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The NFL has officially jumped the shark with the Pro Bowl.
The NFL will abandon its AFC-vs.-NFC format for the annual all-star game, replacing it with a fantasy-style draft to side up the teams.
Team captains will select the teams four days before the Jan. 26 game in Honlulu with Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice assisting in the selection process.
The NFL has tried a lot of things to spark interest in the Pro Bowl over the years.
But this latest move in the one that precede the event’s demise.
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Barry Church is finished with Jolly Ranchers.
The candy-loving Dallas Cowboys safety missed a day of training camp because of a cherry-flavored one.
Church chipped a tooth on a piece of the hard candy about a week before reporting to camp. He felt pain off and on, but says it was unbearable when he woke up Monday morning.
He missed a walkthrough and a full practice to get a root canal, but returned Tuesday.
Here’s a tip, Barry. Jolly Ranchers are a candy for sucking, not chewing.
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Quick! Anyone! How do you say “duuuuuuuuude” in Portuguese?
Portugal’s navy has honored Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara for riding the gnarliest wave ever and highlighting the science that let him see it coming.
The navy awarded the big-wave surfer its Medalha Naval de Vasco da Gama in a ceremony this week in Lisbon.
The 45-year-old pro from Oahu’s North Shore captured the world’s attention in 2011 after catching a 78-foot wave at Portugal’s Praia do Norte, near the town of Nazare.
Tubular.
