Allie Bethany Clifton (born January 30, 1988) is a sports journalist and former college basketball player who is currently the TV pregame host for Los Angeles Lakers telecasts on

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, after previously serving as Cleveland Cavaliers sideline reporter for

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Biography

Allie Bethany Clifton was born January 30, 1988. A native of

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, Clifton played college basketball for the

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team from 2006–2010. After college, Clifton began her broadcasting career in Toledo as a sports reporter for

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affiliate

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channel 13 before joining the Cavaliers broadcast team in 2012. In 2017, Clifton began co-hosting the podcast Road Trippin' alongside Cavs players

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and

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. Many of the podcast's first shows featured Cavs players and were recorded while the team was on road trips. In summer 2018, Clifton announced she was leaving Fox Sports Ohio and the Cavaliers to take a job hosting the pregame show on Spectrum SportsNet for Los Angeles Lakers telecasts, coinciding with

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leaving the Cavaliers to sign with the Lakers.

Awards and honors

In 2018, Clifton won a pair of

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s as a member of the Cavaliers broadcast team.2018 Emmy winners - Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards
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References

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