“When it comes to, let’s use Brian Billick as an example, he certainly has no ties to anything local here in greater Cincinnati, so he can bring a national perspective of things going on in the league, topics going on in the league, coaches who might be on the hot seat, all that kind of thing. But some of our sponsors here in greater Cincinnati are very excited about talking about the Bengals and Ohio State and University of Cincinnati football and the Cincinnati Reds, things like that.”īrennaman said the national to local mix will change day to day depending on the guests. We’ll have regular guests on, Brian Billick will be on every week to talk about the NFL, we’ve already lined up Cris Collinsworth to come on, Brent Musberger’s going to be on our first show, so we’ll have a national feel to some extent. “It’s going to have a combination, I hope, of a Dan Patrick/Pat McAfee/Colin Cowherd kind of thing. On that front, Brennaman said Off The Bench will cover a mix of national and local topics, with him incorporating his national contacts from his decades of broadcasting, but also his knowledge of Cincinnati sports. But he said he’s spoken to Castellanos several times, and they get along fine, and he’s hoping to have Castellanos on the new show once the Reds’ season ends.

There are people out there that are going to think I’m a homophobe.”īrennaman said he also knows some people will see him just as the meme of his apology interrupted by Nick Castellanos’ home run. My family has to live with this, my kids have to live with this, the whole nine yards-I’m not feeling sorry for myself, I’m feeling sorry for them and the kind of stuff they have to deal with, especially my son, who is a high school athlete. “There are going to be people out there who no matter what, they’re going to forever know Thom Brennaman for. yqu8CMM6Uxīut he said he knows he won’t get that chance from everyone. on First guests include Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman and Super Bowl champion head coach Brian Billick. My new sports talk show 'Off the Bench' debuts Thursday at 10 a.m. It will begin Thursday, with Brennaman’s father (famed broadcaster Marty) and famed NFL coach and analyst Brian Billick as his first guests. Brennaman is now launching Off The Bench, which will stream live from 10 a.m.-noon Eastern Mondays through Fridays on Chatterbox’s YouTube channel. That came after he resigned from his role with the Reds and was pulled from his NFL on Fox role following a homophobic slur he uttered on a hot mic during a Reds’ broadcast in 2020. Brennaman joined Chatterbox Sports last year to call high school sports, and he’s continuing that role as well. Thom Brennaman is launching a streaming video talk show with Cincinnati-based Chatterbox Sports.

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