Watch the Cavaliers return to Cleveland with city's first championship trophy in 52 years

The Cleveland Cavaliers return to Cleveland.
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The day after beating the Golden State Warriors for the franchise's first-ever NBA title, the Cleveland Cavaliers brought the Larry O'Brien Trophy home to Ohio on Monday. The team received a hero's welcome at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, where thousands of fans greeted the team as players disembarked from the plane, until finally, homegrown superstar LeBron James emerged with the trophy:

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.