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The first “MVP” award was created so one person could be smug officially.

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The first MVP award is not documented as for smugness. The Most Valuable Player award recognizes outstanding performance, and MLB awarded early versions such as the League Award in 1922.

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The Guinness World Records lists over 30,000 sports achievements. Humanity really commits.In 1891, James Naismith, a 30-year-old physical education instructor from Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons - basketball. What started as a winter workaround turned into a global obsession with sneakers and buzzer-beaters. 🏀Olympic medals are mostly made of silver - which means when you win first place, you get a shiny lie wrapped in a thin layer of gold.The first sports drink flavor was “mystery citrus.” It still is.The first sports injury was recorded as “ouch.” Medical terminology was simpler.Boxing matches used to be bare-knuckle until 1867. Ouch upgrade.See all Gym & Tonic facts →

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