Oklahoma announcer who hurled racist insults at a high school basketball team has issued an apology

He said that he is a Type 1 diabetic and during the game his blood sugar was spiking. He offered a “sincere apology” to all involved in the game and said it’s “not unusual” for him to become disoriented and say inappropriate and hurtful things.

“While the comments I made would certainly seem to indicate that I am a racist, I am not,” he said. “I have never considered myself to be racist, and in short cannot explain why I made those comments.”

The Tahlequah Public Schools athletic department said in a statement that it contracted the crew to broadcast the basketball tournament, but the crew is not a part of the Tahlequah High School or the athletic department. The school system has terminated its contract with the company, Matt Cloud, athletic director for TPS, said in the statement.