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Line 1: {{Short description\|Exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players of a sports league}} {{Refimprove\|date=February 2012}}▼ {{about\|\|the 2003 jazz album\|The All-Star Game (album)}} {{More citations needed\|date=February 2012}} ▲{{~~Refimprove~~use mdy dates\|date=February ~~2012~~2024}} [[File:Pro Bowl 2007 action.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.25\|Action during the [[2007 Pro Bowl]], the all-star game of the [[National Football League]]. Note different team insignias on helmets.]] An '''all-star game''' is an [[exhibition game]] that ~~purports to showcase~~showcases the best players (the "stars") of a [[sports league]]. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, but sometimes dividing the players by an attribute such as [[nationality]]. Selection of the players may be done by a vote of the coaches and/or news media; in professional leagues, fans may vote on some or all of the roster. An all-star game usually occurs at the midpoint of the [[Season (sports)#Regular season\|regular season]]. An exception is [[American football]]'s [[NFL]] [[Pro Bowl]], which occurs at the end of the season.▼ All-star games are usually organized like regular games, but are often played with less emphasis on victory. Competing goals are to give many players time in the game and to avoid injury. In [[ice hockey]], for example, there is no serious [[checking (ice hockey)\|checking]], while in [[American football]] no [[blitz (gridiron football)\|blitzing]] is allowed. In basketball, there is virtually no defense played until the final quarter.; ~~However~~instead, the Australian [[State of Origin series]] ~~does involve~~involves physicality that often leads to on-field scuffles.▼ ▲An '''all-star game''' is an [[exhibition game]] that purports to showcase the best players (the "stars") of a [[sports league]]. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, but sometimes dividing the players by an attribute such as [[nationality]]. Selection of the players may be done by a vote of the coaches and/or news media; in professional leagues, fans may vote on some or all of the roster. An all-star game usually occurs at the midpoint of the [[Season (sports)#Regular season\|regular season]]. An exception is [[American football]]'s [[Pro Bowl]], which occurs at the end of the season. ▲All-star games are usually organized like regular games, but are often played with less emphasis on victory. Competing goals are to give many players time in the game and to avoid injury. In [[ice hockey]], for example, there is no serious [[checking (ice hockey)\|checking]], while in [[American football]] no [[blitz (gridiron football)\|blitzing]] is allowed. In basketball, there is virtually no defense played until the final quarter. However, the Australian [[State of Origin series]] does involve physicality that often leads to on-field scuffles. The current format of the [[National Hockey League\|NHL]] [[National Hockey League All-Star Game\|All-Star Game]] differs significantly from that of normal league games. Instead of a single game, the event is organized as a four-team knockout tournament, with each team representing one of the league's divisions. Additionally, each game within the event is contested as a single 20-minute period, making the playing time of the All-Star Game identical to that of a regulation NHL game. The most radical difference is the on-ice team composition—instead of five skaters and one goaltender at full strength, each team has three skaters and a goaltender. Due to the reduced team sizes, penalties that normally cause the penalized team to lose a skater instead give the non-penalized team an extra skater. The term "all-star" is mainly used in North America. All-star games are rare in international sports, (such as [[association football]]), where games between national teams are more popular than all-star games would be. In the United Kingdom, all-star teams are usually denoted with the [[Roman numeral]] corresponding to the number of players allowed on the field – for example, a [[soccer]] or [[cricket]] ''XI'', a [[rugby league]] ''XIII'' and a [[rugby union]] ''XV''.{{citation needed\|date=June 2015}} [[Major League Baseball]] organized the first professional league all-star game as part of the [[Century of Progress\|1933 World's Fair]] in [[Chicago]]. It was the brainchild of [[Arch Ward]], then sports editor for the ''[[~~The~~ Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref name="almanac">"[http://baseball-almanac.com/asgmenu.shtml All-Star Game History] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815082531/http://baseball-almanac.com/asgmenu.shtml \|date=2000-08-15 }}", Baseball Almanac.</ref> Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in playing the game annually. Ward's contribution was recognized by Major League Baseball in 1962 with the creation of the "Arch Ward Trophy", given to the All-Star Game's [[most valuable player]] each year.<ref>Newman, Mark. "[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060710&content_id=1550905&vkey=allstar2006&fext=.jsp All-Star MVP Awaits Your Vote] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326102953/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060710&content_id=1550905&vkey=allstar2006&fext=.jsp \|date=2014-03-26 }}", [[MLB.com]], July 10, 2006.