From the Brooklyn Nets to the Olympics, Sandy's disruptions to the Sandusky case, the year offered plenty of compelling sports stories.
- American football
- Andres Kudacki
- Barton Silverman
- Ben Solomon
- Chang W. Lee
- College football
- Doug Mills
- Emilio Morenatti
- Eric Jamison
- Eric Risberg
- F.B.I.
- flash
- football
- Giovanni Auletta
- Hockey
- James Estrin
- Japan
- Jeff Chiu
- Jerry Sandusky
- Jerry Sandusky
- Joe Paterno
- Joe Paterno
- Julie Jacobson
- Laurent Cipriani
- London
- Louis Freeh
- Louis J. Freeh
- Luca Bruno
- Michael Phelps
- Michael R. Bloomberg
- New England Patriots
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York
- New York City
- Olympics
- Patrick Smith
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University
- R. A. Dickey
- showcase
- soccer
- Sports
- Sports photography
- Super Bowl XLVI
- the 2012 Summer Olympics
- the F.B.I.
- Toronto Blue Jays
- United States
- Usain Bolt
- Vincent Thian
- year in pictures
- Aamir Qureshi
- Camera lens
- China
- Dibyangshu Sarkar
- England
- Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
- flash
- Florida
- Gerald Herbert
- Hasham Ahmed
- India
- India
- Italy
- Jason Lee
- John Raoux
- Kyrgyzstan
- Larry Downing
- Louisiana
- Luca Bruno
- Mario Goldman
- Nic Bothma
- Nigel Roddis
- Noel Celis
- Optics
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Photography
- Pictures of the Day
- South Africa
- Syria
- the New York Times
- the New York Times
- Uruguay
- William Daniels