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Spurs announcer fired after alleged affair with player’s sister
Jacob Tobey, the television play-by-play voice of the San Antonio Spurs, is reportedly being removed from his post amid an alleged affair with the sister of a Spurs player. The allegation of an affair surfaced earlier this week after an Instagram story on Tobey’s account posted the following: “This is my girlfriend of six years.
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