(Portland, OR) -- The Portland Trail Blazers fired Braiden Bell on Thursday night, just hours after announcing him as the team's new television play-by-play broadcaster. The decision came after racist and misogynistic tweets he posted as a teenager resurfaced. The posts, written in 2012 and 2013, As of Thursday evening, the tweets remained publicly visible on the same X account Bell has continued to use for sports commentary throughout a social media presence spanning more than a decade. Bell was brought on to replace longtime play-by-play announcer Kevin Calabro, who had served as the team's television voice since 2016 after spending 22 years with the Seattle SuperSonics.