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IDIOT OF THE YEAR #10: Thom Brennaman — and there’s a deep drive by CastellanosWelcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities! Nos. 50 through 11 are available for your enjoyment here. And our top 10 thus far:...

No, Marty Brennaman, ESPN didn’t go far enough with Stephen A. — but the Reds were right to fire your sonIn case you forgot, Thom Brennaman had a very bad day on August 19 of last year. On the air while calling a Cincinnati Reds game, he apparently was unaware of a hot mic and was heard using a homophobic slur. Like, a really, really bad one, with a really, really bad tone. It’s unclear what spurred hi...

‘We’re gonna do 69,’ referee informs Cowboys-Eagles viewers“We’re gonna do 69” was something I (or anyone) didn’t exactly expect to hear while watching the Cowboys-Eagles game....

Hot Mic At Ole Miss-Cal Picks Up Fan Yelling "Fuck You, Communist Motherfucker"

I’m not sure what’s better here: the profane exclamation, or the fact that it seems like the play-by-play broadcaster stopped what he was saying to give the fan some space to get his point across....

ESPN Hot Mic Catches Someone Blathering About Chicago

“CHICAGO!? You can’t talk about Chicago like that! You can talk about Northwestern if you want.”...

DeAndre Hopkins To Ref: "What The Fuck You Looking At?"

Texans - Colts is one of the few close games taking place this afternoon, and it’s been pretty ugly. T.J. Yates tore his ACL and viewers can now enjoy a Matt Hasselbeck vs. Brandon Weeden duel. DeAndre Hopkins took out his frustration out on a ref and a hot mic caught it loud and clear for all of us...

Someone At MLB Network Wants Someone Else To Fuck Himself

At the tail end of an MLB Network interview with newly inducted Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz, someone behind the scenes forgot that hot mics can pick up whispers:...

Kentucky's Andrew Harrison On Frank Kaminsky: "Fuck That Nigga"

Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison is not a particularly big fan of Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky, and expressed that fact on a more-sensitive-than-he-thought mic during the postgame press conference. The full thought sounds like “Fuck that nigga, oh my god” to me. ...