NBC host announces departure

Brodie Brazil, a longtime staple of the Bay Area sports media scene on NBC Sports California and NBC Sports Bay Area, is in his final month working for NBC.

Brazil joined the network in 2009 — when it was known as Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. He’s the primary host of pregame and postgame coverage for MLB’s Oakland Athletics and the NHL’s San Jose Sharks on NBC Sports California. He’s earned 13 Regional Emmy Awards and 32 nominations. But on Thursday, Brazil shared that September 29, the final day of MLB’s regular season, will also be his final with the network.

Brazil shared the news on his YouTube page .

“I’m heartbroken to tell you that my time at NBC Sports is soon coming to an end. As of right now, when the A’s play their final game wearing Oakland across their chest on September 29, it will also be my final show after thousands at the network since 2009. To satisfy your instant curiosities, nothing happened. But in the same breath, I don’t really have any answers to your likely questions.

“This news is obviously coming out now down the final stretch of a very difficult baseball season,” he continued . “It was already going to be hard enough covering the end of the A’s in Oakland, as you can likely understand and imagine. But I think what hits even harder right here, right now, is how much I’ll miss my other main role at the network — covering the San Jose Sharks. To much sadness and frustration, that is also going away effective immediately.”

Brazil detailed how much the job has meant to him. He said that he met his wife in the office and “was mid-baseball game there when fatherhood arrived two weeks early in the summer of 2017.”

In regards to his YouTube page, Brazil stated, “No matter what else happens, I don’t anticipate this space going away or changing greatly any time soon.”

Beyond his YouTube page, Brazil didn’t say what would be next for him. But he did make it clear that he hopes to be able to give an update on that in the near future.

“As I consider what’s next for me and my family, I’ll be honest about priorities — it’s my plan to stay centered in the sports media world. It is my desire to continue calling the Bay Area home. However, I am a person of many interests and it will be interesting to see how wide the horizon actually is and maybe what kinds of other chances are about to come my way. I am extremely motivated to find whatever is next and then lean all the way into it — just like I did the last 16 years at NBC.

“Athletes always talk about leaving it all on the field. And that’s exactly how I can proudly feel as the clock runs down on me in this calendar month. I did my very best to service two particular fan bases that I absolutely loved — and especially in recent years. I worked my butt off to earn those roles and stay in those roles. And for now this chapter is over. But the story is not. I’ll hope to bring you better news sooner than later. Thank you.”

[Photo/Video Credit: Brodie Brazil on YouTube ]

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