Portland Trail Blazers fire new broadcaster after misogynistic, racist comments from teen years surface

The Portland Trail Blazers fired a new broadcaster after offensive social media posts from his high school years were discovered. The posts contained misogynistic and racist language.
The posts in question, all from when Braiden Bell was still in high school, had not been deleted as of Thursday evening.
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