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NFL infuses Pro Bowl with points system, flag football
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FILE - Allegiant Stadium is shown during the second half of the Pro Bowl NFL football game between the AFC and the NFC, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. All eight skills competitions for the Pro Bowl were announced Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, by the NFL. Five of the events will be Feb. 2 at Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, the headquarters for the Las Vegas Raiders and will be televised but not open to the public. The rest are Feb. 5 at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, and tickets are on sale for that day. - photo by AP Photo/David Becker, File
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NFL finally stopped pretending its all-star game was an actual game, and is breathing life into the exhibition with Sunday's Pro Bowl Games. There will be no tackle football played for the first time — not that there was much tackling in recent years, more like two-hand touch. Flag football is now the marquee event.