COLUMNS
- Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
- Gary Shelton, St. Petersburg Times
- (tie) Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
(tie) Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News
Honorable mention:
- Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel
- Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle
- Mike Lupica, New York Daily News
- Selena Roberts, New York Times
- T.J. Simers, Los Angeles Times
FEATURES
- Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Wayne Coffey, New York Daily News
- Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle
- Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
- Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
Honorable mention:
- Bill Briggs, Denver Post
- M.A. Mehta, Newark Star-Ledger
- Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
- Linda Robertson, Miami Herald
- Jack Wilkinson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BREAKING NEWS
- Lynn Bartels, Jody Berger, Brian Crecente, Owen Good, Burt Hubbard, Berry Morson, Javier Erik Olvera and Kevin Vaughn, Rocky Mountain News
- Jason Cole and Dan Le Batard, Miami Herald
- Jere Longman, New York Times
- Jeff Darlington, Orlando Sentinel
- (tie) Mark Maske and Leonard Shapiro, Washington Post
- (tie) Richard Sandomir and Charles V. Bagli, New York Times
Honorable mention:
- Tom Heath, John Wasner, Lori Montgomery, Serge Kobaleski and Yolanda Woodlee, Washington Post
- Jason LaCanfora, Washington Post
- Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
- Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press
GAME STORY
- Linda Robertson, Miami Herald
- Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
- Steve Politi, Newark Star-Ledger
- Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News
- Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune
Honorable mention:
- Filip Bondy, New York Daily News
- Wayne Coffey, New York Daily News
- Frank Fitzpatrick, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Brant James, St. Petersburg Times
- Brian Murphy, San Francisco Chronicle
EXPLANATORY
- Steve Fainaru, Dave Sheinin, Julie Tate, Margot Williams, Washington Post
- Chris Harry and Charles Robinson, Orlando Sentinel
- Jeff Benedict and Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times
- Bill Pennington, New York Times
- Carlos Frias and David A. Markiewicz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Honorable mention:
- Chris Dempsey, Denver Post
- Paul Domowitch and Paul Vigna, Philadelphia Daily News
- Mark Kram and Paul Vigna, Philadelphia Daily News
- Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
- Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune
PROJECT REPORTING
- Randy Covitz, Blair Kerkhoff, Jason King, Sam Mellinger, Joe Posnanski, Howard Richman, Derek Samson and Wright Thompson, Kansas City Star
- Rick Maese, Orlando Sentinel
- Marlen Garcia and Barry Temkin, Chicago Tribune
- (tie) Michael Dobie, Newsday
(tie) Kevin Van Valkenburg, Baltimore Sun
Honorable mention:
- Fran Blinebury, Houston Chronicle
- Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe
- Mike Knobler, Tim Tucker, Mark Bradley, Jack Wilkinson, Jeff D’Alessio, D. Orlando Ledbetter, Dorothy Shea, Alice Wertheim, Joni Zeccola, Chip Towers, Rana L. Cash and Jerome Thompson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Josh Peter, New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Susan Vinella, Cleveland Plain Dealer
