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A second game was played for four seasons, from 1959 through 1962. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was introduced in 1962 and the first recipient was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2008 game featured the longest All-Star Game by time: 4 hours 50 minutes, and tied for innings at 15 with the 1967 game.
Three players have been named NBA All-Stars after turning 40 years old: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and LeBron James. Abdul-Jabbar is the only player selected to multiple All-Star Games after turning 40, with two selections. Nathaniel Clifton in 1957 was the oldest player to be selected to his first All-Star Game, at 34 years and 3 ...
From All Stars 2 Ginger Minj returned to All Stars 6; and Roxxxy Andrews returned to All Stars 9. Monét X Change, Trinity the Tuck and Shea Couleé, winners of All Stars 4 and 5, returned to All Stars 7, the first ever season to exclusively feature winners of previous seasons. All Stars 7 also featured The Vivienne, winner of the first series ...
Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000. Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric Hosmer.
LeBron James was the youngest player to ever win the award at 21 years and 51 days old and is the all-time leader in points scored in NBA All-Star Game history. [8] Stephen Curry has won the award two times in his career and is the all-time leader in three-point field goals made in NBA All-Star Game history.
In the second semifinal of Friday's Rising Stars showcase, against their rival NBA prospects, G League wing Bryce McGowens buried a game-winner in a 40-39 upset.
Here are USA TODAY Sports’ NBA All-Star winners and losers: ... Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, posting on social media that they were thinking of participating in the contest next year. ...
The NASCAR All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston from 1985 to 2003, the Nextel All-Star Challenge from 2004 to 2007, the Sprint All-Star Race from 2008 to 2016, and the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race from 2017 to 2019, is an annual non-championship NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race between race winners from the previous season and the beginning of the current season, as ...