A Washington Wizards basketball announcer who came under fire for a comment he made about Kevin Porter Jr. has apologized, saying he mistook the Houston Rockets player and his father for someone else.
The announcer, Glenn Consor, made the comment Wednesday during the Houston Rockets' game against the Wizards after Porter made a 3-point shot right before the buzzer went off.
Several people, including the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, criticized Consor on social media because Porter's father, Bryan Kevin Porter Sr., pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in 1993,Porter Sr. died in 2004 after he was shot in a bar in South Seattle, the newspaper reported.after he reposted the video."Sorry but this ain’t going to fly! How insensitive can you be to say something like this.
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