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Sportscaster Who Quit After Antigay Slur Now Covers High School Games

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The Enquirer reports.Brennaman had been announcing Reds games on TV for Fox Sports Ohio for several years when, last August, he was caught on a hot mike referring to an unidentified locale as “one of the fag capitals of the world.” The remark came just before a game between the Reds and the Kansas City Royals.During the game, after learning the comment had been broadcast, he offered an apology but interrupted it to report that the Reds’ Nick Castellanos had hit a home run.

The Reds quickly suspended him, with the support of Fox Sports Ohio, and he published a letter of apology in The Enquirer, saying he intended to learn more about LGBTQ+ issues.

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