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{{Short description|Exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players of a sports league}}
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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 [[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
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,
[[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 ''[[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
==Professional all-star games==
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