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Preceding the Super Bowl by a week, the Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday evening, January 30, 2011 and televised live on FOX. [2]
White finds himself in the Pro Bowl on the heels of a season that saw him lead the NFC, by a wide margin, in receptions. [3]
NFL.com and NFL Network are on location in Hawaii to show fans the sights, sounds and personalities of the Pro Bowl. [4]
Since the merger with the rival American Football League (AFL) in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC’NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference (AFC) against those in the National Football Conference (NFC). [5]
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Congratulations to Cleveland Browns center Alex Mack and left tackle Joe Thomas for making the AFC Pro Bowl roster. [6]
The annual contest of the AFC and NFC’s best will take place Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at 7 p.m. [4]
Not only do they get to play in one more game, but they get to play the game in Hawaii. [6]
The concept of an all-star game would not be revived until 1951, when the newly rechristened Pro Bowl played at various venues before being held at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii for 30 consecutive seasons from 1980 to 2009. [5]
The NFL returns to Hawaii for the 2011 Pro Bowl. [4]
Unlike most other sports leagues, which hold their all-star games during (roughly) the halfway point of their respective regular seasons, the Pro Bowl is played at the end of the NFL season. [5]
With its return to Honolulu in 2011, the game’s greatest NFL AFC and NFC All Stars will come together for one more toss of the ball during the year-end “vacation game” - a final fling featuring a week of partying and fun-in-the-sun during an otherwise cold and gray February. [2]
The Pro Bowl head coaches are traditionally the head coaches of the teams that lost in the AFC and NFC championship games for the same season of the Pro Bowl in question. [5]
Matt Smith of Kraft Sports Productions is on hand in Hawaii gathering all sorts of information regarding the Patriots. [7]
Sources:
[1] InsidetheNFLShop
[2] 2011 Pro Bowl, Selections, Roster, TV Schedule
[3] Pro Bowl Breakdown: WR, TE, OT | Atlanta Falcons
[4] 2010 Pro Bowl
[5] NFL Pro Bowl - Wikipedia
[6] Pro Bowl: Time for a change? Poll | cleveland.com
[7] Official Patriots Football Weekly Blog ” Pro Bowl 2011