2014 Sports Feature
First Place - 2014 Sports Feature
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Jayson Werth #28 of the Washington Nationals is doused with water by teammates, after he hit an RBI double to score two runs to tie the game in the ninth inning, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Nationals Park on April 23, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Patrick Smith / Freelance
Second Place - 2014 Sports Feature
York Yankees' Derek Jeter jumps after hitting the game-winning single against the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York. The Yankees won 6-5. It was Jeter's last home game of his career at Yankee Stadium.
Julie Jacobson / Associated Press
Third Place - 2014 Sports Feature
SIENA, ITALY - AUGUST 14: Fantini (Jockeys) compete around the Piazza del Campo square during the third trial race of the Palio dell'Asunta on August 14, 2014 in Siena, Italy. The Palio dell'Assunta is run every year on August 16 to celebrate the miraculous apparittion of the Virgin Mary near the old houses that belonged to Provenzano Salvani called 'Madonna di Provenzano'. In its honor the very first Palio was run on August 16, 1656. This tradition is celebrated by the seventeen 'Contradas', districts into which the town is divided. Each 'Contrada' has its own government, coat of arms, oratory, colors, delimited territories and population which consist of all those people who were born or live within the limits of the distric, according to the proclamation issued by Violante Beatrice of Bavaria on 1730. Ten horses representing ten of the seventeen 'Contradas' with 'Fantini' or jockeys riding bareback compete during a three laps race around a makeshift course build in the 'Piazza del Campo' the city's central square to win the Palio banner. The race is hold twice a year, on July 2 and August 16. The 'Contrada' winner is awared with a Palio banner dedicated to the 'Madonna di Provenzano'.
David Ramos Vidal
Honorable Mention - 2014 Sports Feature
The body of boxer Christopher Rivera, who was shot to death on Sunday, is propped up in a fake boxing ring during his wake at the community recreation center within the public housing project where he lived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Elsie Rodriguez, vice president of the Marin funeral home, explained that Rivera had asked his family that if he died, he wanted his funeral to make reference to his boxing career.
Ricardo Arduengo / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2014 Sports Feature
(From left to right) Sammie Worlledge, Heaven Price, and Calysa Dow support Izzy Bennington as the members of the WGP All Stars Steel team, of Columbus, Ohio, perform a stunt in their performance during JAMfest's JAM-Bash competition at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland on April 12, 2014. Worlledge still finds the heart to compete despite losing a leg and battling cancer for the second time.
Guy Wathen / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Honorable Mention - 2014 Sports Feature
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: Gabriel Rosado bleeds in his corner between rounds against Jermell Charlo in their WBC Continental Americas Title match at the DC Armory on January 25, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Patrick Smith / Freelance