MVP to number 23

LeBron James claimed the league MVP on Monday, receiving the award in the high school gym where he first emerged on the national scene. "This is a place where all my dreams started and where I thought they could become real," James said in accepting the award at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. "There's really not a better place." He received 109 of a possible 121 first-place votes. Kobe Bryant who won it last year, came in second on the list this following by Dwayne Wade and Dwight Howard. King James is the first person in Cavaliers history to win this award. He averaged 28.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.2 assists this season. Since Howard received the best defense player of the year, LeBron came in second in that category, making him perhaps the league's most dominant two-way player since Michael Jordan. King James doesn't take all the credit. He says that his teammates and coach Mike Brown helped him receive this award. "I'm 24 years old. To be up here and win this MVP award, I never thought it would happen this fast. I always dreamed about celebrating championships with teammates," James said.

Damage In Dallas Mini-Camp

We all know the storms in Texas can get big. Winds that were just shy of tornado strength, and perhaps stronger, ripped through the roof during a rookie mini camp practice. Between the falling debris and trying to get out alive, special teams coach Joe DeCamillis Broke his back and 11 more people were hospitalized. "I saw it coming down and didn't have time to react," secondary coach Dave Campo said. "I hit the ground and was able to get back up." DeCamillis who was just hired a few months ago, is likely to need surgery to fix his back. Winds were clocked at 64 mph, a single mph shy of tornado level. An Irving police spokesman said there was hardly any damage beyond the Cowboy's Facility. The building was pretty much a 100- yard football field with a few more yards of clearance all the way around. The roof stood 80 feet high, the equivalent of an eight-story building. There were 27 players not to say all the coaches and media and grounds people that were in the building when it went down. They are all very lucky to only have one major injury.

Hatton Down for the Count!

Manny Pacquiao lives up to his name as the best pound for pound fighter. With only throwing 127 punches and landing 73, it only took the champ to mid way of the second round to finish Hatton. Coming off a dominating win over De La Hoya, Pacquiao was even better against Hatton, knocking him down two times in the first round. The final punch was a vicious left hand that dropped Hatton for good. Referee Kenny Bayless looked at Hatton and didn't even have to count, he knew it was over then. Hatton who only threw 78 punches only landed a mere 18. It was a total ass kicking. "I'm surprised the fight was so easy," Pacquiao said. "He was wide open for the right hook. I knew he would be looking for my left." "I was just doing my job," said Pacquiao, who is a national hero in the Philippines and is fast becoming a hero among boxing fans. "I always try to do my best in the ring." Pacquiao was a 2-1 favorite, but few thought Hatton would go easily. Mayweather Jr. might be next on the list for Pacquiao.

Coming out of Retirement...

Floyd "Money Makin" Mayweather Jr. the welterweight champ and pound-for-pound king until retiring last June, will officially end his retirement on Saturday. His next fight will be this summer, July 18 on HBO PPv at the MGM Grand against Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather hasn't boxed since knocking out Ricky Hatton in a December 2007. Floyd has had some trouble in the past with counterfeit money. He was a a strip club and was throwing out fake 100 dollar bills. He stated that he didn't know that they were counterfeit. Mayweather had wanted the fight to be at 145 pounds, but Marquez the smaller man coming up from the 135- pound division where he is champion wanted the weight as low as possible. The Deal was finalized Friday afternoon which took 6 hours to come up with a weight. They cant come in over 144 pounds. Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs), turned 32 in February, told his advisers that they were free to listen to fight offers. Mayweather Sr. who is Hatton's trainer, told media members that his son will return to the ring. The winner of this fight could possibly go against the winner of the fight tonight between Hatton-Pacquiao.

Magic Win without Superman and Lee.

The Orlando Magic played game six in Philadelphia without rookie shooting guard Courtney Lee and the big man Dwight Howard down low and came home winning the series. D. Howard was forced to watch the game from a hotel as a he served a one-game suspension for throwing an elbow, and Lee was recovering from surgery for a fractured sinus. Despite not playing with two starters, the Magic won 114-89. The bench came off blazing. J.J. Redick probably had his best game in his NBA Career knocked down five 3-pointers. He played for Lee. Gortat manned the middle admirably in Howard's place, pulling down 15 rebounds and scoring 11 points and making couple great plays down the stretch. After their game, they stayed in the locker room for a bit to watch the end of Chicago and Celtics game. Magic were happy to know that Chicago pulled through with a triple overtime win. Magic want the Bulls to win the series. This will give us home court advantage through the next series.

