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MIAMI, May 11 (UPI) -- Miami Heat forward LeBron James will be named as the most valuable player in the NBA, The Miami Herald reported Friday.
Citing sources, the newspaper said James will be named MVP Saturday.
He would be the eighth player in league history to win the MVP award three times. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the honor six times; Michael Jordan and Bill Russell won it five times each; Wilt Chamberlain was a four-time winner; and Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone captured the award three times each.
James averaged 27.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per contest while playing in all 62 games during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 regular season. He was named league MVP in both 2009 and 2010 during his days with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant led the league in scoring this year, followed by Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. James was third.
James led Miami to an opening-round playoff series victory over New York and the Heat will open their Eastern Conference semifinal confrontation with Indiana Sunday.
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ST. LOUIS, May 19 (UPI) --
Rookie John Gast tossed 5 1/3 innings in his second major league start Sunday and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee 4-2.
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WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) --
Television actress Christine White has died in Washington, her representatives announced. She was 86.
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MOSCOW, May 19 (UPI) --
A biological research satellite capsule returned to Earth Sunday with its mice, gerbils, geckos and plants after a 30-day flight, Russian space officials said.
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ATLANTA, May 19 (UPI) --
A man and his son graduated together from Morehouse College in Georgia Sunday, with the son saying he is "proud of [his dad] as a man" for going back to school.
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