Announcer Thom Brennaman quits Reds booth after using anti-gay slur on air

Thom Brennaman won’t be back next year with the Reds, as the longtime play-by-play announcer said Friday he was quitting. He was suspended for booming “one of the f-- capitals of the world” into a hot mic during a Reds-Royals doubleheader last month.Brennaman never really copped to being the type of person who throws around anti-gay slurs casually, and he never said what city he was referring to. He didn’t sound particularly chastened in his resignation statement Friday.“I have been in this profession that I love for 33 years,” he said in a statement. “It is my hope and intention to return. An...

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