Fired Trail Blazers announcer's legal team demands reinstatement after team axes him over teenage tweets

Former Portland Trail Blazers play-by-play announcer Braiden Bell and his attorney are calling for his reinstatement after the team fired him hours after announcing his hiring over decade-old social media posts.

Bell, 29, was hired from the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury to replace Kevin Calabro, becoming the NBA’s youngest lead broadcaster. But the Blazers terminated his contract after tweets he wrote at age 15 resurfaced online.

In December 2012, Bell tweeted, "I’m not racist at all.. But not gonna lie.. Asian people p...