NFL Ends Its Pro Bowl All-Star Event
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The NFL is American football's biggest league. Every year, it picks the best players for a special game. This game is called the Pro Bowl. Now the NFL says it will stop the Pro Bowl Games.
In recent years, the Pro Bowl had flag football and skills games. Flag football is a safer kind of football. Players do not tackle each other. The NFL will now stop these flag football and skills games.
Only the first 88 players chosen will get Pro Bowl status. This means only they will be called official Pro Bowl players.
The players will get a special honor during Super Bowl week. The Super Bowl is the NFL's biggest game of the year. This event will happen in LA, which means Los Angeles.
Vocabulary7 words
- NFL
- the main group that runs American football games in the US
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- Pro Bowl
- a special yearly game with the best football players
- flag football
- a type of football with no tackling
- Pro Bowl status
- the official name given to chosen players
- Super Bowl
- the biggest and most important NFL game of the year
- LA
- short name for the city of Los Angeles
Quiz
Answer key
1. The Pro Bowl Games 2. 88 3. At Super Bowl week in LA
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The _____ is American football's biggest league. Every year, it picks the best players for a special game. This game is called the _____.
In recent years, the Pro Bowl had _____ and skills games. Flag football is a safer kind of football. Players do not _____ each other.
Only the first _____ players chosen will get Pro Bowl status.
The players will get a special honor during _____ week. This event will happen in _____.
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