Possible Clues:

• Hart Trophy winners, e.g.
• Troy Aikman, John Elway and others, in brief
• AL or NL honorees
• Super Bowl heroes, often
• Court stars, maybe, in brief
• Baseball honorees, briefly
• They rarely come from losing teams
• N.L.'s Pujols and A.L.'s Mauer in 2009
• MLB honorees
• Awards for Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes