Table 1
Major Categories of Sports Feature Photographs

Winners
371
Losers
192
Pictorial
136
Fans and Media
117
Character
111
Officials and fights
97
Other
55
Portraits
53
Team
30
Coaches
27
Fathers and sons
24
Animals
21
Disabled
17
Rain delays sports action
11
Total
1521

 

Table 2
Breakdown of Major Categories
A. Winners
Mixed
107
Arms up, mouth open
79
Hugs
72
Winners and losers together
37
Mouth open
26
Pouring liquid on winners
13
Tossing and lifting winners
12
Others
10
Kisses
6
High Fives
5
Jumps
4
 
Total
371
   
   
B. Losers
End of bench
55
Consoling
52
On the ground
31
Frustration
27
Looking sad
13
Sad teammates
9
Others
4
End of career
1
   
Total
192
   
C. Fans/Media
Surrounded
41
Win/Lose
26
Humorous
27
Others
9
Catching ball in stands
5
Holding signs
5
Adulation
4
   
Total
117
   
D. Officials/fights
Complaints
34
Confrontations
29
Fights (no officials)
12
Fights (with officials)
9
Calls
6
Others
5
Officials in the play
2
   
Total
97
   
E. Character
Injury, exhaustion (being helped)
24
Exhaustion ( pouring water)
21
Individual injury (pain)
17
Hard work and personal best
15
Injury on ground (with onlookers)
11
Exhaustion (no water)
11
Others
6
Being religious
3
Keeping warm
3
   
Total
111
   
F. Coaches
Coaching
18
Others
6
Humorous
3
   
Total
27
   
   
G. Humor

Kids

44
Body jokes
40
Funny faces
36
Non-sport (pictorial) jokes
26
Covered heads
21
This shouldn't be here (humorous incongruity)
21
Others
20
Misplaced balls
13
Rear ends
9
Sleeping
8
Old is funny
7
Tongues sticking out
7
Rivals appear to hug
5
Sex
3
   
Total
260
   
   

Note:
A number of photographs of coaches are in other categories, mainly officials and fights.

Some examples of photographs put in the “Other” category in Table 1: the three photographs of Florence Joiner meditating in figure 23; some sports action photographs of such non-conventional sports as karate; two photographs by different photographers of Nancy Reagan being lifted by basketball players; and Jesse Jackson baptising Mike Tyson. Of the 1521 entries, 251 have females in the photograph either alone or with other females or males.