Nine Baltimore Ravens, including two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, were selected for the Pro Bowl Games.

The Detroit Lions are next with seven players and the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles each have six players on the NFC roster.

Patrick Mahomes wasn’t selected to the AFC roster for the first time since becoming Kansas City’s starting quarterback in his second season. Mahomes, a three-time Super Bowl MVP and six-time Pro Bowl pick, wasn’t among five Chiefs chosen. Teammate Travis Kelce made it for the 10th time.

Washington’s Jayden Daniels is just the fourth rookie quarterback since 1970 selected to the initial Pro Bowl roster. Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and Rams outside linebacker Jared Verse are the other rookies among 24 players chosen for the first time.

Detroit’s Jared Goff is the NFC’s starting quarterback and Minnesota’s Sam Darnold also made the team. The AFC’s starting quarterback is Buffalo’s Josh Allen. Jackson and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow are the backups.

The Dolphins, Jets, Titans and Saints are the only teams not represented.

This is the third year of the Pro Bowl Games after the NFL eliminated its full-contact all-star game and replaced it with weeklong skills competitions and a flag football game.

The games will take place at Central Florida and finish with a seven-on-seven flag football game between the AFC and NFC at Camping World Stadium on Feb. 2.

College football

Big 12 commissioner calls for ‘national standards’ for targeting >> Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is calling for more consistency in determining what constitutes a targeting penalty after no call was made on Texas safety Michael Taaffe’s high hit on Arizona State receiver Melquan Stovall late in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl.

Taaffe struck Stovall with a helmet-to-helmet hit as Stovall caught a pass near midfield with 1:15 left in regulation and the game tied Wednesday. No flag was thrown, but referee Larry Smith of the Big Ten halted play to check the replay for possible targeting. As Stovall was being helped off the field, Smith announced there was no penalty.

Had a 15-yard penalty been called, ASU would have been in range to attempt a tiebreaking field goal. Instead, the Sun Devils punted and Texas won 39-31 in two overtimes.

Alabama QB Milroe declares for draft >> Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe is entering the NFL draft after a disappointing finish to his second season as starter.

Milroe announced his decision to skip his final season on social media, two days after the Crimson Tide fell to Michigan 19-13 in the ReliaQuest Bowl.

Milroe passed for 2,844 yards with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions last season.

Pro basketball

Pistons guard Ivey has surgery on leg >> Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey had surgery on his left leg, a day after breaking his fibula in a collision during a win over the Orlando Magic.

The Pistons said that Ivey will be reevaluated in four weeks.

Detroit drafted Ivey with the No. 5 overall pick in 2022. Ivey averaged 17.6 points and 4.1 rebounds — both career highs — along with four assists in 30 games this season.

Skiing

Shiffrin aiming to be back ‘in the next week or so’ >> Mikaela Shiffrin is back in the gym and aiming to be on snow “in the next week or so,” the American skiing star said more than a month after suffering a deep puncture wound in her hip area.

The serious injury occurred during a during a crash on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont. Shiffrin was nearing the finish of her second run of the giant slalom, chasing a record-extending 100th World Cup win, when she lost an edge and slid into a gate, flipping head over skis.

Shiffrin underwent abdominal surgery in mid-December to clean out the puncture wound.

Soccer

Union hire Carnell as coach >> The Philadelphia Union named Bradley Carnell as the fourth head coach in the Major League Soccer team’s history.

The 47-year old Carnell spent two seasons as manager of St. Louis CITY SC and was the team’s inaugural head coach. He went 22-15-25 in 62 total regular-season matches. St. Louis led the Western Conference and ranked third in MLS with 62 goals and with a plus-17 goal differential during the 2023 season.

The team lost to Kansas City in the first round of the 2023 playoffs. Carnell was fired during this past season with St. Louis stuck in 12th in the 14-team Western Conference.

Pulisic set to return from injury >> Christian Pulisic appears to be healthy again following injuries to his calf and ankle and could return for AC Milan against Juventus in the Italian Super Cup semifinals on Friday.

The United States international has been out since tearing a muscle in his right calf nearly a month ago. Then he had a minor ankle issue.

Pulisic has been one of Milan’s top players this season with five goals and four assists in Serie A. He has also scored three goals in the Champions League.