As has been rumored for the last couple weeks, Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash was voted the MVP for the second straight season. LeBron James finished in second place in front of Dirk Nowitzski, Kobe Bryant, and Chauncey Billups. James tallied 16 first place votes and 688 overall behind Nash’s 57 and 924. Despite failing to win it this season, the 21-year-old star knows there will be plenty of chances in the future.

“It would have been nice of course to put another trophy in my house, in my showcase,” he said from Auburn Hills, Mich., before the Cavaliers played the Detroit Pistons. “But it’s something I’m going to keep working hard for. I can’t dwell on not being named MVP.”

Obviously I, as well as every other Cavalier fan, have campaigned all along for LeBron to win the award this season but it isn’t the end of the world. His reign and dominance in the league is only beginning and he will have plenty of time to rack up MVP trophies. I guess this just wasn’t his year.

C.C Sabathia had his second outstanding start in a row as he blanked the Seattle Mariners 2-0 Sunday. The Tribe only managed four hits in the game but it didn’t matter as Sabathia went eight innings. Grady Sizemore and Ronnie Belliard each had an RBI for the Indians and Bob Wickman got his 130th career save as an Indian, moving him to first all-time among Tribe closers.

“He pitched smart. I was really impressed with the way C.C. and Victor worked together,” Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said. “We talked about starters finishing off innings, whether it be the sixth, or seventh or, in C.C.’s case today, the eighth inning and getting us through that. He did a good job of that.”