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Jim Fregosi Angels Jersey . - The Pro Bowl is unlike any other All-Star game.The concept is the same, sure; the best players in the league showcasing their talents against each other.But the NFLs version of an All-Star game has a unique selection process for the teams, is held at a different part of the season and the site is usually the same, but not always.An explanation of the Pro Bowl, which will be played Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium:___SELECTING PLAYERSPro Bowl players are voted in by fans, coaches and fellow players, much like All-Star games everywhere.The Pro Bowl differs in how the players are divvied up.With fans complaining about lackadaisical play in the Pro Bowl, the NFL changed the format before last years game in hopes of creating more excitement, allowing players to be selected regardless of conference.Once the players are voted into the Pro Bowl, they are then drafted by captains, regardless of conference, sort of like picking sides for a sandlot game. Former NFL players Cris Carter and Michael Irvin are the alumni captains this season — Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders were a year ago — and picked their teams during a made-for-TV draft on Wednesday.The coaches are different every season, with Baltimores John Harbaugh (Team Carter) and Dallas Jason Garrett (Team Irvin) getting a turn this year.The way the format is set up now, it creates a lot of competition, Houston Texans Pro Bowl defensive lineman J.J. Watts said. Youre in the waiting room waiting to get picked, then you get picked to a team, its like schoolyard ball. It adds an element of competition and intensity.___THE TIMINGUnlike the other major North American sports, the NFL plays its version of an all-star game at the end of the season instead of midseason as in baseball, basketball and hockey.Part of the reason is the physical nature of football. Players — and their coaches — dont want to risk injury with the season going on, so if the game was midseason, they might not try as hard or skip the game altogether.The game used to be played the week after the Super Bowl, but was moved up to the week before the Super Bowl in 2010 to garner more interest. Because of the timing, players from the Super Bowl teams — Seattle and New England this year — do not play in the Pro Bowl.___THE SITESThe Pro Bowl is often linked to Honolulu because the game has been played there nearly every season since 1979.This year, the game will be played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, site of the Super Bowl a week later. Its the second time in the past 40 years the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl will be played at the same site, with Miami in 2010.The Pro Bowl returns to Hawaii the next three seasons.___GAME QUIRKSThe NFL has, at times, tweaked the Pro Bowl to add excitement or to experiment with potential rule changes for regular-season games.Last year, the Pro Bowl did away with kickoffs, with teams starting at the 25-yard line to start each quarter and after scoring plays. It also added a 2-minute warning at the end of the first and third quarters — its normally only done just before halftime and the end of regulation.For this years game, the uprights for extra-point kicks after touchdowns will be narrowed 18.6 feet to 14 feet, and the kick will be moved back from the 2-yard line to the 15 to make it more difficult.Kickers have made more than 99 per cent of their point-after tries the past two seasons, so the NFL has looked into making changes.___FAN INTERESTDespite a consideration by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to scrap the game after a lackadaisical performance in 2012, the Pro Bowl remains the most popular All-Star game among North American sports.Last years Pro Bowl was watched by 11.7 million viewers despite being slated against the Grammys, which was more than many playoff games in the three other major sports.The tackling — and sometimes the effort — can be suspect in the Pro Bowl, but U.S. fans will watch just about anything NFL-related.Over the last three years, we were challenged, the players were challenged to make sure the Pro Bowl game was competitive, said Jay Vincent, a former player and the NFLs executive vice-president of football operations.Our All-Star game is very difficult to make competitive because the last thing players want to do is go into the off-season injured, but the men have stepped up to the challenge and made it an exciting game for the players and the fans.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL Noe Ramirez Angels Jersey .com) - Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points with eight rebounds to lead the New York Knicks to a 92-80 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. 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McCutchen drove a two-run shot to right field in the third inning then added an RBI-double in the fifth off Edwin Jackson (4-6) as the Pirates bounced back from two tough losses to Milwaukee over the weekend in which they left a combined 18 runners on base. There were no such problems while sending Jackson to his fourth loss in his last five decisions. "I got to do a better job of mixing up instead of getting beat with same pitch twice," Jackson said. "I let the guy whos the threat on the team beat me twice and you cant do that." Charlie Morton (3-7) allowed one run over seven innings to win for the third time in his last four starts after beginning the season 0-6. Ike Davis hit his fifth homer of the season while Starling Marte broke out of a lengthy slump with three hits. Starlin Castro went 3 for 4 with his eighth home run and two RBIs for the Cubs, who fell to 10-22 on the road, the worst mark in all of baseball. "We try to figure out what it is but we havent figured it out yet," Castro said. "You go back and see those games we play good at home and we should be playing that way on the road but were not." It wasnt exactly the best way to start a 10-game road swing for Chicago, which was coming off a successful 5-1 homestand that included the teams longest winning streak in more than a year. Any momentum generated at Wrigley Field vanished on a night Morton avoided the control problems that have plagued him much of the season. The right-hander came in with a major-league high 13 hit batters while averaging nearly 2.5 walks per start. Maybe it was the extra day of rest he asked for after feeling tired following a win over San Diego last week, but Mortons wildness vanished for seven innings at least. Shohei Ohtani Jersey. He didnt walk a batter, struck out a season-high seven and needed just 82 pitches to get 21 outs. "I dont think it was great control but I got some quick outs, that helps," Morton said. "Not so many deep counts. Not as erratic, my misses were more in the zone and I got away with them." The Cubs needed a grounder deflecting off the glove of shortstop Jordy Mercer to extend the sixth inning before finally scoring on Castros long double to right. All the run did was draw Chicago within 4-1, with most of the damage done by the reigning NL MVP. Marte, who began the night 0 for his last 23, doubled home Pedro Alvarez to give the Pirates the lead in the first. McCutchen pushed it to 3-0 in the third when he patiently waited as Jackson worked him away before reaching out and sending a pitch into the first row of seats in right for his fourth homer this month. McCutchen nearly did it again two innings later, lacing a double off the wall in right to score Travis Snider and give Morton all the cushion he would need. Bothered by some bad luck early in the season, Morton lowered his ERA to 3.14. NOTES: Pittsburgh 2B Neil Walker was scratched about an hour before the first pitch with abdominal pain and underwent an emergency appendectomy. The team placed Walker on the DL after the game and called up highly touted prospect OF Gregory Polanco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Polanco hit .347 with seven home runs in the minors this spring. ... Pirates RHP Gerrit Cole threw 25 soft-toss pitches on flat ground before the game. Cole, who leads the Pirates with six victories, was placed on the DL on Sunday with what the team is calling right shoulder fatigue. ... Chicago RF Ryan Sweeney made a rehab start for Class A Kane County on Monday night. Sweeney went on the DL May 3 with a right hamstring strain. ... The series continues Tuesday. Travis Wood (5-5, 5.04 ERA) starts for the Cubs against Francisco Liriano (1-6, 4.54). Wood is 2-4 with an 8.04 ERA on the road this season. ' ' '