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GLENDALE, Ariz. - J.J. Watt danced, Jimmy Graham dunked, Odell Beckham Jr. dazzled.The Pro Bowl in the desert was all about having a good time.Few moved very fast, no one flattened a quarterback and there were no bone-jarring hits in the gentle, friendly version of football played Sunday.Even in a game dominated by offence, Watt was the star.The Texans defensive end intercepted pass, recovered a fumble and led the crowd in dances during commercial breaks.Team Irvin defeated 32-28 Watts Team Carter, but the score doesnt matter in the NFLs all-star game. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, no one more so than Watt, moving to the music while the cheerleaders danced.I just tried to enjoy it, he said. Thats what the Pro Bowl is all about, giving the fans a good show. Everybody worked so hard to get here, you want to enjoy yourself and play some good ball. Guys are dancing around and having a good time, thats what its all about.In its one year out of Hawaii, the game drew a sellout crowd of 63,225.Memorable moments came from Graham, the Saints tight end who dunked over the crossbar twice after TD catches — this time with no penalty, and Giants rookie Beckham, who made a diving grab at midfield.Grahams second touchdown, on a 1-yard, fourth-down pass from Matt Ryan, was the winning TD with 3:10 to play.Greg Olsen and Emmanuel Sanders also caught a pair of touchdown passes apiece. Andrew Luck was nearly perfect in his short time on the field, completing 9 of 10 for 119 yards and two scores. Matthew Stafford threw for 316 yards and two TDs and was the offensive MVP.The Pro Bowl took a one-year hiatus from Hawaii to be played in the desert a week before the Super Bowl. The big crowd watched the teams moved up and down the field, often without much resistance.You dont have hardly any time to get timing down or anything else, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees said. So much of what youre doing out there is street ball. If the players missed the beach, they wouldnt let on.Its been fantastic, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo said. The turnout here at the stadium is just like an NFL game.Romo knew this wasnt a real NFL game.The difference between Hawaii and Arizona?More fans, Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson said. I believe it gives the fans an opportunity — its a little bit more inexpensive trip versus going across the water. So I think its definitely getting more fans engaged in the game.Its a blast, Stafford said. To able to play with the best in the world is a whole lot of fun, and everybody is such good people, too. I am out here having a good time.The NFL scrapped the AFC vs. NFC format last year in favour of having two big-name former players draft players four days before the game. This year, the honour went to Michael Irvin and Cris Carter.There were teammates playing against teammates.When Green Bays Jordy Nelson made a pretty fingertip touchdown catch from Brees for Team Carter. He celebrated with his Packers teammate Clay Matthews, who was playing for the other team.Beckham dove to the ground and gathered in Staffords long pass just as the ball was about to hit the ground. When Graham caught a six-yard touchdown pass from Stafford, he soared to dunk the ball over crossbar. The New Orleans tight end was fined $30,000 when he did that twice, and was penalized both times, in a preseason game. There was no penalty on Sunday.I really wanted to catch one here because this is I guess the only place I can dunk without a flag, Graham said. But you know, the league called down and told me not to hang on it, so I didnt.The goal posts were narrowed to from 18.6 feet to 14 feet on all kicks, not just PATs as had been previously announced. The PATs also were moved back to make it a 33-yard kick.The skinny posts claimed an unlikely victim when Adam Vinatieri missed two PATs. The 42-year-old Colts kicker hasnt missed an extra point in real games in five years. He also missed a 38-yard field goal.Another rule was no blitzing. Denvers Von Miller violated that one and, on the next play after the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, Luck threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to his Indianapolis teammate T.Y. Hilton.Its very special, the chemistry that we have, Hilton said.Winners got what amounts to pocket change for them — $55,000 apiece, losers $28,000.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Albert Pujols Cardinals Jersey . Ryan Getzlaf certainly got them started in the second. Getzlaf scored the first two goals in the second, and Teemu Selanne scored the go-ahead goal late in the period as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Thursday night. Paul DeJong Cardinals Jersey .A. remained bitter for Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers on the long flight back home to New York. http://www.authenticcardinalspro.com/cardinals-albert-pujols-jersey/ . Maricopa County spokeswoman Cari Gerchick says thats the finding from an autopsy conducted Thursday by the county Medical Examiners Office. Chris Carpenter Cardinals Jersey . Every. Single. Game. Thats 1,230 in total to cover the regular season. The man is Corey Sznajder, a soft-spoken 23-year-old Salisbury University grad who lives in Annapolis, Maryland and has been charting zone entries and zone exits throughout the NHL. I love big projects, he said. No kidding. At the 2013 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, I met Eric Tulsky, who presented research on the value of controlled zone entries (short answer: about twice as valuable to enter with control of the puck rather than dumping it in) and Sznajder had charted a couple hundred games that were included in that study. Orlando Cepeda Cardinals Jersey . There, I saw a teenaged boy with tears in his eyes, being consoled by strength and conditioning coach Randy Lee.Michael van Gerwen cruised into the World Grand Prix quarter-finals with a 3-0 win against James Wilson on Wednesday. The imperious world No 1 was never unduly troubled by the plucky Wilson - at one point he missed six doubles to start a leg, but still roared back to win it.Wilson had started with a 156 check-out that got the crowd off their feet but that only served to anger Van Gerwen who roared through three sets to keep his bid for a third title alive. Michael van Gerwen reacts to another thunderous win Steve Wests run came to a grinding halt at the hands of Daryl Gurney, who dished out a ruthless 3-0 win. Daryl Gurney discussed his hand injury after winning on Wednesday West shot to fame in the previous round by eliminating Phil The Power Taylor but couldnt break Gurneys throw, and was shown the exit door despite some decent finishing. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for ￡6.99, no contract Gurney had only just recovered from a broken hand but quickly dampened Wests momentum with reliable finishing on his doubles.Simon Whitlock won a final leg shoot-out in 10 darts against the throw to dispose of Alan Chuck Norris.dddddddddddd Watch Simon Whitlock win a dramatic last leg shoot-out Whitlock had been leading by two sets for the concession of just one leg, but Norris staged a commendable fightback that eventually fell just short.Norris found himself 2-1 up in the deciding set but Whitlock found a 150 check-out, then won the match in the last with a magical 10-dart leg.Dave Chisnall outclassed Brendan Dolan to claim a 3-1 win that could have been more comfortable. 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