahoma basketball announcer who was caught on a hot mic calling members of an all-girl high school team the N-word for kneeling during the national anthem is now blaming the outburst on his diabetes.

“I will state that I suffer Type 1 diabetes and during the game, my sugar was spiking,” the announcer, Matt Rowan, told TMZ Sports.

Rowan claimed, “it is not unusual when my sugar spikes that I become disoriented and often say things that are not appropriate as well as hurtful.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: anthem; basketball; education; kneeling; oklahoma; sports
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To: nickcarraway

He should have gone with the Tourette’s Syndrome alibi.


21 posted on 03/13/2021 4:18:04 AM PST by Old Yeller
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure if he had called them treasonous, woke virtue-signalers he would been just fine.


22 posted on 03/13/2021 6:00:41 AM PST by davius (Kapo Schwartz Gyorgy as Ceausescu)
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To: alexander_busek
Sugar is racist!

Well, White Sugar for sure. You would have to consult with Mick Jagger about Brown Sugar.

23 posted on 03/13/2021 6:02:59 AM PST by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: nickcarraway

I agree with your intent, not with your words.


24 posted on 03/13/2021 6:14:47 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: raccoonradio

...and for the rest of us, “Always assume there is a camera or mic nearby recording everything you are doing and saying.”


25 posted on 03/13/2021 8:31:44 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

He could just say that he was repeating some rap lyrics. Some of the most popular rappers have songs filled with similar sentiments.


26 posted on 03/13/2021 9:48:00 AM PST by happyhomemaker (Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rom 12:12)
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To: nickcarraway

There are material reasons why we can’t seem to get that word out of our vocabulary. The incidence of its use had fallen dramatically over my lifetime ... until the Antifa and Black LIES Matter riots of 2020.

Now it’s back with a vengeance, and I don’t wonder.


27 posted on 03/13/2021 10:20:45 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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