Hornets suspend radio broadcaster for tweeting racial slur
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have suspended radio play-by-play broadcaster John Focke indefinitely after he used a racial slur on his Twitter account.
Focke used the slur while tweeting about the Jazz-Nuggets playoff game. He has since deleted the tweet and apologized, saying it was a typo.
Focke wrote that he made a “horrific error” and that he had no intentions of ever using that word.
— John Focke (@JWFOCKE) August 18, 2020
The Hornets released statement on Twitter saying they are investigating the matter and do not condone that type of language.
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