Thom Brennaman returns to broadcasting with the CW, four years after being fired for on-air slur

Thom Brennaman is a the son of longtime Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman; the two called a Reds game together in September 2019 before Marty’s retirement. Thom, however, was fired after saying a slur on-air the following year. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

Four years after being caught saying a homophobic slur on-air, former Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman will be back in the booth.

After years without a job as a result of the incident, Brennaman has been hired by the CW to lead its college football coverage, according to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand.

🚨 NEWS: Thom Brennaman, who has been exiled from broadcasting for fours years after using a homophobic slur on air, has been hired to call nationally televised college football games for The CW, The Athletic has learned.

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Brennaman, who worked for Fox Sports for more than 25 years and spent 15 years as the voice of the Cincinnati Reds, was fired in August 2020 for saying a homophobic slur on a hot mic. In the now infamous incident, Brennaman was calling a game between the Reds and Kansas City Royals for Fox Sports Ohio on August 19, 2020 when he casually referred to Kansas City as “one of the f— capitals of the world,” unaware that he was on-air.

As the clip went viral, it only took Brennaman a few hours to realize that his job was in danger. His subsequent on-air apology, famously interrupted by a Nick Castellanos home run, has persisted as a popular meme.

Brennaman was fired by the Reds after the incident. Brennaman is the son of longtime Cincinnati Reds radio broadcaster Marty Brennaman, who retired in 2019.

Thom Brennaman has spent the past four years out of the broadcast booth after being similarly shunned by Fox Sports, who Brennaman had started…

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Publish date : 2024-07-21 18:17:39

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