Remembering Fred McLeod and His Endless Passion for the Cavs

I never had the pleasure of meeting Fred McLeod. We’ve passed each other in while walking through Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, but I never got a chance to introduce myself.

That said, I know enough about him that the endless praise and kind words being spoken about him today don’t come off the least bit surprising. I know enough to feel pure shock and sadness when hearing the news of his passing this morning.

While I never spoke with Fred, I know him as many other Cleveland Cavaliers fans do, as the voice who narrated countless game broadcasts, the first of which I vividly remember watching from my college dorm room.

The reaction I had when hearing my first Fred McLeod broadcast is the same I…