Swine Flu causing more headaches.

Texas officials postponed all public high school athletic and academic competitions on Wednesday until May 11Th because of the Swine flu outbreak. This movement suspended the baseball and softball seasons and the regional track championships that were to start on Friday."The health and safety of our student activity participants is of the utmost importance," Breithaupt said. "Taking every possible precaution to prevent the further spreading of this disease is an important contribution to the welfare of our great state, and altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe." 53,000 students are out of school due to the virus. More than a dozen of schools were closed to be sanitized. There has been 16 confirmed cases of swine flu in Texas. Texas isn't the only school that canceled. Alabama officials have shut down all athletic events following the discovery of likely cases of swine flu in Huntsville. There was suppose to be state track and field championships this weekend but now they will have to be rescheduled. "This is not something we want to do," Savarese said. "Right now, we want to be cautious."

Temper Temper

Orlando Magics' Dwight Howard will have miss game 6, because of the elbow he swung at the head of 76ers center Samuel Dalembert in Tuesday's Game 5 and will join teammate Courtney lee on the sideline. Who also was hit my Howard unintentionally. Howard wound up totalling 24 points and a career playoff-best 24 rebounds to power Orlando to a 91-78 home win and nudge a the magic into a 3-2 series lead. Howard's hit on teammate left the rookie guard with a fractured sinus. The Magic have Tony Battie to replace Howard for game 6. 76ers won game 1 and 3 by 2 points each. Game 6 is to be taken place in Philly on Thursday at 7:30.Dwight is not allow into the arena, but He still flew with the team up there to support them. Hopefully they come home with a win but if not, the next game will take place in Orlando this Saturday. Dwight averages 20.6 points a game, with 13.8 boards a game. He was named Defense player of the year in the NBA.

Miami draft picks and more.

After coming off a great year going 11-5 and winning the division. I thought the Dolphins did a great job with the picks that choose. In the first round we picked up Vontae Davis a corner from Illinois. He Had 206 Tackles, 3 forced fumbles, and 7 interceptions to finish out his career. I believe this was an excellent pick up, just because we really needed help at the corner position. Our next pick in the draft went to Pat White from West Virginia. He had a 142.41 Passer rating and 21 touchdowns. He ended up with a career high 6,051 yards and a total of 56 touchdowns. He will help the Fins by stepping up the ability to run the crazy offense called "the Wildcat." Pat White and Ronnie Brown is a great combination to run that offense. They said that their going to keep White a the QB position. This means that John Beck had lost his position. The GM Ireland said that they only want three quarterback and that Beck just couldn't pull it through. Even though when they drafted Beck they thought we was going to be the future of the team. Doesn't look like it now. The Fins also selected another corner in the second round. Sean Smith From Utah finished his college career with only 75 tackles and 9 interceptions. This guy is a player when the ball is in his hands.

Jason wants to come back to Miami?

Jason Taylor admitted today that he has been talking to the Miami Dolphins about possible return. I like this idea, but if he would return i don't want him our Dancing with the Stars again. If He comes back he will need to be 110% committed to the team. Taylor can't stomach the idea of playing for the New York Jets. Which I think I is quite funny. After how many years playing against them and having to hate them, and then finally having to play for them just makes me laugh. But I guess you got to swallow any animosity when they are playing your bills. He says that he is still very committed to the Dolphins and the players. "No one was Happier when they went to New York and beat those guys" in the regular season finale to clinch the AFC East championship. Taylor has definitely put in the time and hard work and i would like to see him come back and eventually retire a Fin.

Same colors for Warner besides green!

On Wednesday the Cardinals and Kurt Warner came to an agreement of a two year $23 million. he will get $19 million guaranteed. I think this will be his final NFL Contract. and i am glad that he is staying in Arizona. He is a good fit there. This past year the Cardinals weren't suppose to do that great and look where they landed, at the Superbowl. "I love what we've been doing," Warner said. "I love what we've been building here." If you looked at some of his stats you know that he is a pretty good QB. He is ranked 1st in the passing YPG, 3rd in Passer rating, and 5Th with 48 300-yard games. During the pro-bowl he said that he would need some time to think about staying and playing or retiring. I am glad that he decided to play, he is not done with his football career. that man will have something great coming his way. This guy was also willing to take $1 million less a season just to make sure that the team extends wide receiver Anquan Boldin. That right there goes to show you how this man is.