PHOENIX– On Wednesday night, Allie Clifton is heading from the sideline to the broadcast booth.
Clifton will serve as the color commentator on Fox Sports Ohio next to play-by-play man Fred McLeod as the Cavaliers take on the Phoenix Suns. Austin Carr will miss the game to attend the funeral for his brother, Roderick, who died earlier this month.
The news was first reported by cleveland.com. Per the report, a Fox Sports spokesperson said the Cavs have had a woman analyst one other time, in the 1990s.
Clifton has been on the Cavs sideline for six years.