</ref> ==Professional all-star games== Line 15 ⟶ 18: === North America === ==== Major leagues ==== * [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] ([[National League (baseball)\|National League]] vs. [[American League]]) * [[National Basketball Association All-Star Game]] The game has had two formats throughout its history: * The original format used from the first game in [[1951 NBA All-Star Game\|1951]] until [[2017 NBA All-Star Game\|2017]] pitted [[Eastern Conference (NBA)\|Eastern Conference]] and [[Western Conference (NBA)\|Western Conference]] all-star teams. * ~~Since~~The [[2018 NBA All-Star Game\|2018]], itto ~~has~~the 2023 All-Star games, followed a fantasy draft format, similar to the 2011–2015 format of the NHL All-Star Game (see below), involving the selection of players by a combination of fan, player, and media voting. The vote leaders for each ~~conference~~conferences are then named as team captains for each all-star team, who then select players from the rest of the all-stars, regardless of the conference they play in. The 2024 All-Star Game reverted to its original East vs. West format. This match holds Guinness record with the title "[https://www.chinnuofficialgaming.com/2020/05/gaming-world-records-2020.html largest gathering of people in the Basketball game]"<ref>https://www.chinnuofficialgaming.com/2020/05/gaming-world-records-2020.html</ref>. There were 108,713 [108K] people. It was officially recorded on the 14th of February 2010<ref>https://www.chinnuofficialgaming.com/2020/05/gaming-world-records-2020.html</ref>. * [[National Hockey League All-Star Game]] The game has had a number of formats throughout its history: Line 28 ⟶ 31: * For [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)\|1979]] and [[Rendez-vous '87\|1987]], a single team comprising the NHL's best players faced the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team\|Soviet national ice hockey team]] in a two-game series. * From [[48th National Hockey League All-Star Game\|1998]] through [[52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game\|2002]], the teams were divided by player nationality, with a "North America" team made up of Canadians and Americans and a "World" team drawn from the rest of the world. * In 2006, 2010 and 2014, the league did not hold an all-star game, instead of releasing its players to play [[ice hockey at the Olympic Games]]. The league held an all-star game in addition to releasing its players for the Olympics in 1998 and 2002. * Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout ~~canceling~~cancelling the entire season, the All-Star Game was not held in 2005. In 2013, the league did not hold an all-star game as well, as it omitted from the schedule because of the shortened season caused by the player lockout. * From [[58th National Hockey League All-Star Game\|2011]] to [[60th National Hockey League All-Star Game\|2015]], a fantasy draft took place that involved the selection of 42 players—six in fan voting, and the other 36 by the league. The selected players then chose two of these individuals as team captains. * From [[61st National Hockey League All-Star Game\|2016]] onward, the "All-Star Game" consists of a mini-tournament where teams representing the league's divisions compete against each other in abbreviated games lasting only 20 minutes (instead of the three 20-minute periods of normal NHL games). Line 42 ⟶ 45: * The 1998 game pitted an "MLS USA" team, consisting entirely of Americans, against an "MLS World" team drawn from all other nationalities. * The 2002 game matched an MLS all-star team against the [[United States men's national soccer team\|US national team]]. * The 2003 game was the first in which an MLS all-star team played a visiting foreign club team. This format was used through the 2019 edition, with the exception of 2004. In the 2003 game, the visiting team was from Mexico; from ~~2005–2019~~2005 to 2019, the visiting team was based in Europe. *** The ~~2020~~2021 game ~~will be~~was the first ~~with~~to incorporate aits ~~new~~current format, involving all-star teams from both MLS and [[Football in Mexico\|Mexico's]] top league, [[Liga MX]]. * [[~~Monster Energy~~ NASCAR All-Star Race]] (Race winners from previous and current season, as well as Cup champions and All-Star Race winners from the previous 10 seasons) * [[WNBA All-Star Game]] (usually [[Eastern Conference (WNBA)\|Eastern Conference]] vs. [[Western Conference (WNBA)\|Western Conference]]) ** In [[The Game at Radio City\|2004]] and [[Stars at the Sun\|2010]], the East-West format was not followed; instead, the [[United States women's national basketball team\|USA national team]] faced a team of WNBA all-stars. The league does not consider these games to be official All-Star Games. Line 53 ⟶ 56: * [[USAFL East vs West]] * [[American Hockey League#~~AHL~~ All-Star Game\|American Hockey League All-Star Game]] * [[ECHL All-Star Game]] * [[Legends Football League]] [[All-Fantasy Game]] (Eastern vs Western) Line 73 ⟶ 76: [[Marlboro Challenge]] (1987–1992, [[Champ Car\|CART]] series winners from the current and previous seasons) [[CFL All-Star Game]] (various years and formats) [[Double-A All-Star Game]] (~~1991–20002~~1991–2002; baseball; players from [[American League]]-affiliated teams vs. players from [[National League (baseball)\|National