Some 4 years after we final heard him on a nationwide community, Thom Brennaman is formally again.
Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reported on Sunday that the previous Cincinnati Reds broadcaster has landed an enormous new gig. He has been employed by The CW as their lead voice for nationally-televised school soccer video games.
“There aren’t any phrases to explain how grateful I’m that they’re rolling the cube,” Brennaman mentioned of The CW. “They don’t have to do that.”
Marchand notes that Brennaman will debut for The CW on Aug. 31 throughout a recreation between Oregon State and Idaho State. Whereas he can be kicking issues off as a part of the community’s Pac-12 package deal, Brennaman is especially going to be assigned to ACC video games, Marchand provides.
The 60-year-old has practically 4 many years of sportscasting expertise. He known as soccer, baseball and basketball for Fox Sports activities from 1994-2020 and likewise served because the TV play-by-play announcer for a number of MLB groups through the years. That included the Cincinnati Reds, whom Brennaman’s father Marty was a sportscaster for as effectively.
However Brennaman was exiled in 2020 after being caught on a scorching mic utilizing a homophobic slur. Although Brennaman issued a public apology on Fox Sports activities Ohio (which Nick Castellanos infamously homered in the midst of), he was suspended indefinitely by the community and ultimately resigned from his place. Brennaman was promptly changed from his nationwide TV work on Fox Sports activities as effectively.
Since then, Brennaman has finished smaller-time broadcasting work as a play-by-play announcer for the Roberto Clemente League in Puerto Rico in addition to for native highschool sports activities streaming service Chatterbox Sports activities. Now Brennaman is touchdown again on his toes in an enormous manner, returning to the nationwide airwaves starting with the 2024 school soccer season.
