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FOX Sports Ohio On-Air Talent

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Updated: October 28, 2009, 11:53 AM EDT
Austin Carr
Co-host of "Cavaliers Live Pre & Post"

Austin Carr is in his eight season as the full-time analyst for the 30 Cavaliers games televised on the Cavaliers Television Network, after having served as a substitute analyst over the prior three seasons. He is also the pre and post game show host for FOX Sports Ohio.

After a standout career with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1971-80, Carr rejoined the Cavaliers in the front office in June 1991 as the Director of Community and Business Development. He is responsible for generating new business from Northeast Ohio corporations with a particular focus on smaller companies and minority organizations.

Carr played the first nine of ten seasons in the NBA with Cleveland before stints with Washington and Dallas. He ranks as the Cavaliers' All-Time leader in field goals made (4,272) and field goals attempted (9,480). Carr is second on the Cavaliers' All-Time list in scoring (10,265) fourth in games played (635) and fourth in minutes played (19,003).

Always active in community affairs, Carr won the Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award after the 1979-80 season, an award which recognizes an NBA player or coach who makes substantial contributions to his community. He continues his charitable activities with the United Black Fund, the March of Dimes and the Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence. He is also the spokesperson for the Cavaliers "Read to Achieve" program, in addition to making numerous speaking engagements to youth groups.

Carr is the proud parent of Jason and Ashley.


Campy Russell
Director, Alumni Relations Cleveland Cavaliers

Campy Russell is a Cleveland Cavalier legend. The nine-year NBA veteran played for the Cavs from 1974-1980. He was chosen in 1979 as an NBA All-Star at small forward. He also played three-years with the New York Knicks from 1980-1983. He was named to the Cavaliers' All-Time team and remains in the Cavs' all-time top ten in eight categories. He was the eighth pick of the first-round in the 1974 NBA Draft.

In 2002, Russell rejoined the Cavaliers as the team's outer market events specialist involving sales, community relations and youth basketball programs. In 2005, he became the Director of Alumni Relations and remains a part of the Cavaliers broadcast analyst team on Fox Sports Network. He also continues to champion the organization's Black Heritage Celebration and efforts with the Greater Cleveland Praisefest.

Russell is an alumnus of the University of Michigan, graduating with a Bachelors in Sports Management and Communications in 2000 and is a member of the university's Hall of Honor. He is the father of four daughters, Allex, Mandisa, Oyin, Saki and one son, Michael II.


Donnie Miller
Host

Dionne Miller joined Fox Sports Ohio in July of 2008 as a Host and Reporter for the networks various programs including "Cavaliers in the Paint", "Buckeye State Tailgate", and "High School Football Live". Prior to joining FSO, Dionne has served as Sports Anchor/Reporter all over the country, most recently at the Columbus Sports Network ( Columbus, Ohio), where she was a part of 3 emmy nominated broadcasts. Born in Middlefield, Oh, Dionne is happy to be back in her home state after working in San Diego (XETV), Florida (WWSB), Burlington, VT (WPTZ) and Billings, MT (KSVI). When not glued to a sporting event, Ms. Miller enjoys spending time with family and friends.


Fred McLeod
Play-by-Play, Cleveland Cavaliers

Fred McLeod is back home on FOX Sports Ohio for his fourth season as the play-by-play voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and 26th season of NBA basketball. He teams up with color analyst Austin Carr for the 70 Cavaliers games telecast on FOX Sports Ohio.

Prior to joining FOX Sports Ohio, McLeod served 22 consecutive seasons as the Pistons cable TV play-by-play voice, nine with FOX Sports Detroit, and 13 with PASS Sports. His 22 years at the time, was the longest tenure of a TV-only announcer with the same NBA team.

McLeod also did play-by-play duties on FOX Sports Detroit's coverage of Michigan high school football and basketball state championships. A Detroit sportscaster since 1982, McLeod was the Sports Director for WJBK , and then weekend anchor at WDIV-TV 4 (NBC), hosting its long-running #1 rated, Sunday night show Sports Final Edition. McLeod's career includes play-by-play experience of the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, and Detroit Lions, along with numerous national events for Prime Sports.

