This article is about the American sports broadcaster. For the English footballer, see Joe Tait (footballer). For other people with similar names, see Joseph Tait (disambiguation).
Joe Tait
Tait in 2012
Born
(1937-05-15)May 15, 1937
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Died
March 10, 2021(2021-03-10) (aged 83)
Lafayette Township, Ohio, U.S.
Sports commentary career
Team(s)
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Indians Mount Union Purple Raiders Ohio Bobcats Indiana Hoosiers
Genre
Play-by-play
Sport(s)
Basketball (NBA, WNBA) Baseball (MLB)
Joseph Tait (May 15, 1937 – March 10, 2021) was an American sports broadcaster who was the play-by-play announcer on radio for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and both TV and radio for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. With the exception of two seasons in the early 1980s and illness during his final season, he was the Cavaliers' radio announcer from the team's inception in 1970 through the 2010–11 season. He won the Basketball Hall of Fame 2010 Curt Gowdy Media Award.[1]
^HoF Press Release Archived June 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Basketball Hall of Fame Source date May 11, 2010 Accessed October 18, 2015
and Tait was released from his job as a result. Yet, many Cleveland fans mistakenly believe that Tait was fired by Stepien, organizing a "JoeTait Night"...
contributor for being the first African American to manage a team in the NBA. JoeTait – 2010 (team announcer 1970–1981; 1983–2011) Notes: 1 In total, Daly was...
the then Indians broadcast team in both radio and TV from 1964 to 1997. JoeTait, a member of the Indians broadcast team in radio and TV from 1973 to 1987...
sports radio talk show host Pete Franklin and Indians radio announcer JoeTait made comments that fueled the fans' animosity toward the Rangers. In addition...
"Comandante Joe" on their 2004 album Zero Tolerance. In February 2005 Cotswold Rail locomotive 47828 was named Joe Strummer by his widow Lucinda Tait at Bristol...
on July 30, 1996. Jim Johnson broadcast Cavaliers games on radio when JoeTait was broadcasting games on WOIO. WRMR became WKNR in 2001. WBBG became WMJI...
postgame analyst. During the 2010–2011 season, usual Cavs radio voice JoeTait missed much of the season as he recovered from surgery/illness. During...
MacMullan and longtime Cleveland Cavaliers radio play-by-play announcer JoeTait received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball...
Kelly Tripucka, Albert King, Mike O'Koren, Spencer Ross, Mel Proctor, JoeTait, John Sterling, John Minko and Mark Jackson. Nets games have also aired...
Watching The Browns, 2010 ISBN 978-1-59851-065-2 JoeTait: It's Been a Real Ball, (Co-Written with JoeTait), 2011 ISBN 978-1-59851-070-6 Glory Days in Tribe...
Previous broadcasters who have had lengthy tenures with the team include JoeTait (15 seasons between TV and radio), Jack Corrigan (18 seasons on TV), Ford...
Chicago Bulls will move on to play the New York Knicks in a best-of-7. JoeTait: He looks. He looks. He gets to Jordan. Jordan to the circle, puts the...
1986–1996 Did not play in 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons due to injury. 🎤 JoeTait Cleveland Cavaliers — 1970–1981 1983–2011 As broadcaster. 12 Derek Harper...
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play announcer JoeTait and heap abuse on the Cavs' now-despised owner. The angry crowd used the occasion to not only show support for Tait, but also to...
feuded with team owner Ted Stepien. Franklin and Cavaliers' radio voice JoeTait openly questioned Stepien's ability to operate the team after multiple...
footprint reached five states and one million homes. Bruce Drennan and JoeTait were hired to announce WUAB's Indians telecasts and called Len Barker's...
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