Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLongtime Cincinnati Reds TV broadcaster Thom Brennaman resigned Friday from the team and from Fox Sports Ohio, exiting the role as the MLB franchise’s play-by-play announcer he has held since 2007 a little more than a month after he was suspended for uttering an anti-gay slur on an open mic during a broadcast.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..
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