McLeod began his professional career in 1974 at KQTV in St. Joseph, Mo. and a year later at WSTV in Steubenville, Ohio. The Strongsville native then fulfilled a childhood dream by joining WJW, channel-8 in his hometown of Cleveland, as their weekend sportscaster for four years. Fred later took a job at KPIX-TV in San Francisco as their weekend sports anchor. Fred is a graduate of Point Park University in Pittsburgh, where he pitched in the NAIA College World Series.

Fred's wife, Beth is also a television personality, occasionally filling in at WOIO doing weather reports.


Jeff Phelps
Co-host of ""Cavaliers Live"

Jeff Phelps is the co-host of "Cavaliers Live", the Cavaliers pre-game and post-game show on FOX Sports Ohio. Phelps also serves as sideline reporter during game telecasts.

Along with his Cavalier duties, Phelps has performed a variety of other duties with FOX Sports Ohio, including play-by-play of Mid-American Conference football and basketball, play-by-play of Thursday Night High School Football, hosting Cleveland Indians pre-game and post-game shows, and hosting Cleveland Browns, Ohio State football and Mid-American Conference programming.

Prior to joining FOX Sports Ohio in 2003, Phelps spent 15 years with WUAB-TV and WOIO-TV in Cleveland as Sports Anchor/Reporter.

Phelps began his career in sports broadcasting at WAKR-TV-Radio in Akron, Ohio. He then moved on to KJAC-TV in Beaumont, Texas, where he served as Sports Anchor/Reporter for five years.

During the 2002-2003 high school basketball season, Phelps worked on the St. Vincent-St. Mary pay-per- view telecasts, featuring LeBron James.

A three-time Emmy award-winner for sports reporting, Phelps was named Ohio Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1994. He was a 2007 inductee into the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame of Ohio.

A graduate of Kent State University, Phelps currently resides in Medina, Ohio with his wife Gayle, and their three children.


Bill Davidge
Color Analyst, Columbus Blue Jackets

Bill Davidge has provided color analysis on Columbus Blue Jackets radio broadcasts since the inaugural 2000-01 season and is also a contributor on the "Blue Jackets Live" pre-game show airing on FOX Sports Ohio. He brings over 36 years of hockey experience as a player, scout and coach (all years within the State of Ohio) to game broadcasts on the Blue Jackets Radio Network.

Prior to joining the broadcast team, Davidge spent the 1999-00 season as a scout for the Blue Jackets. From 1995-99 he served as part-time scout/development coach for the Florida Panthers and was also a part-time scout for the Detroit Red Wings from 1990-94.

No stranger to Columbus, Davidge played four years of hockey at The Ohio State University, earning scholar-athlete recognition in each of his seasons as a Buckeye before graduating with honors in 1977. He served as captain of the Buckeyes in 1976 & 77.

After serving the 1977-78 season as a graduate assistant coach at Miami (Ohio) University and receiving his Masters Degree in Education, he was hired as an assistant coach and served in that capacity for eight seasons. In 1985, he was promoted to head coach and spent four seasons behind the bench before retiring to spend more time with his family. Davidge continued to teach at Miami as a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies as he continued his love in the NHL.

The Dunnville, Ontario native is the father of two sons, Rob and Willy J., and a daughter, Miranda Davidge and splits his residence between Columbus and Oxford.


Jeff Rimer
Play-by-play, Columbus Blue Jackets

Jeff Rimer joined the Blue Jackets broadcast team as television play-by-play announcer on FOX Sports Ohio during the summer of 2004, bringing 30-plus years experience to the booth. He can be heard on 1460 Radio Hosting Ken Hitchcock show and other talk shows, often introduced as Fox Sports Ohio's play-by-play broadcaster. Rimer has covered the NHL for 29 years, including the past 18 seasons calling play-by-play action on television for the Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals. In addition to serving as the voice of the Panthers from 1993-04, he is a regular guest on radio programs across North America and has co-hosted the internationally- syndicated "Inside the NHL" radio program with John Davidson.

A native of Toronto, Rimer began his broadcasting career with CFAC-Radio in Calgary and served as the play-by-play man for the Calgary Centennials of the Western Hockey League. He then spent four and a half years working for the Canadian Broadcast Company in Edmonton. A highlight of his stint at CBC came in 1976 when he served as the network's gymnastics commentator during the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. He also worked for eight years as sports director for CFCF-Radio in Montreal and hosted Montreal Canadiens pre- and post-game shows during that time.

