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Still the talk and toast of the town, superstar forward of the 2011 NBA champions Dallas Mavericks was given the honor to pitch the ceremonial first ball on Friday to set the tone for a 3-game series between the Texas Rangers and the New York Mets at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

DALLAS — As promised, 2011 NBA champions Dallas Mavericks paraded through Dallas and the party continued afterwards to celebrate their victory, capping a championship run filled with dramas and down the wire finishes.

Bill Russell presents the NBA Finals MVP to Dirk Nowitzki after the Dallas Mavericks close out the series by beating the Miami Heat, 4-2 in the NBA finals of the 2010-2011 season. The MVP trophy is called the Bill Russell trophy. Dirk Nowitzki led the Dallas Mavericks in winning its first ever NBA Championship in the frachise's 31 year history.

MANILA, Philippines (June 14 2011) - Malacañang condemned yesterday the "senseless" killing of a newsman in Camarines Sur.

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma asked the police to immediately resolve the ambush of Romeo Olea, a radio commentator of DWEB-FM in Nabua, Camarines Sur.

"We deplore the senseless killing of radio commentator Romeo Olea who was fatally gunned down this morning by still unidentified persons in front of the Holy Child Learning Center in San Jose, Iriga City," said Coloma.

Dirk Nowitzki said yesterday that Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were "a little childish, a little ignorant" in a video that appears to show them mocking the Mavericks star's recent illness.

Wade said he really did cough and turned it into a generic joke because cameras were rolling. He and James blamed others for trying to make a big deal out of it.

A video that showed Miami Heat players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade apparently mocking Dirk Nowitzki's recent illness spread in the Internet and piqued the Dallas Mavericks star.

The video was taken by a CBS affiliate in the morning of Game 5 that the Dallas Mavericks later won largely because of Nowitzki's last quarter leadership.

DALLAS (AP) – Dirk Nowitzki's fever is gone.

The Mavericks star said "I feel great" as he took the court for a shootaround Thursday, about eight hours before Game 5 of the NBA finals. He declared himself over the worst effects of a sinus infection he played through in Game 4.

Nowitzki said these infections crop up from time to time, and it's the fever that always causes him the most trouble. The coughing, wheezing and sniffling, some of which were still evident Thursday, are just "something you play through," he said.