2013 Sports Feature
First Place Winner - 2013 Sports Feature
Southwestern high school cheerleaders, in class 2A - small, walk up to receive their second place trophy at the KHSAA Competitive Cheer Championships on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at E.A. Diddle Arena is Bowling Green, Ky.
Jabin Botsford / Western Kentucky University
Second Place Winner - 2013 Sports Feature
In this picture taken Nov. 9, 2012. Gymnasts from Russian-speaking immigrant families warm up at a gymnastics competition organized for Israel's immigrant community, in the southern resort city of Eilat. Most of Israel's Olympic gymnasts are immigrants from the former Soviet Union. "Warm Up"
Oded Balilty / Associated Press
Third Place Winner - 2013 Sports Feature
Nearing the end of the children's one-mile run, five-year-old Brayden Ogorzolka of Aurora, Neb. is enveloped by a frothly amalgam of soap suds and mud as he hits the bottom of the Slip-n-Slide on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, during the Nebraska Sports Council's Mud Run '13 at the Lancaster Event Center. "Frothy Amalgam"
Francis Gardler / Lincoln Journal Star
Honorable Mention - 2013 Sports Feature
A detail as two players compete for the ball with their hockey sticks during the match between Australia and the Netherlands during day two of the Champions Trophy on December 2, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. "Hockey Spray"
Scott Barbour / Getty Images
Honorable Mention - 2013 Sports Feature
A worker grooms away tracks after an alligator crossed through a sand trap on the 14th hole during the first round of the PGA Tour Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, April 25, 2013. "Passing Through"
Gerald Herbert / Associated Press