Rimer then spent 10 seasons with the Capitals as the play-by-play man on Home Team Sports (HTS) and WDCA-TV from 1983-93. During that time, he also served as the sports director at WBAL-Radio in Baltimore and hosting the pre- and post-game shows for Baltimore Orioles baseball. He was awarded a regional Emmy Award for his play-by-play work and won a United Press International National Broadcasting Award for his work at WBAL. Also during his time in Maryland, he co-hosted a syndicated college basketball show with University of Maryland and former Ohio State men's basketball coach Gary Williams, a network pre-game show with Billy Packer and was a sideline reporter for University of Maryland football.

Rimer and his wife, Ferrel, reside in Dublin and are the parents of son, Josh, and daughter, Kylie.


John Michael
Reporter and Host, Columbus Blue Jackets

John Michael joins the Columbus Blue Jackets broadcast team on FOX Sports Ohio as an in-game reporter, post-game show host, and contributor to the pre-game show. Prior to joining the Jackets, Michael was the "Voice of the Lake Erie Monsters", Cleveland's AHL team, calling games on the television side on FOX Sports Ohio and WUAB-TV 43, and on the Monsters radio flagship station, ESPN 850 WKNR. With the Monsters, he hosted the Monsters radio show "Between the Pipes with John Michael" and authored the column "From the Perch" on the Monsters' website. Michael also works for the MSA Sports Network in Pennsylvania, broadcasting a variety of sports - including football, basketball, baseball, and soccer - and hosting sports talk shows.

Previously, Michael spent two seasons as the radio voice of the AHL's Springfield Falcons and the previous two seasons with the ECHL's Johnstown Chiefs. Following his final campaign with the Chiefs, the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania native was named the 2004-05 ECHL Broadcaster of the Year. The honor capped a tremendous campaign for Michael in which he had been chosen to broadcast the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game for NHL Radio.

Michael has also served as a radio broadcaster for baseball's Hagerstown Suns, a then-minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, in 2003. Additionally, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Broadcasting at Springfield College in Massachusetts.

Prior to embarking on his broadcasting career, Michael earned a law degree, an MBA degree, and a mechanical engineering degree at the University of Notre Dame, all with cum laude honors, in an eight-year span. Following graduation from law school in 1998, he joined the prestigious Pittsburgh law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, where he practiced law full time as a trial attorney specializing in construction law for over four years. For the last two seasons, Michael also performed legal duties for both the Lake Erie Monsters and the Cleveland Cavaliers.


Ray Crawford
Host, Columbus Blue Jackets

Ray Crawford joins the Columbus Blue Jackets broadcast team this season as host of the road Columbus Blue Jackets Live pre- and post-game editions on FOX Sports Ohio. Crawford is also joining the network's Southern Ohio High School Football Game of the Week this season as the new pre-game show host. Crawford first became a member of the FOX Sports Ohio team as a host of Buckeye State Tailgate in August 2008. The Emmy Award winner brings nearly two decades of experience to the network.

Crawford came to the network after serving as an anchor for the Columbus Sports Network. In that role, he anchored a nightly news and highlight program as well as host live pre-game shows for the AFL, MLS and Triple-A baseball. Crawford's experience also includes time at other Columbus television stations including WSYX-TV where he served on the on-air staff voted Best Sports Operation by the Ohio Associated Press in 2000.

The four-time Emmy nominee began his career at a television station in Findlay and eventually led to opportunities at network affiliates in Missouri and North Carolina before returning to his home state.

Crawford has covered many stories during his career including the final years of Joe Montana's career, the retirements of Dean Smith and Chris Spielman, Ken Griffey Jr.'s first spring training with the Reds, the development and debut of the Blue Jackets, the Brown's expansion draft, countless stories at Ohio State and several state high school championships.

Outside of his work, he has served the communities in which he has lived as a host for the MDA and Cystic Firbrosis Telethons, U.S. Olympic Torch Run Steering Committee and other service projects.

The Dayton native is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and is married with two children.


Jim Day
Co-host of "Reds Live"

Jim Day is the co-host of the Cincinnati Reds pregame show on FSN Ohio amd "Reds Wrap", the Cincinnati Reds post game show. In addition to pre and post game shows, Jim is a reporter for the "Meijer Kentucky Speedway Racing Report," which debuted in March of 2002 on FSN Ohio. The "Report" provides an outlet for Tri State race fans to get information about the Kentucky Speedway and auto racing in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Jim began his career at FSN Ohio as a reporter for the "Ohio Sports Report."

