- MVP
- Brief honor?
- Award for Stephen Curry in 2015
- You the real ___ (meme)
- Super Bowl ___
- Gretzky, nine times: Abbr.
- Series stud, briefly
- Warrior who's better than everybody, perhaps?
- Best of the best
- Prized team member
- Each of 10 theme entries
- Yaz, in 1967
- Hart Memorial Trophy winner
- Ace player, for short
- See 10-Across
- It's not often given to a scrub
- See 40-Down
- Yogi Berra, in '51, '54, and '55
- NBA's Allen Iverson, in 2001
- League award (abbr.)
- Star athlete, briefly
- Super Bowl VIP
- League's top performer, briefly
- A-Rod in 2007
- Michael Jordan, five times (abbr.)
- Star athlete, for short
- 2005 award for A-Rod
- NL award won by Barry Bonds a record seven times
- Sports big shot, briefly
- Phil Rizzuto in 1950, e.g.
- Diamond honor
- Super Bowl honoree
- Mantle in 1956, say
- NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy winner, e.g.
- Berra won it in the A.L. three times
- Mantle won it three times
- A.L. or N.L. honoree
- NBA honor
- Willie Mays, twice
- Super Bowl award
- 2023 World Series honor for Corey Seager
- Letters on a trophy, maybe
- Dream team member?
- Coveted sports award
- NBA award
- Pro-sports award: Abbr.
- MLB award
- Top athlete in many a sport: Abbr.
- Postseason sports award
- Annual World Series announcement
- Annual NBA award
- Annual award in many sports
- Pro-sports award
- Recognition for some stars
- NL or NBA honor
- Athlete's post-season honor, for short
- Postseason sports award: Abbr.
- World Series honor
- All-Star Game honor
- Award for a top team athlete: Abbr.
- Mickey Mantle's honor: Abbr.
- Game ball hoister
- Honor in the NBA
- Seasonal standout
- Three-time award for Mickey Mantle
- Honored league member
- Seven-time award for Barry Bonds
- World Series award
- Three-time award for A-Rod
- Baseball award: Abbr.
- Baseball award, for short
- Giants' Ottis Anderson, for short
- Game award, for short
- Game standout, briefly
- Big shot after making a big shot, maybe: Abbr.
- Sportswriters' pick, for short
- Series standout, briefly
- Shooting star, briefly?
- Three-time title for Yogi Berra, in brief
- N.B.A. or N.F.L. honor
- Sports V.I.P.
- Bo Jackson was one in '89
- Team V.I.P.
- Chant often heard toward the end of an N.B.A. season
- Stephen Curry was one in '15 and '16
- There's one for every season, for short
- Series honor, for short
- Prized athlete, for short
- Something a game may have, for short
- Award for a top athlete
- Series VIP
- Bonds, for example
- A'ja Wilson, in the 2020 W.N.B.A. season
- Sarcastic chant directed at a third-stringer on the opposing team
- Star member of a team, for short
- Award won by Patrick Mahomes in 2018
- NBA VIP
- Top NFL player
- Top star initially
- Barry Bonds, thrice
- Game superstar
- Letters for the league's top performer
- NFL or NBA honor
- Seven-time NL award for Bonds
- Three-time AL award for Mantle
- Three-time award for Berra, for short
- Athletic award
- Award for A'ja Wilson and Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2020
- Award in pro sports
- WNBA award
- Award for the best in the league
- NWSL award
- S. Sosa 1998 honor
- Series star, for short
- League honoree
- Kareem, six times
- Patrick Mahomes, for Super Bowl LVII
