Rowan, who says he was at one time a youth pastor, released a written statement Friday evening.
âDuring the Norman High School girls basketball game against Midwest City, I made inappropriate and racist comments believing that the microphone was off; however, let me state immediately that is no excuse, such comments should have never been uttered,â Rowan said in the statement.
â. I have not only embarrassed and disappointed myself I have embarrassed and disappointed my family and my friends.
âI will state that I suffer Type 1 Diabetes and during the game my sugar was spiking. While not excusing my remarks it is not unusual when my sugar spikes that I become disoriented and often say things that are not appropriate as well as hurtful. I do not believe that I would have made such horrible statements absent my sugar spiking.
Mar. 13—SAPULPA — If you're going to aim the most incendiary, hurtful and visceral racial epithet toward a group of teenagers for having the gall to care about things bigger than themselves, even as they march toward a state basketball championship, maybe don't tell us about your spiking blood sugar and the time you've spent as a youth pastor. And, if you're going to do that, at least save the .
Oklahoma broadcaster denounced for racist comments
KEN MILLER
13 March 2021, 6:44 am
(AP) - An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls high school basketball game cursed and used a racial slur against one team as the players kneeled during the national anthem.
The incident occurred Thursday before the Norman High School-Midwest City quarterfinal game in Sapulpa as The Star-Spangled Banner began to play. The broadcasters told their listeners on the NFHS Network stream that they would return after a break. Then one, apparently not realizing the audio was still live, used an expletive and the epithet as the Norman players kneeled.
While the United States national anthem was played before Norman High and Midwest City s 6A girls state quarterfinals game on Thursday, a person was heard making racist comments toward NHS