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Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, died of natural causes this week at the age of 83. He was one of the greatest baseball players in history, and his stats back that up: three World Series titles, 17 All-Star appearances, and a record-breaking 4,256 hits. His moniker on the field was Charlie Hustle, and he was one of the most well-known and recognizable players in the history of the sport. But Rose is perhaps best known by the public for what he did off the field: He bet on baseball, including on his own team.

Thom Brennaman will be returning to the airwaves this fall as their lead play-by-play broadcaster for nationally televised college football games this coming season, according to The Athletic.

Brennaman will make his season debut Aug. 31 when Oregon State meets Idaho State.

Brennaman, age 60, was sidelined from broadcasting since 2020, when he made a homophobic slur on a hot microphone during a Cincinnati Reds game, thinking he was off the air

Brennaman was informed that his comment went live, and began an apology, only to revert to play-by-play mode when Nick Castellanos hit a home run. That moment became an infamous baseball social media meme ever since.

Brennaman was immediately taken off air by the Reds and a month later, announced his resignation.

“There are no words to describe how grateful I am that they’re rolling the dice,” Brennaman told The Athletic about his return to TV. “They don’t have to do this.

Longtime Cincinnati Reds TV broadcaster Thom Brennaman resigned Friday from the team and from Fox Sports Ohio a little more than a month after he was suspended for uttering an anti-gay slur on an open mic during a broadcast. He exits the role as the MLB franchise’s play-by-play announcer he has held since 2007

The incident occurred during the broadcast of a Reds-Kansas City Royals doubleheader August 19. Brennaman was picked up by a microphone after returning from a commercial break during Game 1 and, seemingly not aware that he was on the air, made the derogatory slur.

He later apologized during the broadcast but exited midway through Game 2 and was suspended by the Reds and Fox Sports Ohio soon after.

Brennaman has called major league games for 33 years, 27 of them with Fox Sports. He is the son of Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, a Reds icon.

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Updated, 4:45 Pm: Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman has been suspended from working Reds and Fox’s NFL broadcasts. The punishments come amid an outcry over an anti-gay slur he uttered on an open mic during his call of a Reds game on Wednesday night.

Brennaman sent a letter to the editor at The Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday apologizing for his slur:

“As many of you know, I said something hateful on the air Wednesday night, something no one should ever say. Something that no one should ever think. Something that no one should ever feel. Something no one should ever hear.

“I could to try to explain it or tell you about who I am and what I believe, but those things would all be excuses. The simple fact is, what I said was wrong.

“I used a word that is both offensive and insulting. In the past 24 hours,...