ESPN Anchor Lashes Out At Sportscaster Keith Olbermann Calling For Masters Boycott (TWEET)

April 4, 2021, 5:03pm EST (Updated: April 8, 2023, 10:31am)By Darrelle Lincoln

In the wake of the decision by Major League Baseball to move the 2021 All-Star Game out of Georgia, Keith Olbermann decided to take it a step further with another sport.

Olbermann called for a boycott of The Masters, which begins on Thursday at Augusta National.

“GREAT. NOW BOYCOTT THE MASTERS,” Olbermann said on Twitter. “Yesterday, MLB pulled the All-Star Game out of Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new racist voting laws. An outstanding first reply to the war the racists declared on America. Next? A golf tournament starts in Georgia Thursday.”

GREAT. NOW BOYCOTT THE MASTERS.

Yesterday, @MLB pulled the All-Star Game out of Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new racist voting laws. An outstanding first reply to the war the racists declared on America.

Next? A golf tournament starts in Georgia Thursday. #BoycottTheMasters pic.twitter.com/QXWX4AASCL
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 3, 2021

ESPN SportsCenter anchor Matt Barrie has since responded to the video by telling the 62-year-old commentator to “shut up.”

https://twitter.com/MattBarrie/status/1378533530393841664

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The National Black Justice Coalition has previously urged the PGA Tour and Augusta National to “pull [the] upcoming event from Augusta National Golf Course.”