Former Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman launches new sports talk show

Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Thom Brennaman inside a Cincinnati Reds broadcasting booth before a game in 2019. On Sept. 1, 2022, Brennaman launched his new sports show, "Off the Bench with Thom Brennaman presented by UDF."
Thom Brennaman inside a Cincinnati Reds broadcasting booth before a game in 2019. On Sept. 1, 2022, Brennaman launched his new sports show, "Off the Bench with Thom Brennaman presented by UDF."
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Former Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman has a new Ohio sports show.

Brennaman launched his new sports talk show, "Off the Bench with Thom Brennaman presented by UDF" with the Cincinnati-based Chatterbox Sports on Sept. 1. The show will focus on the Cincinnati Bengals, University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University and Cincinnati Reds, a press release states, and it will feature insight from people like NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and sports broadcaster Bob Costas.

Former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick will provide NFL commentary on Fridays. Brennaman's father, Broadcast Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman; NFL Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz; ex-Bengals star Cris Collinsworth; former Enquirer columnist Paul Daugherty and former Reds player Tracy Jones are also slated to appear as guests.

The new show arrives two years after Fox Sports dropped Brennaman from its NFL broadcast roster after he used a homophobic slur on-air during a Reds game. Brennaman penned an open letter after the incident, apologizing for saying "something hateful on the air," and he resigned from the Reds' broadcast booth.

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Speaking with Awful Announcing on Tuesday, Brennaman said he hopes people will give him "a little bit of grace and a second chance."

"All I can do is what I’ve tried to do over the past two years, (and) that’s learn and grow from the ignorant word I used in a flippant sort of way," he said. "... I’m a better man today than the guy who sat up there in August of 2020, I’ll be a better broadcaster today than I was in August 2020 because of this whole experience and this whole journey."

"Off the Bench" airs 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday on Chatterbox Sports' YouTube and Brennaman's social media platforms.

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