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Thom Brennaman to return to broadcasting with The CW over 4 years after homophobic slur
Posted on 7/21/24 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 7/21/24 at 4:54 pm
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Ex-MLB broadcaster Thom Brennaman will be returning to the airwaves this fall. The former Reds play-by-play announcer has been hired by the CW as their lead play-by-play broadcaster for nationally televised college football games this coming season, according to The Athletic.
Brennaman will make his season debut Aug. 31 when Oregon State squares off against Idaho State.
The 60-year-old Brennaman has been sidelined from broadcasting since 2020, when he was caught using a homophobic slur by a hot mic during a broadcast that August. During an on-air apology, Brennaman went back into play-by-play mode as Nick Castellanos hit a home run, a moment that has been one of the most well-known baseball social media memes ever since.
"There are no words to describe how grateful I am that they're rolling the dice," Brennaman told The Athletic about his return to TV. "They don't have to do this."
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Posted on 7/21/24 at 4:57 pm to Bench McElroy
The country is healing.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:01 pm to Bench McElroy
LHG! Now we need my good mate "Psycho" Steve Lyons to get another chance as well
This post was edited on 7/21/24 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:04 pm to Bench McElroy
I feel for him. It’s really difficult to not say slurs when near a microphone.
This post was edited on 7/21/24 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:06 pm to Bench McElroy
Thom is a hell of a lot better than some of those yahoos calling games.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:06 pm to Bench McElroy
I forgive him. In fact, I had no problem with what he said in the first place.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:08 pm to PowerTool
What he said was 100% accurate
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:14 pm to SirWinston
I don’t even remember what he said.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:15 pm to Bench McElroy
We are so fricking back
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:18 pm to Rize
Can we get a quote? I don’t remember
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:18 pm to Bench McElroy
Will Nick Castellanos be playing for Oregon St. or Idaho State?
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:24 pm to Penn
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Can we get a quote? I don’t remember
He referred to Kansas City being one of the fig capitals of the world.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:25 pm to FGCU Gator
It was San Francisco
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:36 pm to Bench McElroy
Look, I'm as fed up with the cancel culture as anyone but geez man how stupid was that? Geez man how long have you been in the business. That's just frickin stupid what he did, sorry. As a Cub fan I've heard things and like Milo with the Astros, he held a grudge with the Cubs and it was not very thinly veiled in his broadcasts.
Having said all that 4 years is more than enough IMHO and I can guarantee you he won't make that mistake again.
Having said all that 4 years is more than enough IMHO and I can guarantee you he won't make that mistake again.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:36 pm to Bench McElroy
Liberals are the fricking worst
Posted on 7/21/24 at 5:44 pm to FGCU Gator
Good thing UMKC doesn’t have football
Posted on 7/21/24 at 6:21 pm to Penn
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Can we get a quote? I don’t remember
You can just search his name and find the clip.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 7:49 pm to SirWinston
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It was San Francisco
Well his comment is factually correct
Posted on 7/21/24 at 7:52 pm to FGCU Gator
Not the worst thing a broadcaster has said in KC
There’s a museum there you know
There’s a museum there you know
This post was edited on 7/21/24 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 7/21/24 at 8:03 pm to Bench McElroy
How do they know he wasn’t talking about cigarettes?
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