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Thom Brennaman Apologizes for Anti-Gay Slur: 'What I Said Was Wrong'

Sports broadcaster Thom Brennaman wrote an op-ed in the Cincinnati Enquirer apologizing for his use of an anti-gay slur during the Cincinnati Reds' 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.

On the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast, Brennaman was heard referring to something as "one of the f-g capitals of the world."

"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," he wrote in Thursday's op-ed. "The simple fact is, what I said was wrong.