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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James cheers along with the crowd during a parade Wednesday in downtown Cleveland to celebrate the team’s 2016 NBA championship. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)

LeBron James and the rest of the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers were honored with a downtown parade Wednesday as the city celebrated its first major professional sports title since 1964.

A crowd of approximately 1.3 million, some who had slept on sidewalks overnight to get a good view, packed downtown Cl

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LeBron James wrote the chapter Cleveland has longed for since 1964. 

And this is how it had to go down: James leading the Cavaliers back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals to beat the Golden State Warriors, the team that won an NBA-record 73 regular-season games, on the road for the NBA championship.

It was the only way.

James scored 27 points, collected 11 rebounds, delivered 11 assists, blocked three shots and had two steals – his seventh Finals triple-double – as the Cavaliers defeated th

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) drives on Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala during the first half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Cleveland, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Crawling on the floor after a loose ball, LeBron James gathered himself and got to his feet.

The Cavaliers stood with him.

James had 32 points and 11 rebounds, Kyrie Irving added 30 points and Cleveland, pushed for 48 minutes by a delirious,

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© Getty Images TORONTO, ON - MAY 27: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers prepares for game six of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Toronto Raptors during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre on May 27, 2016 in Toronto…

© Getty Images TORONTO, ON – MAY 27: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers prepares for game six of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Toronto Raptors during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre on May 27, 2016 in Toronto…

Magic Johnson played in nine NBA Finals, winning five of them, so he knows well the ebbs and flows of a seven-game series with a world championship on the line. 

After watching the Golden State Warriors dispatch the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night to t

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LeBron versus Steph. King James versus the Baby-faced Assassin. Nike versus UnderArmour.

Any way you slice it, it's a dream matchup for the league in the NBA Finals. Again.

A second straight championship showdown between LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors puts the league's two brightest stars on its biggest stage.

It could also mark the beginnings of a new rivalry between the long-time face of the league and the shooting supernova threatenin

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This is what happens when you’ve lived up to the hype and glory of being The Chosen One. When you’ve turned emotions in Ohio sideways and back with The Decision and The Letter.

When you’re LeBron James, back in the NBA Finals for a fifth consecutive year.

You can fuel some serious debate.

Is King James better than ever?

“If you put it all together, yeah,” the Cleveland Cavaliers star told reporters this week. “As far as my mind, my body, my game, you put everything in one bottle, it’s prob

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Breaking down Cleveland’s 114-111 overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals:

What happened: LeBron James’ three-pointer with 36.4 seconds left in overtime put the Cavs ahead 112-111, and James blocked Jeff Teague’s driving layup with 30.9 seconds left. Then, James’ driving six-shot with 12.8 seconds put the Cavs up 114-111. Shelvin Mack missed two-three-pointers in the final 4.9 seconds as Cleveland outscored Atlanta 10-7 in overtime, taking a 3-0 seri

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LeBron James might not feel the need to publicly thank Heat fans for the four years he spent playing for their team, but that didn’t stop the fans for thanking him with a standing ovation before Thursday’s 101-91 loss at Miami.

James was the first Cleveland Cavaliers player introduced by the Miami P.A. announcer and the majority of the crowd cheered for the four-time MVP.

James called the game “very” emotional.

“It’s tough to play under these circumstances, man,” James said afterward. “You’r

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