Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold and Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers lead the list of first-team selections for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games, which the league announced Thursday .

The Baltimore Ravens lead all teams with nine Pro Bowl selections, while the Detroit Lions (seven players), Minnesota Vikings (six), Philadelphia Eagles (six), Dallas Cowboys (five) and Kansas City Chiefs (five) each have not less than five Players place players within the squad.

The 4 teams with nobody on the Pro Bowl's first roster are the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints and Tennessee Titans.

Despite not appearing within the Pro Bowl since 2021 because the Chiefs have won the last two Super Bowls, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not chosen as a starter for the primary time in his seven years.

This yr's Pro Bowl Games might be held in Orlando, Florida, with the abilities challenges happening over two days at different locations. The first a part of the abilities competition will happen on January 30 at Nicholson Fieldhouse on the UCF campus and can air at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN. The second a part of the event, including the flag football game, will happen on February 2nd at Camping World Stadium. It airs at 3:00 pm ET on ESPN and ABC.

The NFL added a trivia element to this yr's skill competitions, which also include traditional dodgeball and tug-of-war games. To “pass the test,” each quarterback must answer five trivia questions on other Pro Bowlers from the 2024 season. Correct answers give passersby more time to attempt to hit targets.

Peyton and Eli Manning will once more coach the AFC and NFC teams. The NFC defeated the AFC for the second straight yr in Pro Bowl Games in 2024.

Here's a take a look at the initial attendee lists from each conference:

AFC

attack

quarterback

• Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills*
• Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
• Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens

Run back

• Derrick Henry, Baltimore Ravens*
• Joe Mixon, Houston Texans
• Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis Colts

Full-back

• Patrick Ricard, Baltimore Ravens*

Wide receiver

• Ja'Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals*
• Jerry Jeudy, Cleveland Browns*
• Nico Collins, Houston Texans
• Zay Flowers, Baltimore Ravens

Tight end

• Brock Bowers, Las Vegas Raiders*
• Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs

Offensive tackle

• Dion Dawkins, Buffalo Bills*
• Laremy Tunsil, Houston Texans*
• Rashawn Slater, Los Angeles Chargers

Offensive guard

• Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts*
• Joe Thuney, Kansas City Chiefs*
• Trey Smith, Kansas City Chiefs

center

• Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs*
• Tyler Linderbaum, Baltimore Ravens

defense

Defensive end

• Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns*
• Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati Bengals*
• Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders

Interior designer

• Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh Steelers*
• Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs*
• Nnamdi Madubuike, Baltimore Ravens

Outside linebacker

• Nik Bonitto, Denver Broncos*
• TJ Watt, Pittsburgh Steelers*
• Khalil Mack, Los Angeles Chargers

Inside/middle linebacker

• Roquan Smith, Baltimore Ravens*
• Zaire Franklin, Indianapolis Colts

Cornerback

• Derek Stingley Jr., Houston Texans*
• Patrick Surtain II, Denver Broncos*
• Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore Ravens
• Denzel Ward, Cleveland Browns

Free security

• Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Steelers*

Strong security

• Kyle Hamilton, Baltimore Ravens*
• Derwin James, Los Angeles Chargers

Special teams

Long snapper

• Ross Matiscik, Jacksonville Jaguars*

player

• Logan Cooke, Jacksonville Jaguars*

Kicker

• Chris Boswell, Pittsburgh Steelers*

Returns specialist

• Marvin Mims Jr., Denver Broncos*

Special team player

• Brenden Schooler, New England Patriots*

NFC

attack

quarterback

• Jared Goff, Detroit Lions*
• Jayden Daniels, commanders of Washington
• Sam Darnold, Minnesota Vikings

Run back

• Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles*
• Jahmyr Gibbs, Detroit Lions
• Josh Jacobs, Green Bay Packers

Full-back

• Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco 49ers

Wide receiver

• Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings*
• Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions*
• CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
• Terry McLaurin, Washington commanders

Tight end

• George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers*
• Trey McBride, Arizona Cardinals

Offensive tackle

• Lane Johnson, Philadelphia Eagles*
• Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions*
• Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Offensive guard

• Landon Dickerson, Philadelphia Eagles*
• Tyler Smith, Dallas Cowboys*
• Chris Lindstrom, Atlanta Falcons

center

• Frank Ragnow, Detroit Lions*
• Cam Jurgens, Philadelphia Eagles

defense

Defensive end

• Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers*
• Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys*
• Rashan Gary, Green Bay Packers

Interior designer

• Jalen Carter, Philadelphia Eagles*
• Dexter Lawrence, New York Giants*
• Vita Vea, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Outside linebacker

