Bob Hohler of The Boston Globe won A Breaking News while Ron Kroichick of The San Francisco Chronicle was second, and Mark Maske, Liz Clarke and Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post were third.
Jon Hale of the Lexington Herald-Leader won first place in B Breaking News while Courtney Tanner of The Salt Lake Tribune tied for second with Adam Sparks and Mike Wilson of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Wynston Wilcox of The Commercial Appeal won Division C Breaking News while Theo Lawson of The Spokesman-Review was second and Zach Hammack of the Lincoln Journal Star was third.
James Shames of the Montgomery Advertiser won D Breaking News in the APSE contest while Ryne Dennis of the Athens Banner-Herald was second and Jim Henry of the Tallahassee Democrat third.
Jere' Longman New York Times won first place for Breaking News in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest’s Over-175,000 circulation category.
Nick Underhill, Ramon Antonio Vargas, Matt Sledge, John Simerman of the The Advocate won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest in the Breaking News category for the 75,000-175,000 circulation category.
Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest in the Breaking News category for the 30,000-75,000 circulation category.
John Bednarowski of the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest in the Breaking News category for the Under 30,000 circulation category.