we invited glenn kiper to come on this program today but he declined our offer.d the slur an unfortunate mispronunciation. on that day i chose to spend my personal time by educating myself and learning more about mlb's history by going to the negro league museum. i spent nearly three hours there in an effort to better understand and appreciate the difficulties and social barriers african american players endured in mlb's early years. when the subject of the museum visit came up in the pregame show i was excited and eager to share what i had done and seen that day. in my excitement, i rushed through the word "negro" resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible, but honest mispronunciation. i take full responsibility. he added, please know racism is in no way a part of me. it never has been and never will be. i wish they would have taken into consideration my 20-year career, my solid reputation, integrity and character. but in this current environment traits like integrity and character

the kiper's, by the baseball royalty, you might say in the bay area. glenn's brother duane kiper's, the beloved giants broadcaster part of the crew can cut duo. as for the a's, they beat the kansas city royals tonight, 12 to >> soccer fans are gearing up for a big match at levi's stadium tomorrow. the san jose earthquakes will face off against cla football club. >> is a really good team that players like carlos vela who are all stars and that we have players as well. that really gets its going to be a clash of 2 teams that are really playing well right now. >> 40,000 fans are expected to show up for that match. it is a tied. a playoff series is warriors head to la this weekend. if you're tempted by the thought of heading south for the game, here's how much it would cost you. >> first things first. he'll want to secure the ticket right to keep his seat at the arena, which is now called the crypto dot com arena, formerly staples. it's about 450 bucks. and that is up in the nosebleeds to get to la cheapest flights. we could find. we're on delta and jetblue at sfo

the team's pr just responded to tonight's incident on twitter saying, quote, the language is by glenn kiper during today's pre-game broadcast is unacceptable. the oakland athletics do not condone such language. we are working to address the situation as we have been reporting kiper was saying how he and a colleague had visited the leagues baseball museum or that's what he says. he was attempting to say. he says he misspoke and mispronounced a word and he used the n word on the broadcast. we'll keep you posted there as the team says it's working to address the situation. whether time now as we get a live look outside here from the kron. 4 studios right across the street. the bucky ball all lit up. there was an event there tonight. kathy, was people all dolled up on a friday they're all dressed up. >> we are getting little okay. >> and got the getaway forecast. yeah. a lot of folks probably thinking of heading to a warmer spot with some sunshine as we've had. >> one long winter them when wet spring so far and today was no exception. more scattered showers popping up around the bay area again

glenn kiper has been suspended after saying a racial slur on air during a pre-game show last night. >> khyber says it was accidental and has since apologized. but nbc sports bay area confirms tonight he is suspended while they review the incident on the live show. kiper appears to mispronounce the word resulting in a slur. >> he does not appear to realize his mistake in the moment and he does not correct himself until later in the broadcast. this is a censored version of what aired last night. >> you know, glenn, you talk about reality. you're walking around in barbecue capital of the country just happened walk by off the brown kate. so one of them barbecue joints and you think about your boy, don't be afraid to picking up a jar of barbecue sauce. now. >> something dallas and i are going to talk about it today. we had a phenomenal day today. museum. and arthur bryant's barbecue all in the span of 2 and a half hours. awesome. >> well, it appears that kiper meant to say the name of a museum in kansas city. he had visited on friday, which is the leagues, baseball museum. instead, he says

long time oakland a's announcer glenn kiper, has been fired after he used a racial slur during a live broadcast. ktvu south. a reporter lamonica peters, has reaction tonight from fans and a statement from kiper. anson casa neri's is a board member of oakland 68, a group of die hard oakland a's fans from all walks of life, he says, with everything else going on with the team, including the possibility of the moving to las vegas. kuipers on air mishap doesn't help with morale. i know that he knows he made a huge, costly mistake. however i think he's going to be fine in the long run, but it's i hope that this is a very teachable moment for glenn kipper and everyone involved whether you believe that he did. didn't make a mistake or not. i'm 1/5 during a live broadcast of the game against the kansas city royals. piper used the n word while talking about negro league baseball. negro league baseball president bob kendrick posted this tweet saying the word has no place in our society, but saying he forgives keiper. nbc sports california released a statement monday saying it will end its relat

