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– Another sport leaves Thom Brennaman behind. The announcer will not call NFL games on Fox after using an anti-gay slur on air during a Cincinnati Reds broadcast, the AP reports. Fox Sports on Thursday issued a statement saying “we are moving forward with our NFL schedule that will not contain him.” Fox also said Brennaman’s comments were “appalling, unacceptable and unrepresentative of Fox Sports’ values.” Brennaman has been part of Fox’s NFL announcement lineup since it began broadcasting the league’s television in 1994. He was part of the No.3 publishing team last season and was paired with analyst Chris Spielman and reporter Shannon Spake. He also had Major League Baseball named games for the network from 1996 to 2014.
The Reds announced Wednesday that the 56-year-old broadcaster, who had been part of the Reds announcement team since 2007, was suspended. The team also apologized for the ‘terrible, homophobic remark.’ The Reds closed out their statement by saying they would address their broadcast team for the rest of the season and possibly the next few days. “It was very disturbing to hear Brennaman’s homophobic remarks so casually,” said a GLAAD official. “Those in the room with Brennaman should clarify if that level of casual homophobia existed as a constant in the booth, or if anyone got into it.” (Brennaman has apologized.)
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