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Trail Blazers fire broadcaster — on same day hiring was announced — after racist, mismisogynistic posts emerge: report

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Arnold, C. (2026, October 2). Trail Blazers fire broadcaster — on same day hiring was announced — after racist, mismisogynistic posts emerge: report. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/sports/trail-blazers-fire-broadcaster-after-past-racists-post-emerge/

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The Portland Trail Blazers terminated their newly hired television play-by-play broadcaster, Braiden Bell, shortly after announcing his hiring due to racist and misogynistic posts from his past that surfaced on X. These comments, made when Bell was around 15 years old between 2012 and 2013, included derogatory remarks about Asian people and women. The team issued a statement emphasizing their commitment to inclusivity and apologized for not adhering to their own standards during the hiring process.

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The Portland Trail Blazers fired their newly hired television play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell hours after announcing his hiring due to racist and misogynistic posts from his teenage years. The posts, made on X (formerly Twitter) between 2012 and 2013 when Bell was around 15 years old, included derogatory comments about "Asian people" and used terms like "slut" in reference to women. KGW in Portland uncovered these posts before the Blazers officially terminated Bell's employment. The team stated they have a zero-tolerance policy for such comments, violating both league policies and their own values. Bell later apologized on X, saying his past tweets do not reflect who he is today. His legal team has since demanded his reinstatement, arguing that a teenager’s words from fourteen years ago should not dictate the rest of his professional life.

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The 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’s past that featured misogynistic and racist comments. asserted

that → fire → comments

The objectionable social media posts were from 2012 and 2013, when Bell was roughly 15 years old, and contained comments about “Asian people” and used the terms “slut” and wh—s” to refer to women in the posts. asserted

Bell → contain → posts

KGW in Portland reported that one of its journalists had spotted the posts and reached out to the Blazers for comment before the team announced it had fired Bell. asserted

it → report → Bell

“The Portland Trail Blazers have zero tolerance for racist, sexist, or harmful comments,” the Blazers said in a statement. asserted

Blazers → have → statement

“Social 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. asserted

posts → make → policies

Therefore, we will not be moving forward with this broadcaster. asserted

we → move → broadcaster

“The play-by-play role carries a long legacy of excellence, on the broadcast and in character, and we hold that standard without exception. asserted

we → carry → exception

We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City. asserted

we → meet → City

We believe strongly 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. asserted

broadcaster → believe → values

We will do better.” asserted

We → do → ?

As of late Thursday night, posts using the language remained on Bell’s X account when viewed by The Post. asserted

posts → use → Post

Among the posts that the local news station found was one that mentioned disliking Asian people. “ asserted

that → find → people

Asian people piss me off! asserted

people → piss → me

Hahaha #Honest,” Bell wrote in a post on Dec. 9, 2012. asserted

Bell → write → Dec.

A post several weeks earlier read, “Gotta give a shoutout to all the big girls out there and those closet w—s.” “We got a slut alert on aisle 10,” Bell wrote on Feb. 13, 2013, KGW noted in its report. asserted

KGW → read → report

The report noted that it had not discovered any offensive posts from Bell when he was of adult age. asserted

he → note → age

Bell had been hired to replace the long-time voice of the Trail Blazers, Kevin Calabro, who told The Oregonian that he was leaving his role after being given a “subprime” contract offer. asserted

he → hire → offer

The Blazers had announced the hiring of Bell earlier in the day. asserted

Blazers → announce → day

Bell graduated from Arizona State in 2019 and called games for Cal Baptist and then ASU on ESPN+ and later got a job doing play-by-play for the Suns’ G League team and then the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. asserted

Bell → graduate → team

Bell has not publicly commented on the firing. asserted

Bell → comment → firing

Trail Blazers fire broadcaster — on same day hiring was announced — after racist, mismisogynistic posts emerge: report

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