His plan was to enroll at Monmouth College for three years and then transfer to the journalism school at the University of Missouri. He never made it. A speech professor at Monmouth recognized his potential immediately and sent him to a basketball game with a tape recorder. Tait did play-by-play of the game and the school piped it into the student union for those who wished to hear a replay. A star was born. His career included stops at Galesburg, Ill.
If the Cavs were playing, Tait was on the air. He seemed to find the perfect mix of description, commentary, statistics and fun — or criticism, if necessary. When James was getting ready to become the No. Mary was bad for James and the sport. Some of the summer teams are just cesspools. He usually did his one interview a year. As the city reflects on his prolific career and contributions to the Cleveland Cavaliers organization, players like LeBron James and Channing Frye reacted to the news of his death.
Man WHAT!!!!??? BethHMcLeod my prayers sent up above to you and your family!! It was a honor to work with him, his passion for the CAvs was infectious and created a culture of pride for the team and the city of Cleveland. Serious prayers go out to his family. Fred was a great man and his love for Cleveland was infectious.
He will be missed. He was a wonderful and giving broadcast partner and I was honored to share the Indians TV booth with him in when we formed the youngest broadcast team in Major League Baseball that season.
John has done a remarkable job creating his own call of the game. The legacy left by Fred McLeod is truly special and will live on as well. That will bring a great sense of familiarity to the viewing experience and a genuine connection with fans.
Every ounce of preparation, hard work and creativity that is poured into each television broadcast this season will be dedicated to the very high standard that Fred McLeod set.
I am looking forward to joining my friend Austin Carr and helping deliver a great and entertaining season of Cavs basketball broadcasts. Earlier in his career, Michael gained valuable play-by-play experience with the MSA Sports Network in Pennsylvania, hosting sports talk shows and broadcasting a variety of sports, including baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and soccer.
Michael also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Broadcasting at Springfield College in Massachusetts, where the game of basketball was invented. Michael Reghi would be a very familiar face and voice for fans of the Cavaliers, and Cleveland sports in general. Needless to say, his experience really speaks for itself. She does a variety of player and coach interviews throughout games, and seems to have established a tremendous rapport with Austin Carr in pre and postgame coverage for Cavs.
As a sideline reporter for the Cavs last year, Gray did really well along with Cayleigh Griffin, who reported for the Cavs, too , but she has the capability with her experience as a former player and a play-by-play announcer before, to me, to call Cleveland Cavaliers games with Carr. Jeff Phelps is a personality that is also really well established in the Cleveland area.
Phelps can be seen on pre and postgame coverage for the Cavs, along with during halftime on Fox Sports Ohio primary alongside the likes of former Cleveland Cavaliers player Campy Russell. Phelps has doing that quite a while, and always brings good perspective and initiates meaningful basketball commentary well for his co-hosts, just as McLeod always did. With the team likely featuring key young pieces such as Collin Sexton , Darius Garland , Cedi Osman and Dylan Windler next season and in coming years, a bunch of losses are likely to follow, but Phelps always has nice perspective to all scenarios and it shows regardless of the final box scores.
Moreover, Phelps is witty, and always brings his share of humor to both appearances on Fox Sports Ohio and on the radio, and combined with AC, a jokester himself the way McLeod was as well, Phelps could be another possible candidate to replace McLeod for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Thanks as always, readers!
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