NC State announcer suspended after ‘illegal aliens’ remarkGary Hahn has been Wolfpack’s radio voice since 1990-91A radio play-by-play announcer for No 25 North Carolina State was suspended indefinitely Friday after making a reference to “illegal aliens” while announcing the score of a bowl game in El Paso,
Texas, during the Wolfpack’s game against
Maryland in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
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Gary Hahn was disciplined by NC State broadcast rightsholder Learfield Communications. While Hahn was giving the score of the Sun Bowl, he said: “Down among all the illegal
aliens in El Paso it’s UCLA 14 and Pittsburgh 6.”