Ohio school sorry for explicit song played at game

COLUMBUS (AP) — A school here has apologized for a song with explicit lyrics that was played between girls basketball games.

An assistant coach for a rival team tells The Columbus Dispatch that “everybody in the gym” at St. Francis DeSales High School heard the N-word Wednesday in the song “Top Back” by rapper T.I.

DeSales Principal Dan Garrick says the usual music was not available so a student at the Columbus school provided her own tunes that had not been preapproved.

Garrick says only a short portion of the song was played, but he says the episode still showed poor judgment.

The girl has been disciplined in an undisclosed manner. And the school will now insist that all music be cleared by the coach and athletic director.