• Jonathan Greenard, Minnesota Vikings*
• Andrew Van Ginkel, Minnesota Vikings*
• Jared Verses, Los Angeles Rams

Inside/middle linebacker

• Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers*
• Zack Baun, Philadelphia Eagles

Cornerback

• Jaylon Johnson, Chicago Bears*
• Byron Murphy, Minnesota Vikings*
• Jaycee Horn, Carolina Panthers
• Devon Witherspoon, Seattle Seahawks

Free security

• Xavier McKinney, Green Bay Packers*

Strong security

• Budda Baker, Arizona Cardinals*
• Brian Branch, Detroit Lions

Special teams

Long snapper

• Andrew DePaola, Minnesota Vikings*

player

Kicker

• Brandon Aubrey, Dallas Cowboys*

Returns specialist

• KaVontae Turpin, Dallas Cowboys*

Special team player

• KhaDarel Hodge, Atlanta Falcons*

Required reading

The rosters for the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game have been set, with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese making their debuts within the annual showcase later this month.

Clark, the Indiana Fever's No. 1 pick on this 12 months's WNBA Draft, received essentially the most votes within the fan vote. After already being named Rookie of the Month in May, she leads all first-year players in points (16.2 points per game) and assists (6.9 per game) and is second within the league in 3-pointers made (56).

On Tuesday, Reese, the Chicago Sky's No. 7 pick, was named Rookie of the Month for June. Last weekend, she set a WNBA season record for consecutive double-doubles (10) and was the WNBA's leading rebounder before Tuesday night's game. Like Clark, Reese finished in the highest five in fan voting.

The countdown begins…

Get ready for the last word battle of talents. #WNBAAllStar will face the U.S. Women's National Team on July 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC pic.twitter.com/oEyJciHmEx

— WNBA (@WNBA) July 3, 2024

The two newcomers are the one two participating for the primary time within the exhibition, which takes place on July 20 in Phoenix.

“I'm just so happy. I know how much work I put in,” Reese said. “Coming into this league, so many people doubted me, didn't think my game would come through and I wouldn't be the player I was in college. … But I trusted the process and believed in it and am thankful that I fell back to (pick No. 7) and was able to come to Chicago.”

It is the primary time since 2014 that two newcomers are participating in the sport.

The 12 members of the 2024 U.S. Olympic team received automatic spots within the All-Star Game. Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi, who’s making her sixth Olympic appearance, will even be making her eleventh All-Star Game. Her teammate, center Brittney Griner, will probably be making her tenth All-Star Game, including the 2022 12 months wherein she was an honorary participant.

The initial All-Star selections were made through a mixture of fan voting (50 percent), a national panel of media representatives (25 percent) and current WNBA players (25 percent). The remainder of the roster was chosen by the coaches.

The game format will once more be Team USA versus Team WNBA. In 2021, the last time this format was used, Team WNBA defeated the US Olympic team.

Team WNBA:

• DeWanna Bonner, Connecticut Sun (sixth All-Star Game)
• Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever (second)
• Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever (first)
• Allisha Gray, Atlanta Dream (Second)
• Dearica Hamby, Los Angeles Sparks (third)
• Brionna Jones, Connecticut Sun (third)
• Jonquel Jones, New York Liberty (fifth)
• Kayla McBride, Minnesota Lynx (fourth)
• Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana Fever (Second)
• Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas Wings (fourth)
• Nneka Ogwumike, Seattle Storm (ninth)
• Angel Reese, Chicago Sky (first)

Team USA:

• Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx (fourth)
• Kahleah Copper, Phoenix Mercury (fourth)
• Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces (sixth)
• Brittney Griner, Phoenix Mercury (10.)
• Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty (third)
• Jewell Lloyd, Seattle Storm (6.)
• Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces (third)
• Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty (sixth)
• Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (11.)
• Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun (Fifth)
• A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces (sixth)
• Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces (third)

Were there any rejections?

As my colleague Sabreena Merchant and I wrote last week, choosing the WNBA team was at all times going to be difficult. There are reasonable arguments for every of the players chosen. And all teams except one (Washington Mystics) have at the very least one player within the tryouts.

However, possible absences include Storm center Ezi Magbegor, Lynx center Alanna Smith and Liberty wing Betnijah Laney-Hamilton. Magbegor is within the running for Defensive Player of the Year honors. She leads the WNBA in blocks (42), is seventh in rebounds per game (8.7), third in offensive rebounds per game (2.9), third in defensive win shares and fourth in total win shares. Earlier this season, she recorded at the very least three blocks in eight consecutive games, the second-longest streak in WNBA history.

