Phil Rosenthal: Fox Sports boots Thom Brennaman from calling NFL games this season because of anti-gay slur. Fans won't notice he's gone.
Thom Brennaman, who was among the charter group of Fox Sports announcers when it began broadcasting NFL games in 1994, won’t be calling pro football for the network this season.
That is the latest fallout from his anti-gay slur over an open microphone Wednesday during a Cincinnati Reds baseball telecast.
The Reds and the Fox Sports Ohio regional network (actually owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, rather than Fox) suspended him in mid-telecast, and his long-term fate there is far from certain.
Fox Broadcasting deliberated a little longer and put out a statement on Thursday, saying it was “extremely disappointed” with what Brennaman said.
