Longtime Cincinnati Reds TV broadcaster Thom Brennaman resigned Friday from the team and from Fox Sports Ohio a little more than a month after he was suspended for uttering an anti-gay slur on an open mic during a broadcast. He exits the role as the MLB franchise’s play-by-play announcer he has held since 2007
The incident occurred during the broadcast of a Reds-Kansas City Royals doubleheader August 19. Brennaman was picked up by a microphone after returning from a commercial break during Game 1 and, seemingly not aware that he was on the air, made the derogatory slur.
He later apologized during the broadcast but exited midway through Game 2 and was suspended by the Reds and Fox Sports Ohio soon after.
Brennaman has called major league games for 33 years, 27 of them with Fox Sports. He is the son of Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, a Reds icon.
“The Reds respect...
The incident occurred during the broadcast of a Reds-Kansas City Royals doubleheader August 19. Brennaman was picked up by a microphone after returning from a commercial break during Game 1 and, seemingly not aware that he was on the air, made the derogatory slur.
He later apologized during the broadcast but exited midway through Game 2 and was suspended by the Reds and Fox Sports Ohio soon after.
Brennaman has called major league games for 33 years, 27 of them with Fox Sports. He is the son of Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, a Reds icon.
“The Reds respect...
- 9/25/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 4:45 Pm: Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman has been suspended from working Reds and Fox’s NFL broadcasts. The punishments come amid an outcry over an anti-gay slur he uttered on an open mic during his call of a Reds game on Wednesday night.
Brennaman sent a letter to the editor at The Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday apologizing for his slur:
“As many of you know, I said something hateful on the air Wednesday night, something no one should ever say. Something that no one should ever think. Something that no one should ever feel. Something no one should ever hear.
“I could to try to explain it or tell you about who I am and what I believe, but those things would all be excuses. The simple fact is, what I said was wrong.
“I used a word that is both offensive and insulting. In the past 24 hours,...
Brennaman sent a letter to the editor at The Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday apologizing for his slur:
“As many of you know, I said something hateful on the air Wednesday night, something no one should ever say. Something that no one should ever think. Something that no one should ever feel. Something no one should ever hear.
“I could to try to explain it or tell you about who I am and what I believe, but those things would all be excuses. The simple fact is, what I said was wrong.
“I used a word that is both offensive and insulting. In the past 24 hours,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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