Fred McLeod

Background

McLeod was born and grew up in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville.

Education

During his sophomore year in high school, McLeod and his family moved to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area, where he finished high school and attended college, graduating from Point Park College where he was a pitcher on the baseball team, reaching the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics College World Series.

Career

McLeod began his broadcasting career in 1974 as a sportscaster for KQTV in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and later moved to WSTV in Steubenville, Ohio. In the late 1970s, he returned to Cleveland when he was hired by WJKW-television 8 as a weekend sports presenter, and also providing play-by-play commentary for WJKW"s coverage of Cleveland Indians" games during the 1979 season. McLeod later moved to KPIX-television in San Francisco, where he was a sports presenter as well as play-by-play commentator for the Oakland Athletics.

In 1982, McLeod moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he became a sportscaster for WJBK and later with WDIV, and in 1984 became a television play-by-play announcer for the National Basketball Association"s Detroit Pistons, a position he held until 2006.

Since the 2006-2007 season, McLeod has been the television play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers, alongside former Cavalier Austin Carr. Signature calls

Right down Euclid! - when a Cavaliers player drives down the lane to the basket

____ says "I got your back!" - when a Cavaliers player grabs an offensive rebound and puts the ball in the hoop

Sweaty palms time - during the closing minutes of tight games

The bottom! - when a Cavaliers player hits a three-pointer

Shakin" the lake! - after a powerful slam dunk by LeBron James

Good night ____, we"ll let ourselves out!.

Achievements

• 2014 Lower Great Lakes Emmy Award recipient - Sporting Event/Game Coverage (as a member of Fox Sports Ohio"s Cavaliers broadcast team).

Membership

2014 Lower Great Lakes Emmy Award recipient - Sporting Event/Game Coverage (as a member of Fox Sports Ohio"s Cavaliers broadcast team).