Did anyone catch Cleveland Cavs star LeBron James on The View? The NBA’s reigning MVP dropped by for a chat with the ladies on Monday.

NBA MVP Lebron James will make his feature film debut by playing himself in an upcoming comedy.

The Cavaliers superstar willl appear in Fantasy Basketball Camp by Universal Pictures. The movie is about five guys from different backgrounds who come to Las Vegas to live out their fantasy by attending James’ basketball camp.

Brian Grazer is producing the flick, and he’s convinced Lebron can make the transition to the big screen — especially after appearing in numerous TV commercials and hosting Saturday Night Live.

“I initially sought LeBron out because my 8-year-old son, Thomas, and I were just dying to meet him,” Grazer said Thursday. “But I felt that beyond being one of the world’s great superstar athletes, here was someone so relaxed and comfortable with himself that he would have the capability to be that way on screen. Later, when I watched him host ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and saw his advertising work, it was clear he can do this.”

Production on Fantasy Basketball Camp will begin next summer, when LBJ — an All-Star forward — can become a free agent.

Tennis star Serena Williams has apologized for causing a racket at the U.S. Open in New York last weekend.

Serena made headlines over the weekend after flipping into full Bitch Mode and threatening to kill a lineswoman when the official called a foot fault at a pivotla moment during her semifinal match with Kim Clijsters on Saturday night. Williams lost the match and was fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Authorities in San Diego say San Diego Chargers star linebacker Shawne Merriman has been arrested on suspicion of choking and restraining a MySpace vixen turned TV reality star as she tried to leave his Southern California home.

San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Gary Steadman says Tila Tequila, 27, placed a distress call from a home in Poway, north of San Diego, early Sunday. Her boyfriend, Merriman, was later charged with battery and false imprisonment.

Tila was taken to a hospital followng the incident. She began dating Merriman in July, sparking a bitter Twitter feud with his former flame, hip-hop video vixen Gloria Velez. The petite minx, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, is best known for her MTV dating reality show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.

Khloe Kardashian is dating Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom.

The two were spotted leaving popular Beverly Hills restaurant STK hand-in-hand on Thursday night.

“They’re very, very happy. They’ve been together a few weeks, and are literally inseparable,” big sister Kim Kardashian told PEOPLE on Friday. “Khloe thinks he’s amazing and [he] makes her laugh and smile constantly.”

Lamar, who has three children with a former girlfriend, recently signed a four-year, $30 million contract to stay with the Lakers.

Tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams are joining Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Gloria and Emilio Estefan as part owners in the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, PEOPLE Magazine confirmed Wednesday.

The deal makes the Palm Beach Gardens residents and Wimbledon champions the first African-American women to hold an ownership stake in a NFL franchise.
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South Africa’s track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns that she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.

Caster Semenya is the 18-year-old South African runner who is undergoing a series of gender tests to prove she was born a woman. Semenya dominated her rivals and won the gold medal in the 800 meter race at the World Championships on Wednesday, despite revelations that surfaced earlier in the day claiming she was undergoing a gender verification test due to concerns that she does not meet the requirements to compete against female athletes.

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Plaxico Burress, the former New York Giants receiver who was a hero in last year’s Super Bowl, pleaded guilty on a felony weapons charge on Thursday and was sentenced to two years in prison.

The charges stem from a Manhattan nightclub incident last November in which Burress shot himself in the thigh with a gun. His permit to carry the weapon had expired.

Burress pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal weapons possession and agreed to the two-year sentence with two years of supervision upon release.

In 2008, The New York Giants won the Super Bowl over New England when Burress caught the winning touchdown toss in the closing seconds. He was released from his contract in April.

CBS Sports anchor James Brown landed the first interview with former NFL quarterback — the newest Philadelphia Eagle — Michael Vick since the athlete’s release from federal prison on dogfighting charges, for which he entered a guilty plea in 2007.

The former Atlanta Falcons star returned to the Southern city last Saturday for the first of what he vows will be dozens of appearances around the country to urge low-income youths to avoid the dogfighting.

Married men everywhere have politely requested that former NBA star Reggie Miller stay away from their wives.

Last weekend, “someone” (Cough * Alex Von Furstenberg * Cough) paid a lot of money to fly the above banner, advising him to “stop pursuing married women,” over several beaches in Southern California.

According to The Daily Mail, Reggie, formerly of the Indiana Pacers, has been actively “pursuing” his neighbor Ali Kay for more than a year now. Obviously, that isn’t going over so well with her fiance, who just so happens to be Alex von Furstenberg, the son of designer Diane von Furstenburg.