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Kyrie Irving’s reported demand for a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers isn’t sitting well with the team’s fans and now with one of the city’s TV stations. Fox 8 (WJW) has made a new promo letting Irving know where it stands in all this drama. Showing the Cavs’ title celebration from last year, WJW with a rather dramatic voiceover said it stands with LeBron James and Cleveland is his city:

“You’re either with us or against us. You have to be tough to thrive here. And if you don’t want to be part of our story, that’s fine. This city belongs to The King. Cleveland’s own Fox 8 News. Oh yeah, enjoy the ring.”

Well, that’s harsh, but Cleveland is a sports town that has seen more downs than ups and this promo is in line with its hardened attitude (remember when Cavs fans burned LeBron’s jersey after The Decision). It’s not every day you see a news station taking a stand like this.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013.

He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television.

Fang celebrates the four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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