Prior to joining FSN Ohio, Day was an anchor and reporter for WBNS-TV and WSYX-TV in Columbus. At WSYX, he co-hosted the Sunday night show, "The Sports Zone." He also worked as the sports director and anchor at WFTS-TV, the ABC affiliate in Tampa, Florida.

Day has received two Emmy Awards and a Community Broadcasters of America award for his work in news and sports reporting. He attended Bowling Green State University and Otterbein College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.

A native of Westerville, Ohio, Day currently resides in Mason, Ohio.


Jeff Piecoro
Co-host of "Reds Live"

Jeff Piecoro is entering his 12th season with Fox Sports Ohio and 11th season as host of the EMMY award winning Reds Live. Jeff hosts Bengals Spotlight and Reds Classic Rewind.

The 25-year broadcast veteran started his career in Lexington, Kentucky where he worked at WTVQ- TV, the ABC affiliate, and WLEX- TV, the NBC affiliate, as weekend sports anchor and sports reporter. Jeff has covered 14 Kentucky Derby's and eight Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. He has also worked with the MAC conference as play by play as well as served as color commentator for Men's Football and Basketball.

The 1985 graduate of The University of Kentucky played football at his alma mater for five seasons, 1980-1984. He is currently the color analyst for the University of Kentucky radio network.

He resides in Villa Hills, Kentucky with his wife, Cindy, and children, Nick, 16, Olivia, 12, and Ali, 6. <


Chris Welsh
Color Analyst, Cincinnati Reds

Chris Welsh enters his 17th season as Cincinnati Reds color analyst on FOX Sports Ohio. He has partnered with play-by-play announcer George Grande on Reds cable telecasts for FOX Sports Ohio since 1993.

A former left-handed pitcher, Welsh played for four different teams during his five-year major league career. He began his professional playing career with the New York Yankees after being selected in the 21st round of the 1977 free agent draft. He was traded to the San Diego Padres as part of a six-player deal in the spring of 1981 and made his major league debut a few weeks later. In all, Welsh pitched for the San Diego Padres (1981-83), the Montreal Expos (1983-84), the Texas Rangers (1985), and the Cincinnati Reds (1986). Career numbers include a 22-31 record in 75 games started, 195 strikeouts and a 4.45 ERA.

In addition to his work as a Reds color analyst on FOX Sports Ohio, Welsh has hosted and co-produced "Reds Wrap," an off-season magazine about the Reds. Besides his work for FOX Sports Ohio, Welsh also works for FOX Sports Florida broadcasting their University of South Florida games as he has done since 1988. He has worked in radio as a play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds Radio Network during spring training games for the past eight years. He has also hosted several sports talk shows in the Cincinnati market.

He is publisher of "The Thinking Pitcher," an instructional trade letter on pitching that is read by pitchers and coaches worldwide. He also produces pitching workshops for coaches and pitchers and has been the featured speaker/instructor in several national forums on baseball.

Welsh is a native of Cincinnati and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1973. He graduated from the University of South Florida in 1977 with a BA in marketing. He is a licensed real estate broker and holds an insurance license. He and his wife Debbie, have four children, Carrie, Erin, Daniel, and Maclean and reside in Walton, Kentucky.


Thom Brennaman
Play-by-Play, Cincinnati Reds

Thom Brennaman is in his third season as a member of the Reds Radio and Reds TV broadcast teams.

On October 4, 2006, he signed a four-year contract through the 2010 season. The Cincinnati native will work alongside his father, Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman, for selected radio broadcasts on 700 WLW and also will sit in the booth for Reds TV broadcasts on FOX Sports Ohio.

Thom Brennaman will broadcast approximately 90 games for the Reds while continuing to serve as one of Major League Baseball's lead announcers on the Saturday Game of the Week and post-season telecasts for national television rightsholder FOX. Before joining the Reds, he worked for nine seasons on Arizona Diamondbacks radio and TV broadcasts. Brennaman joined the D'Backs after six seasons with the Chicago Cubs working for both WGN radio and TV. He was hired by the Cubs after two years in Cincinnati broadcasting Reds TV games alongside Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. The Brennamans worked together during a Baseball Network televised game in the 1990s. One of the country's most versatile talents, Brennaman is part of the NFL and college football broadcast teams for FOX, and in each of the last three years, he was the lead announcer for the worldwide telecasts of the college football BCS championship games. He was the play-by-play voice for that network for six Cotton Bowl telecasts from 2001-06 and also has handled University of Cincinnati men's basketball local broadcast duties.

