It’s not easy for a high school basketball announcer to land in the national spotlight. They must unleash an epic call of a full-court buzzer beater or say something idiotic, racist, homophobic, etc. Matt Rowan landed in the national spotlight on Friday. He didn’t unleash an epic call of a full-court buzzer beater.
Before a girls basketball game in Sapulpa, Okla., on Thursday night, Rowan, unaware the live-stream microphone was on, used a racial epithet to criticize players from Norman High School for kneeling during the national anthem.
“They’re kneeling? (Expletive) them. I hope Norman gets their ass kicked .