Marty has experienced a hot-mic mistake before. In 1988, he joked, “Kentucky fans can kiss my ass” during a broadcast of a Kentucky-Austin Peay basketball game. Marty Brennaman Getty Images ...

The hot mic captured Brennaman's slur when the FOX Sports Ohio broadcast returned from a commercial break for the top of the seventh inning. The 33-year veteran announcer and son of Hall of Fame ...

The open mic incident that might have closed the door on Thom Brennaman's 30-plus year broadcasting career.

One would have thought veteran play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman, who calls games for the Reds as well as Fox’s national MLB coverage, would know this, but that is apparently not the case.

Thom Brennaman, the Cincinnati Reds announcer who was caught on a hot mic using an anti-gay slur coming out of a commercial break, resigned from his position with the team and Fox Sports Ohio.

Reds announcer and Fox play by play man Thom Brennaman got caught with a hot mic Sunday afternoon with Cincy hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates. After Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke walked Reds SS Zack ...

Brennaman signed off in the middle of the Reds’ game Wednesday night against the Kansas City Royals after getting caught on a hot mic using a slur for homosexuals. Brennaman was heard referring ...

Fox Sports is sidelining Thom Brennaman for the upcoming NFL season following a moment during Wednesday’s Cincinnati Reds baseball telecast in which the longtime announcer was heard using a ...

Thom Brennaman brought shame upon himself and ultimately lost his job calling games for the Cincinnati Reds when a hot-mic caught him using a homophobic slur during a pregame broadcast for the Reds.

Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman was caught using an anti-gay slur on a hot mic between innings of their game against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, something that stunned and ...

During the Reds’ game with the Kansas City Royals on Fox Sports Ohio Wednesday, Brennaman was caught on a hot mic when the broadcast was coming out of a break. He was in the middle of a sentence ...

In an apparent hot mic moment, Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman was caught uttering an anti-gay slur between innings on Wednesday. Less than two hours later, he was apologizing and ...