Brennaman is a graduate of Anderson High School and Ohio University. He, his wife Polly and their family live in Cincinnati.


Anthony Buford
Game Analyst

Skilled in live on air broadcasting of college basketball and studio work, Anthony Buford currently serves as analyst of University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball games on FOX Sports Ohio. He has spent twelve years as color analyst for WXIX Fox 19 on UC College Basketball Broadcasts.

Buford was a professional basketball player from 1993 to 1996, playing for the Boston Celtics, the Basketball Club Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia), Bramsche-Osnabrück Basketball Club (Bramsche, Germany) and Basketball Club Zrinjevac Croatia (Zageb, Croatia). Following his professional basketball years, Buford became an accomplished professional in the financial industry and currently owns a growing financial practice.

Buford graduated from University of Cincinnati in 1992 with a BA in economics. Among his many awards while playing for the UC men's basketball team and serving as team captain are 2nd Team All Great Midwest Conference, Co-MVP, and Best Defensive Player (1992) as well as being named to the 1992 NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Team and appearing in 1992 NCAA "Final Four."

Prior to playing at UC, Buford served as team captain of 1989-1990 University of Akron men's basketball team and was names best defensive player 1988-1990.


Michael Reghi
Play-by-Play

Michael Reghi has been with Fox Sports Ohio since its inception in 1989. As one of the most versatile and descriptive play-by-play announcers in television sports, Reghi is one of the select few who have called the action in Major League Baseball, the NBA and NFL while also maintaining a high profile in the booth with over two decades of play calling in division I college football and basketball.

He currently serves FOX Sports Ohio as play-by-play man for University of Cincinnati Bearcats football and basketball. He also has his own afternoon drive sports talk radio show on WKNR 850 in Cleveland.

His previous play-by-play efforts include serving as the television 'voice' of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers for twelve seasons, from 1994-2006. Reghi additionally called play-by-play for the Baltimore Orioles for seven seasons, from 1997-2003. He spent two seasons (2007-2008) as the voice of the Cleveland Gladiators Arena Football League as well as the back-up play-by-play man of the Cincinnati Reds. For 17 seasons (1990-2000) Reghi also served as host of various shows for the Cavaliers, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Bengals on FOX Sports Ohio. He has called two seasons, 1999-2000, as the preseason television play-by-play voice of the Cleveland Browns and has done additional work on ESPN, the Washington Wizards Radio Network and the NFL Network.

Reghi is a two-time Emmy recipient for his play-by-play work in MLB and he was inducted into Ohio's Television/Radio Broadcast Hall of Fame in 2006 for his continued excellence in the sports broadcasting industry.

He began his broadcasting career in 1980 as the sports anchor for WLIO-TV in Lima, Ohio. From there he moved on to WNWO-TV in Toledo for one year and to WEWS-TV (Channel 5) in Cleveland as the weekend sports anchor from 1983-1986. He then served as the sports director for WTVG-TV in Toledo before joining Fox Sports.

A fan of Stephen King novels and military leaders Dwight Eisenhower and General Patton, Reghi enjoys tennis, golf, theater, and working with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters programs in Cleveland when away from work. He also appeared as a baseball player as an extra in the 1978 movie, "One In A Million," the story of former Detroit Tiger center fielder Ron LeFlore.

He is the proud father of his son, Cal, and resides in Westlake, Ohio.


Tom Gelehrter
Host, Bearcats Sports Weekly

Tom Gelehrter is in his second year as the host of Bearcats Sports Weekly with Brian Kelly & Mick Cronin on FOX Sports Ohio. The University of Cincinnati's Manager of New Media and Broadcasting, Gelehrter is a 2002 graduate of Syracuse University and has worked for the past nine years as a college sports broadcaster at Cincinnati, the University of Akron and Syracuse University. A Cleveland native, Gelehrter serves as sideline reporter for UC football broadcasts on 700-WLW and is the play-by-play voice for women's basketball.


