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Not surprisingly, the weekend in sports provided us with a little bit of everything, including awards, Twitter scandals, and hospital visits. Let\u2019s get caught up on the news.<\/p>\n
NBA news: Karl back in hospital; LeBron wins MVP; Bosh offends fans via Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\n George Karl\u2019s up-and-down battle with cancer continues. He was rushed to the hospital Friday afternoon with another blood clot in his leg, which was presumably caused by chemotherapy treatment for malignant cells in his throat and neck. Doctors reinserted a filter into his abdomen to prevent clots from travelling to his heart or lungs.<\/p>\n In more upbeat news, LeBron James won the NBA MVP award in runaway fashion for the second straight year. He earned 116 of 123 possible first-place votes and is the 10th<\/sup> player to win consecutive MVP awards.<\/p>\n One guy still seeking his first MVP award, Chris Bosh, got himself into hot water with Toronto Raptor fans late last week. The soon-to-be free agented Tweeted \u201cWhere should I go next season\u201d and \u201cShould I say or should I go?\u201d I guess a little honesty can hurt after all.<\/p>\n MLB news: Dye won\u2019t play for $1.5 million; Mariners release Byrnes after bizarre weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, looks like Orlando Hudson\u2019s conspiracy theory of a month ago just lost a whole lot of steam. Free agent outfielder Jermaine Dye was recently quoted in the\u00a0Chicago Sun-Times <\/em>claiming that he (a) won\u2019t sign with a bad team and (b) won\u2019t play for $1.5 million. Hmpf. Apparently beggars can be choosers after all. Hey \u2013 maybe the Seattle Mariners should look at Dye. They released outfielder Eric Byrnes after a downright bizarre sequence of events that began on Friday night. During a suicide-squeeze attempt in extra innings of a scoreless game, Byrnes randomly pulled back his bat. Naturally, Ichiro, who was tearing home from third, was tagged out.<\/p>\n After the Mariners wound up losing the game, tore out of Seattle\u2019s clubhouse on a bicycle just minutes after the game and made a turn right around Seattle general manager Jack Zdurienick before the pair could make eye contact. He spent the rest of the weekend watching movies in the clubhouse. Any wonder that he got the boot? If you needed more evidence \u2013 he hit a sparkling .094 in 15 games this season.<\/p>\n NHL news: Youth hockey league in hot water over beer incident<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, YouTube. How did the sports world function without thee in the past? We\u2019d miss out on so many gems \u2013 like an idiot filming 10-year-old children with open alcohol containers in a dressing room. Sigh. Sure, it\u2019s a shame that political correctness prevents us from taking a joke these days, but anyone who hands empty beer cans to kids, films them \u201cenjoying beers after the game\u201d and expects no disciplinary action probably doesn\u2019t know what the Internet is. Needless to say, the Saskatchewan camera man has been suspended.<\/p>\n NFL news: Favre needs surgery to play next season<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t expect the Brett Favre saga to die down any time soon. After all, he needs surgery on his ankle to play in 2010. That means we can look forward to a \u201cWill Favre have surgery\u201d? clock before we even get to the \u201cWill Favre return?\u201d clock.<\/p>\n <\/strong> Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Monday May 3rd, 2010. 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