longtime announcer glenn kiper, who during a pre-game show accidentally it seems said the rocket tory the n word. we have bleep it out. take a listen. you know, glenn, you talk about reality. you're walking around in barbecue capital of the country just happened walk by off the brown >> kate, so one of them barbecue joints and you think about your boy, don't be afraid to picking up a jar of barbecue sauce. now. >> i got a taste of the dallas and i are going to talk about it today. we had a phenomenal day today. museum. and arthur bryant's barbecue all in the span of 2 and a half hours. awesome. >> okay. certainly appears that meant to say the name of the museum in kansas city that they visited today, which is the leagues, baseball museum caper issued an apology at the start of the 6th inning. >> just want to well that earlier in the show. said something didn't come out quite the way. i wanted it to. want to apologize if if it to that sounded different. then. i meant it. to be said. said wanted to apologize for that. >> the kiper brothers are baseball royalty in the bay area. glenn's b

glenn kiper is apologizing for apparently saying the n word during a pre-game show.appears kiper meant to say the name of a museum in kansas city. he visited yesterday, which is leagues, baseball team for weeks. he excuse me need league's baseball museum. kiper issued an apology during yesterday's game. >> this one too well, it earlier in the show. said something did come out quite the way. i wanted it to. want to apologize if if that sounded different, then. i meant it. to be said. said wanted to apologize for that. >> the a's tweeted a response saying, quote, the language used by clinton kiper during today's pre-game broadcast is unacceptable. the oakland a's do not condone such language. we're working to address the situation. happening today. san mateo county law enforcement agencies are holding a gun buyback event. it's at the south in south san francisco at the san mateo county superior court. branch on mission road right across from kaiser. all guns will be excepted. no questions asked. people can get up to 200 guns in or out of $200 in cash for these weapons.

our top story this half-hour, oakland a's announcer glenn kiper has been suspended after saying a racial slur on air during a pre-game show last night caper says that it was accidental and has since apologized. >> but nbc sports confirms that he is suspended while they're reviewing the incident on the live show. kiper appears to mispronounce the word resulting in a slur. he does not appear to realize his mistake in the moment. any does not correct himself until later on in the broadcast. we'll show you a censored version of what aired last night. >> you know, glenn, you talk about reality. you're walking around in barbecue capital of the country just happened to walk by off the brown kate. so one of them barbecue joints and you think about your boy, don't be afraid to picking up a jar of barbecue sauce. now. >> something dallas and i are going to talk about it today. we had a phenomenal day today. museum. and arthur bryant's all in the span of 2 and a half hours. awesome. >> there's cape are meant to say the name of a museum in kansas city. he had visited on friday, which is the leagues,

oakland a's announcer glenn kiper has been suspended after saying a racial slur on air during a pre-game show last night. caper says it was accidental. >> and has since apologized. but nbc sports confirms he is suspended. >> while they review the incident on live television, khyber appears to mispronounce the word resulting in the slur. he does not appear to realize his mistake in the moment and he does not correct himself until later on in the broadcast. this is a censored version of what aired last night. >> you know, glenn, you talk about reality. you're walking around in barbecue capital of the country just happened to walk by off the brown, kate. so one of them barbecue joints and you think about your boy don't be afraid to picking up a jar of barbecue sauce. now. >> something dallas and i are going to talk about it today. we had a phenomenal day today. museum. and arthur bryant's barbecue all in the span of 2 and a half hours. all right. well, it appears the khyber meant to say the name of a museum in kansas city, which he visited on friday night, which is the leagues, baseball mus

oakland a's announcer glenn kiper has been suspended after saying a racial slur on air during a pre-game show last night. paper says it was accidental and has since apologized. but nbc sports confirms he is suspended while they review the incident on the live show. kiper appears to mispronounce the word. >> resulting in the slur he does not appear to realize that the moment that he does it and he does not correct himself until later on in the broadcast. this is censored version of what aired last night. >> you know, glenn, you talk about reality. you're walking around in barbecue capital of the country just happened walk by off the brown kate. so one of them barbecue joints and you think about your boy, don't be afraid to picking up a jar of barbecue sauce. now. >> something dallas and i are going to talk about it today. we had a phenomenal day today. museum. and arthur bryant's barbecue all in the span of 2 and a half hours. right? >> it appears that a compliment to say name of a museum in kansas city, which he visited on friday, which is the leagues, baseball museum. instead, he says t

