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.