Cavs' Joe Tait has heart surgery
(January 7, 2011) Cavaliers longtime play-by-play broadcaster Joe Tait has undergone heart double bypass surgery and had an aortic valve replaced.
Tait will be in the cardiac intensive care unit at Cleveland Clinic for several days after having the procedure done on Friday. The Cavaliers said in a statement that Tait, who was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame last summer, is on the "road to recovery." Tait's health had been in decline for several months. He had been hospitalized in November with a blood clot in his lung and his heart surgery was postponed so he could get stronger. Tait, 73, hasn't been well enough to do any games this season. He planned to retire in April. Tait has been the Cavaliers' radio announcer for all but two years since the team entered the NBA as an expansion team in 1970. Read more at
USA Today where this story was originally published.
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