Watch these Cleveland newscasters learn that the Cavaliers just won their first-ever NBA title

Fans and newscasters alike reacted strongly when they learned that the Cleveland Cavaliers were NBA champions.

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published 20 June 2016

The last time the city of Cleveland won a major sports title, an entire 63 percent of the city's population hadn't even been born yet and fewer than 4 percent of those who had been were actually living in the city. In other words, the Cavaliers' win over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night was a victory more than 50 years in the making.

You can hear that victory best in the voices of the people who call the Forest City home — such as these WJW Fox Cleveland newscasters, when they made the announcement on air that the Cavs had won the NBA Finals:

Cleveland's curse is officially broken — and Golden State has their own to contend with now.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.