Smith is the mainstay of a Lynx defense that has had the WNBA's best defensive rating (91.3) since 2007. This season, she has set recent profession highs in points, assists, steals and blocks. She is fourth in defensive win shares and has also shot a career-high 46.4 percent from 3-point range. Smith and Magbegor are expected to be key players on the Australian national team this summer, but with neither participating within the WNBA All-Star Game, just one international player is in contention (Jonquel Jones).

“I thought she had a good chance, too,” Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said. “She's really good, too, and we're a good team with a good record. … I just know these things aren't easy.”

Heading into Tuesday night's game against the Lynx, New York's versatile wing Laney-Hamilton led all WNBA players who’ve played in greater than five games in net rating (plus-19.9), and she or he's once more certainly one of the WNBA's best defenders.

Fever is essentially the most represented franchise within the WNBA team

After having no players on the U.S. Olympic team, the Fever had three players (Clark, Boston and Mitchell) named to Team WNBA, greater than every other franchise. Boston, who averages 13.1 points and eight.3 rebounds per game, finished second within the fan vote and was routinely named to the team because she was ranked in the highest 10.

Like Boston, Mitchell is making her second consecutive All-Star appearance. She averages 16.3 points per game and was certainly one of eight players chosen for the All-Star game after coaches' voting.

McBride and Hamby are the highlights of the All-Star returnees

McBride, the Lynx defenseman, is participating within the All-Star Game for the primary time since 2019. She is Minnesota's second-leading scorer at 15.8 points per game, her highest output since 2018, and the Lynx have the very best record within the Western Conference (14-4) before Tuesday.

“I'm excited,” Reeve said. “I thought this was going to be a no-brainer, but I'm excited to see it happen. She's had an incredible season so far. Career-best scoring and just the way we count on her, defense, passing, everything we ask her to do, playmaking. She just does everything for us.”

Hamby is making her third All-Star appearance and first since 2022. After being traded within the 2023 offseason, Hamby is appearing in the sport just over a 12 months after giving birth to her second child. She leads Los Angeles with career-highs of 18.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. She will even compete with the U.S. team's 3×3 squad on the Paris Olympics.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Under Farhan Zaidi, every spot on the Giants' 40-man roster is a precious commodity and never stays vacant for long, so it was clear that they were feeling the results of several roster shortages with their move ahead of Sunday afternoon's series finale against the Dodgers.

In desperate need of innings, they brought Landen Roupp back from minor league rehab early. In a corresponding move to get him on the energetic roster, they designated for project Spencer Howard, bringing their 40-man roster to 39 players — and more spots will must be created in the approaching weeks.

Roupp was originally scheduled to throw three innings on Monday in his fourth rehab appearance since a month-long absence with an elbow strain, but after the Giants used seven pitchers of their 11-inning loss to the Dodgers the night before, they asked him to tackle that work at the key league level.

“At some point you'll see him in this game today,” said Melvin, who named Spencer Bivens because the starter for the second consecutive bullpen game.

Howard pitched 2⅔ innings on Saturday, allowing six runs on six hits and two walks, raising his ERA to five.63 in six appearances. He was out of options and couldn’t be sent to the minors without being placed on waivers.

“Look, he's one of the guys that can get us some innings,” Melvin said. “Obviously, as an organization, we didn't want to have to sit him out. But today is a pretty extreme day considering what we're dealing with. He threw over 50 pitches yesterday and wouldn't have been able to pitch today, so unfortunately this is a byproduct of that.”

While Melvin said the Giants are “hoping” the 27-year-old former San Luis Obispo standout can get off the waivers list and keep him, Howard is just considered one of just a few decisions that could have to be made because the club prompts its second-half reinforcements from the 60-day injured list.

“We're always thinking about that,” Melvin said. “When we have to make decisions, we will.”

Alex Cobb and Robbie Ray have already begun rehabbing after their surgical procedures and are expected to be ready to strengthen the weakened starting lineup shortly after the All-Star break. Tristan Beck has began throwing from the mound and is just not far behind.

If the Giants resolve that their bullpen, which has thrown essentially the most innings in the key leagues, could also use a reinforcement, right-hander Austin Warren (Tommy John) and left-hander Ethan Small (obliques) are also expected to be options within the second half, but each of the 2 relievers must even be activated from the 60-day IL.

In case you've lost track, that's five players with just one opening currently.

In Triple-A, the Giants even have two promising pitchers who’re near being promoted to the Major Leagues.

Left-hander Reggie Crawford, their first pick within the 2022 draft, has been on the fast track through the minor leagues this season with the intention of eventually adding him to the key league bullpen, and although fellow left-hander Carson Whisenhunt was recently omitted in favor of Hayden Birdsong, the 23-year-old 2022 second-round pick could also get his turn at any time.