League]]-affiliated teams) === Other regions === ==== Association football ==== [[A-~~League~~Leagues All ~~Stars~~Star Game]] – A selected team from the best of the Australian football (soccer) league. The [[A-League]] All Stars play an international club annually. * [[J.League All-Star Soccer]] (Japan; J-WEST vs. J-EAST, generally) * [[K League All-Star Game]] * [[MLS All-Star Game]] ==== Australian rules football ==== Line 100 ⟶ 104: * [[Lega Basket All Star Game]] ([[Lega Basket Serie A]], Italy; varying team compositions) * [[LKL All-Star Game]] ([[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga\|Lithuania]]; varying team compositions) * [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League\|MPBL All-Star Game]] ([[Philippines]]; North vs. South) * [[NBB All-Star Game]] ([[Novo Basquete Brasil\|Brazil]]; teams currently divided by player nationality as ''Brasil'' and ''Mundo'' [World]) * [[NBL (Australia) All-Star Game\|NBL All-Star Game]] ([[National Basketball League (Australia)\|Australia]]; varying team compositions, with the current format being North vs. South) * [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend\|Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game]] (~~South~~varying ~~All-Stars~~team compositions, with the current format being Team A vs. ~~North~~Team ~~All~~B, it follows a fantasy draft format where the top two vote-~~Stars~~getters will be the team captains of both teams, the remaining players will be selected from a 24-man list via draft.) ==== Ice hockey ==== Line 114 ⟶ 119: ==College all-star games== '''~~College football~~Football''' {{see also\|:Category:College football all-star games}} [[Aztec Bowl (game)\|Aztec Bowl]], features an all-star Mexican team and, currently, an NCAA Division III all-star team [[Blue–Gray Football Classic]] (defunct) [[Casino del Sol College All-Star Game]] (originally the Eastham Energy All-Star Game) (defunct) [[Challenge Bowl]] (defunct), ''see [[Kingdome#Challenge Bowl]]'' [[College All-Star Game]] (defunct), featured the defending NFL champions and an all-star team of recent college graduates [[East–West Shrine ~~Game~~Bowl]] [[~~Hula~~HBCU Legacy Bowl]] ~~(defunct)~~ [[Hula Bowl]] [[Mahi Shrine North–South College All-Star Classic]] (defunct)▼ [[Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic]] (defunct) ▲[[Mahi Shrine North–South College All-Star Classic]] (defunct) [[NFLPA Collegiate Bowl]] ▼ [[Medal of Honor Game]]▼ ▲[[NFLPA Collegiate Bowl]] (defunct) [[Texas vs The Nation]] (defunct) [[Tropical Bowl (all-star game)\|Tropical Bowl]] [[North–South All-American Game]] (defunct) [[North–South All-Star Classic]] (defunct) [[North–South Shrine Game]] (defunct) [[Senior Bowl]] ▲[[Medal of Honor Game]] '''~~Other college sports~~Basketball''' NCAA All-Star Game (Philippines; Heroes vs. Saints) [[Reese's College All-Star Game]] (defunct) [[UAAP NCAA All-Star Game]] ([[University Athletic Association of the Philippines\|UAAP]] vs [[National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)\|NCAA]]; defunct) '''Other sports''' [[North–South Senior All-Star Game]], the NCAA men's lacrosse all-star games [[NCAA (Philippines)\|NCAA]] vs [[UAAP]], All Star Collegiate Basketball between the top two college leagues in the Philippines ==High school all-star games== Line 142 ⟶ 156: [[McDonald's All-American Game]] — featuring the most highly recruited high school players from across the nation. [[Jordan Brand Classic]] – similar game among [[blue chip (sports)\|blue chip]] athletes [[Capital Classic (all-star game)\|Capital Classic]] – longest-running high school all-star basketball game in the United States [[Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic]] – ~~the oldest continually held high school all-star game in the country. It is~~defunct, played annually in Louisville, Kentucky at Freedom Hall and ~~features~~featured top high school boys basketball players from across the country. '''High school football''' Line 153 ⟶ 168: [[Bayou Bowl]] ([[Houston metropolitan area]], Texas vs. [[Louisiana]]) [[Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic]] ([[Southern Tier]], New York vs. [[Northern Tier (Pennsylvania)\|Northern Tier]], Pennsylvania) [[Lions Club All-Star High School Football Classic]] ([[Erie County, New York]] vs. [[Niagara County, New York]]) [[Maryland Crab Bowl]] ([[Washington, D.C.]] vs. [[Baltimore]]) [[Oil Bowl (high school)\|Oil Bowl]] ([[Texas]] vs. [[Oklahoma]]) Line 159 ⟶ 174: [[Dunmore Lions Club Dream Game]] ([[City vs. County]]) ([[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]) (Longest running football all star game in the country. EST. 1935) [[~~North–South~~Carolina ~~Game~~Bowl of“Senior ~~the Carolinas~~Showcase”]] ([[North Carolina]] vs. [[South Carolina]])▼ (www.CarolinaBowl.com / EST. 2015) ▲[[North–South Game of the Carolinas]] ([[North Carolina]] vs. [[South Carolina]]) '''High school hockey''' [[CCM (ice hockey)\|CCM Hockey Showcase]] '''High school lacrosse''' Line 167 ⟶ 186: ==See also== [[Hall of Fame Game (disambiguation)]] *[[Race of Champions (disambiguation)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category\|All-star games}} ~~==External links==~~ [[Category:All-star games\| ]] [[Category:Sports competitions]] [[Category:1933 introductions]] [[Category:American inventions]] [[Category:Sports originating in the United States]]