what you know, we do know that glenn kiper was originally suspended and that was for using that racial slur during a pre-game show on may 5th of this month. now he says it was a mispronunciation, but it's now costing him his job. and we actually have video from that night. take a look. he's the man on the right side of your screen now. again, this was all happening while he was calling the team's game against the kansas city. royals now hyper other the racial slur on air while trying to describe his trip to the kansas city leagues, baseball museum. the network fired him saying the decision was based on a variety of factors, including information uncovered during an internal review. now hyper sent us a statement saing, quote, when the subject of the museum came up in the prgame show, i was excited and eager to share what i do learn had done in scene that day. in my excitement. i rushed to the word resulting my very unfortunate mispronunciation going on to say i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciation and i take responsibility.

you know, glenn kiper was originally suspended for making that slur. it happened back on the 5th of this month during a pre-game show. he says that really wasn't all a mispronunciation, but nonetheless, he did lose his job. take a look. this is him on the right side of your screen. this is footage from that night. now he was calling the team's game against the kansas city royals now hyper uttered the racial slur on air while trying to describe his trip to the kansas city leagues, baseball museum. the network fired him saying the decision was based on a variety of factors, including information it uncovered during an internal review. now hyper sent us a statement saying, quote, when the subject of the museum visit came up during the pre-game show, i was excited and eager to share what i had done and seen that day in my excitement. i rushed to the word resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation going on to say i sincerely apologize to everyone who is hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciation. take full responsibility and he did g

now glenn kiper has just released a statement after he was fired today by nbc sports, california had been suspended for about 3 weeks after he used a racial slur during a telecast while describing a trip to the leagues, baseball museum paper statement reads in part when the subject of the museum visit came up in a pre-game show, i was excited and eager to share what i had done and seen that day in my excitement. i rushed through the word resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest, a mispronunciation and i take full responsibility. kiper apologized during the broadcast tonight. >> but he said it. but after an internal review that took a few weeks, the network announced today it is ending its relationship with kiper effective immediately. they've been calling a's games in the bay for the past 20 years. his older brother, duane broadcasts, giants games. >> next up in sports, giants in minnesota taking on the twins, hoping to keep their momentum going. sports director jason dumas has your directo

what glenn kiper was originally suspended for this. it happened during a pre-game show back on the 5th of this month, which she says was a mispronunciation. but it's now cost him his job. take a look at this video. we have. this is when it happened. this is actual video. he's a gentleman on the right hand side of your screen now. it all happened when he was calling the team's game against the kansas city. royals now hyper other the racial slur on air while trying to describe his trip to the kansas city leagues, baseball museum. the network fired him saying the decision was based on a variety of factors, including information uncovered during an internal review. now hyper sent us a statement saying, quote, when e subject of the museum visit came up in the pre-game show, i was excited and eager to share what i had done and seen thatayin my excitement. i rushed through the word resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation going on to say i sincerely apologize to everyone who is hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciat

a's broadcasting has come to an end for 20 years, glenn kiper has called the play by play of aids gamesn. he was suspended on may 5th after describing a trip to the big leagues museum in kansas city, in which he used a racial slur for apologize later in the broadcast, saying he misspoke. but today after review, nbc sports california announced that kipper has been fired. the network made this statement today following an internal review. the decision has been made for nbc sports, california and its relationship with glenn kipper, effective immediately. we thank lynn for his dedication to bay area baseball over the years. the raiders are compiling a nice little reunion group in las vegas. call it new england in the desert. raiders owner mark davis acknowledged today that he's agreed to a deal that would allow retired quarterback tom brady to buy and ownership share the team. brady played in 10 super bowls, winning seven of them reason it might feel like a bit of a patriots reunion in las vegas. or the raiders signed jimmy garoppolo this offseason. brady's understudy in new england for thr