Brad Johansen
Play-by-Play, Xavier Basketball

Brad Johansen is the TV play-by-play voice for Xavier Basketball on FOX Sports Ohio. He is also the play-by-play announce for Southern Ohio's High School Football Game of the Week on FOX Sports Ohio.

Johansen grew up in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, IL. He knew he wanted to get into broadcasting by the time he was in third grade. He completed his undergraduate work in 1984 at Bradley University with a double major in Speech Communications and Broadcast Journalism, and a minor in theater. In his senior year at Bradley, Johansen was named the number one speaker in the country, and was also a member of the number one speech team in the country. In his broadcast career, he has won more than 50 journalism awards, including 14 Emmys.

Johansen has worked in Peoria, IL; Lansing, MI; San Luis Obispo, CA; Las Vegas, NV; and now in Cincinnati since 1992. He became LOCAL 12 Sports Director in June of 1996. Johansen has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Bengals since the 2000 season. He has also done play-by-play for both University of Cincinnati and Miami University basketball.

Johansen married wife Colleen in December 1998. He is the father of three sons and a daughter.


Stephen Wolf
Color Analyst, Xavier Basketball

Stephen Wolf has been the FOX Sports Ohio basketball color analyst for Xavier basketball since 2002. Wolf is also currently the Atlantic 10 TV basketball analyst for CBS College Sports, the Mountain West Conference basketball analyst for the MTN Network and Clear Channel's tennis analyst for the Tennis Master Series Cincinnati on 700 WLW Radio. Previously, he was FOX Sports Ohio's color analyst and regional basketball analyst as well as Clear Channel's (700 WLW Radio) Coaches Show, pre-game show and side line analyst for Xavier basketball. In addition to broadcasting, Wolf is currently the owner of Innovative Label Solutions while serving PCS Technical Services, Inc. as executive vice president.

Wolf attended St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati where he played basketball and tennis. He continued to play both sports at North Carolina State (1979-80) and Xavier University (1980-83). Wolf is married and has four children.


Dave Lapham
Color Analyst, High School Football

Dave Lapham is the color analyst for Southern Ohio's High School Football Game of the Week on FOX Sports Ohio. Lapham has additionally covered college football for over 20 years. He has been the color analyst for the games in the ACC, SEC and since its inception, The Big XII. On FOX Sports, Lapham has been the color analyst for The Big XII Game of the Week and for three Cotton Bowls. You can also hear his color commentary on The Bengals Radio Network, where he has broadcasted for 23 seasons.

Prior to his broadcasting career, Lapham attended Syracuse University where he was captain of the football team and went All-American. He was the third round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals where he played 10 seasons, including Super Bowl XVI. He then played two seasons in the USFL for Doland Trump's "New Jersey General" with teammates Doug Flutie and Herschel Walker.


Hanford Dixon
Coommentator, High School Football

Hanford Dixon, who served as a fill-in commentator last year, will complete his first full season as game analyst during Thursday night's Northeast Ohio High School Football Game of the Week on FOX Sports Ohio. Dixon played defensive back in the NFL for 9 seasons, all with the Cleveland Browns.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Dixon attended Southern Mississippi University and was drafted in the first round by the Browns in the 1981 NFL draft. Hanford was named to three Pro Bowls during his tremendous career-1986, 1987, and 1988. He and fellow cornerback Frank Minnifield are credited with naming the bleachers in Cleveland Municipal Stadium "The Dawg Pound", and he was known throughout his career as the "Top Dawg". He finished his career with 26 interceptions for 225 yards and 2 fumble recoveries.

He currently resides in Westlake, Ohio with his wife and is the owner of a successful real estate business in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.


Kenny Roda
Pre-Game Host, High School Football

Kenny Roda is joining FOX Sports Ohio this fall as host of FOX Sports Ohio LIVE, the pre-game show for Northeast Ohio's High School Football Game of the Week. Roda has been a constant on the Cleveland sports radio scene since 1992, and the "Roadman" has been entertaining listeners on their commute home since 1998. Roda currently hosts "In the Zone with Kenny Roda" on Cleveland's WKNR 850 which focuses on local sports, as well as Ohio State football and basketball.

Roda received his communications degree from Baldwin-Wallace College. He currently resides in Medina, Ohio, and enjoys cheering on his son, who plays high school basketball.


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