In case you forgot during the eight microseconds you spent shifting your eyes’ gaze from the above headline to this sentence, I would like to remind you that LeBron James. That’s right, folks, it’s a Jon post! [hits baseball with tennis racquet, rides skateboard into next paragraph]

Tonight at 9:00 Eastern, professional basketball enthusiast LeBron James will finally announce which team he will sign with (hint: the Knicks). He will do so on ESPN, during an hour-long special he insisted upon, while being interviewed by a guy he has personally selected to interview him. ESPN has dedicated the preceding three-hour programming block to a special, extra-long SportsCenter, which means that ESPN viewers will be in for four hours of LeBron-centric programming.

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Even people who don’t watch sports stopped and took notice on Friday night when LeBron James sank the catch-and-shoot buzzer-beating three-pointer to save the Cavaliers’ hopes in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Orlando Magic.  By chance, the end of that game coincided with the end of the 11 o’clock news in Cleveland, where the Channel 5 news team had resigned itself to a loss of viewers and a Cavs loss.  Being consummate professionals, they handled LeBron’s shot with straight-faced gravity.

Nah, just kidding.  They whooped it up and acted like they weren’t on TV, making it one of the better newscasts of the 21st century.  (After the jump, watch the videos synced together.)

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