Team Sports Action (SAT)
A peak action photograph that captures the competitive spirit and game of an athletic team. Team sports action recognizes a photograph taken from an event where a number of persons form one side of the team, e.g. soccer, football, basketball, baseball, etc.

1st Place,
Mike Longo, Associated Press

Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa recoils as a fast ball from Pittsburgh Pirates' Salomon Torres shatters his helmet in the fourth inning Sunday April 20, 2003 in Pittsburgh. Sosa left the game.

Team Sports Action Winners

1st
Mike Longo, Associated Press
2nd
Bob Rosato, Sports Illustrated
3rd
Kevin Clark, The Washington Post
HM
Chip Litherland, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
HM
Al Diaz, The Miami Herald
HM
Charles Cherney, The Chicago Tribune

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