glenn kiper had been broadcasting aids games for 20 years and says he loves baseball loves being a broadcastermembered for that, not a mistake. well basketball superstar lebron james says he's considering retiring during the off season visit happens, going forward. um. but i don't know. i don't know. a lot to think about, to be honest, brilliant. in the first the lakers lost to the denver nuggets last night 1 13 21 11. they were swept from the nba western conference finals. lebron scored 40 points last night. he just completed his 20th season in the n b a and says he wants to stay and play a season with his 18 year old son, ronnie, whenever brawny turned pro. well the raiders owner mark davis, has agreed to a deal that would allow retired quarterback tom brady to join the raiders ownership group. at least 24 nfl team owners would still have to give approval to that. tom brady went on the wings and we're joined into england and, uh, patriots reunion in las vegas. the raiders signed jimmy garoppolo during the off season . he was tom brady's understudy in the england for three years, and the raid

broadcaster now under fire for comments during a baseball game this past weekend, coming up what glenn kiperthat ended with his suspension by the oakland 's [suspenseful music] ugh. no signal. i don't have home internet. oh, that's a red flag. your mom looks a lot like me. yeah, couple of hotties. thank you? there's dead spots all over this place. there really are. oh wow. nothing. are you getting a good signal? no, i'm not. it's time for real home internet. get xfinity internet for just $25 a month with no annual contract during our xfinity 10g network launch celebration. only from xfinity. illinois is in the middle. and what do you find in the middle? the meeting point of humanity and history. it's the middle of the architectural revolution. welcome to the middle of everything. fire crash to the side joe's over the weekend friday night and saturday morning, police rushed to break up a big side joe crowd in oakland and in crockett, they use flash bangs to break up the crowds. some of the cars out there, word towed at this point. we don't know if any arrests were married petaluma police are

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glenn kipper, fired after he used a racial slur during the live broadcast. ktvu safdie report. lamonica peters has reaction from fans and a statement from kiperland a's fans from all walks of life, he says, with everything else going on with the team, including the possibility of the moving to las vegas, kuipers on air mishap doesn't help with morale. i know that he knows he made it. huge costly mistake. however i think he's going to be fine in the long run, but it's i hope that this is a very teachable moment for glenn kipper and everyone involved whether you believe that he did make a mistake or not 1/5 during a live broadcast of the game against the kansas city royals, piper used the n word while talking about negro league baseball. negro league baseball president bob kendrick posted this tweet word has no place in our society, but saying he forgives keiper, nbc sports california released a statement monday saying it will end its relationship with keiper effective immediately. piper also released a statement to ktvu saying in part i rushed through the word negro, resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to e

kiper will no longer be announcing games for the a's. he was fired after using a racial slur on live tv. >> kron four's michae thomas has the latest. >> glenn caper was originally suspended for making that racial slur during a pre-game show on the 5th of this month. he says it was a mispronunciation, but it's now costing him his job. take a look. he's the man on the right side of your screen. this is video from that night when he was calling the team's game against the kansas city royals. my brother, the racial slur on air while trying to describe his trip to the kansas city leagues, baseball museum. the network fired him saying the decision was based on a variety of factors, including information uncovered during an internal review. kiper sent us a statement saying, quote, when the subject of the museum visit came up during the pre-game show, i was excited and eager to share what i had done in scene that day. in my excitement. i rushed to the word resulting my very unfortunate mispronunciation. >> i sincerely apologize to everyone who is hurt by this was a terrible but honest mispronunciation and i take full responsibility. he says he has

kiper was fired after using a racial slur on live tv offers. michael thomas following the story for us. joining us now live with the latest michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. you know, glenner was originally suspended for using that racial slur. it was during a pre-game show back on may 5th. now he says it was a mispronunciation, but nonetheless he is still lost his job. take a look. he's the man on the right hand side of your screen. this is video from that night during the time that he was calling the game against the kansas city royals. now kiper under the racial slur on air while trying to describe his trip to the kansas city leagues, baseball museum. the network fired him saying the decision was based on a variety of factors, including information uncovered during an internal review. hyper sent us a statement saying, quote, when the subject of the museum visit came up in the pre-game show, i was excited and eager to share what i had done and seen that day in my excitement. i rushed to the word resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation going on to say i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciation and i ta