Historical clue formulations

• Sports standouts, for short — 2025-04-13
• Certain athletic honorees, for short — 2022-04-04
• Some postseason awardees, for short — 2019-04-22
• End-of-season honorees, for short — 2014-07-15
• Sportswriters' picks, for short — 2011-05-05
• Court stars, maybe, in brief — 2009-06-18
• Troy Aikman, John Elway and others, in brief — 2007-06-15
• A.L. or N.L. honorees — 1994-07-18
• Honored players, for short — 1994-01-21