Ichiro Suzuki led the American League to a 5-4 victory over the National League in Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Suzuki was named the MVP of the game, and he deserved it, since he hit the first EVER All-Star Game in the park home run. Even though this is his seventh All-Star game since joining MLB in 2001, this is the first game where he has made a major contribution to the outcome.

So, fans, what’s your opinion? Was Ichiro Suzuki the MLB All-Star Game MVP? Or did your favorite get passed over?

Today, Dallas Mavericks Center Dirk Nowitzki was the first European player ever named NBA MVP. Dirk certainly had an excellent regular season. From Tim Duncan to Kobe Bryant you could have made a case for quite a few players being right for the trophy. However, Dirk really did have a great year.

Dirk’s Dallas Mavericks won 67 games (not many teams have done that). He scored 24.6 points per game, had 8.9 rebounds per game, 3.4 assists per game, and shot over 90 percent from the free throw line. Not bad…

A lot of you have been making your case for who should win on this post. Now that it’s official what do you think? Should Dirk have won?

The official announcement isn’t due until next Tuesday, but ESPN is reporting that Dirk Nowitzki is scheduled to be the winner. It’s unclear how definite this is, but I guess we’ll all find out next Tuesday.

The other day the 2006-2007 All-NBA team was announced. The only thing that was a bit of a surprise was that Lebron James was missing from the first team. Many people thought that he would be on the first team. Steve Nash was the only unanimous selection.

The first team was made up entirely of Western Conference players. It consisted of Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, and Kobe Bryant.

Here are the voting results for all of the 2006-2007 “All-NBA” Teams:

(First-place votes in parentheses)

First Team
F — Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (125), 634
F — Tim Duncan, San Antonio (94), 573
C — Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix (36), 494
G — Steve Nash, Phoenix (129), 645
G — Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (128), 643

Second Team
F — LeBron James, Cleveland (64), 494
F — Chris Bosh, Toronto (8), 234
C — Yao Ming, Houston (38), 333
G — Gilbert Arenas, Washington 295
G — Tracy McGrady, Houston (10), 278

Third Team
F — Kevin Garnett, Minnesota (5), 225
F — Carmelo Anthony, Denver (1), 142
C — Dwight Howard, Orlando (1), 108
G — Dwyane Wade, Miami (1), 241
G — Chauncey Billups, Detroit 86

Other players receiving votes
Carlos Boozer, Utah, 127; Shaquille O’Neal, Miami, 70 (3),; Jason Kidd, New Jersey, 58; Marcus Camby, Denver, 42 (2),; Shawn Marion, Phoenix, 41; Allen Iverson, Denver, 39; Tony Parker, San Antonio, 39; Vince Carter, New Jersey, 15; Deron Williams, Utah, 15; Josh Howard, Dallas, 11; Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers, 8; Mehmet Okur, Utah, 7; Baron Davis, Golden State, 6; Michael Redd, Milwaukee, 6; Ray Allen, Seattle, 5; Richard Hamilton, Detroit, 4; Joe Johnson, Atlanta, 3; Ben Gordon, Chicago, 3; Chris Paul, New Orleans, 3; Paul Pierce, Boston, 2; Ben Wallace, Chicago, 2; Jason Terry, Dallas, 2; Eddy Curry, New York, 2; Luol Deng, Chicago, 1; Chris Webber, Detroit, 1; Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana, 1; Pau Gasol, Memphis, 1; Tyson Chandler, New Orleans, 1; Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 1.

Does this mean that Lebron is out of the running for the NBA MVP?

Should Kobe win it this year? What do you think? Here’s some good video to back up his claim for the MVP:

Dwayne is probably my favorite player to watch in the NBA right now. He just has a certain quiet confidence about him that I really like. He has been injured, so who knows how he will do in the playoffs, but should he be this year’s MVP? Check out this video:

He certainly makes a good case for himself. He is a lot of fun to watch. Check out this King James video to see why he should be the 2007 NBA MVP:

These video highlights make a good argument that he should be.

For all you rabid Steve Nash fans—  a little video gift:

Here are the results of our last poll:

Who will be the 2007 MVP in the NBA?

• Lebron James: 35% (61)
• Dwyane Wade: 30% (52)
• Other: 10% (17)
• Kobe Bryant: 9% (15)
• Steve Nash: 6% (11)
• Dirk Nowitzki: 6% (10)
• Yao Ming: 5% (8)
• Chauncey Billups: 1% (1)

Total Votes : 175

The 2006 National League MVP was awarded to Ryan Howard of the Philadelhia Phillies. He had 58 home runs this year, which is the most in MLB since Barry Bonds hit 73 homeruns in 2001.

Ryan Howard beat out the 2005 NL MVP Albert Pujols who came in second. Ryan had 20 first place votes and 12 second place votes which gave him 388 points. Albert Pujols had 12 first place votes, 19 second place votes, and one third place vote which gave him a total of 347 points.

In case you were wondering, the MLB MVP awards are given out by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. I am not sure what the details are for the voting process.

Anyway, congratulations to Ryan Howard for a great year and for winning the 2006 MLB NL MVP award!

The American League MLB MVP for 2006 is Twins’ Justin Morneau. Who won his first AL MVP award, beating out Derek Jeter.

You can read more about it on SportingNews.com.