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Many players suffer injuries like the one Adrian Peterson suffered on December 24, 2011, never returning to their pre-injury form. Peterson took his injury in stride, proving critics wrong and coming in under 10 yards away from claiming the single-season rushing record. His awe-inspring performance earned him a few accolades including MVP and other offensive honors.

It seems today that baseball has been divided. On one side you have the fans, that love how traditional or stuck in the past baseball is; and on the other side you have the younger generation that worship sabermetrics.

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted Milwaukee Brewers’ outfielder Ryan Braun National League MVP. He edged out Los Angeles Dodger Matt Kemp after lifting the club to the Central Division title, and Braun’s teammate, pending free agent Prince Fielder, finished third.

Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Justin Verlander, just days removed from winning the American League Cy Young Award, was named the American League MVP.

On Tuesday, 22-year-old Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose became the youngest MVP in NBA history. He celebrated the award with an unusually gracious acceptance speech, in which he showered praise upon the fans, his teammates and the players who had come before him. He saved his most emotional words for his mother, attributing all of his success to her, explaining that her tireless work ethic inspir