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Giants Assign Glen Kuiper to March 3 Radio Call vs. Team USA

The limited local broadcast marks a tentative return three years after his firing for an on-air slur.

Glen Kuiper, left, analyzing a Bay Bridge series game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's on March 28, 2014 at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
Broadcaster Glen Kuiper, left, seen here with Bruce Bochy on the field before a Bay Bridge Series pre-season game between the San Francisco and the Oakland A’s on March 28, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.
OAKLAND, CA – JULY 21: Oakland A’s television play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper, left and field analyst Dallas Braden discuss the game before their second MLB game of a double header against the Detroit Tigers at the Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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Overview

  • The San Francisco Giants confirmed Kuiper will handle the local radio play-by-play for the March 3 exhibition in Scottsdale against Team USA.
  • The San Francisco Chronicle reported the club is open to him possibly filling in on regular-season radio broadcasts in 2026, though no further assignments are set.
  • Kuiper was suspended and then fired by NBC Sports Bay Area in May 2023 after uttering a racial epithet on air while referencing a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
  • He apologized during that 2023 broadcast and later called the remark an unintentional mispronunciation, drawing both support and criticism at the time.
  • News of his March assignment prompted immediate online reaction, with Bay Area journalist Tim Kawakami forecasting backlash, as observers also noted Kuiper’s family ties to the Giants and his recent YouTube and private show work.