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Thom Brennaman can thank Cubs for his longtime NFL broadcast career

Thom Brennaman will call his third game at Soldier Field this season Sunday, when the Bears host the Giants on Fox. If network rules allowed, he’d love to call all eight Bears home games every year.

“And I would never complain one time,” he said.

It might surprise some to hear Brennaman speak glowingly of Chicago, particularly Cubs fans, given his handful of spats with them while calling Reds games the last 13 years. But chalk those up to frustration with his team (mostly) because if it weren’t for the Cubs, Brennaman wouldn’t be the broadcaster he is today.