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Thom Brennaman Accepts Further Punishment with New Job Calling ACC Football on The CW
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Thom Brennaman is going to be calling college football this season after a four-year exile:
🚨 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.
Full story: 👇👇https://t.co/Elp1WpwbtS
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 21, 2024
Pac-12 and ACC for Brennaman this year. The article notes that he’ll do Oregon State vs. Idaho State on August 31st, but “predominantly work on the ACC.” That begs the question of whether this is redemption or further punishment. Boston College? Wake Forest? Pitt? I’m just surprised they found someone willing to watch those teams play, let alone carry the broadcast. Heyo!
If you don’t remember the story, Brennaman was on a hot mic when he said this about Kansas City:
Thom Brennamann likely ends his Reds career tonight LIVE on the air pic.twitter.com/EDzSICgVmx
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) August 19, 2020
Brennaman was suspended and ultimately canned from his Cincinnati Reds gig. He was also pulled from FOX’s NFL coverage. Afterward, he did a stint calling baseball games in the Puerto Rican Roberto Clemente League and later took on a role doing high school sports in Cincinnati for an outlet called “Chatterbox Sports.” Whatever it takes. When you get fired, you gotta build back better. Not everybody gets a second chance.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com