Playing It Cool

Our Favorite Sports Photos of 2014

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is about as rich of a sports market as there is in the country. This year proved no different in that regard.

For a good part of the college football season, all eyes were on the TCU Horned Frogs and their Big 12 conference foes down at Baylor as they battled for a place in the inaugural College Football Playoff. In the end, neither got in. But, hey, all publicity is good publicity, yeah? And, fortunately, Central Track was on hand to document some of TCU and Baylor’s greatest moments of the season — including their head-to-head match-up in early October.

That game in particular provided some our best sports photos of the year — along with as well as time we spent with SMU athletics, the state's newly crowned high school football champions and even some high flying cliff divers.

Below, let's take a look back at some of our favorite sports photos of 2014.

Story: Send It In.
Date Published: April 4, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Cliffs of Insanity.
Date Published: June 9, 2014.
Photographer: Karlo X. Ramos.

Story: Bear Trap.
Date Published: September 2, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Hilltop Blues.
Date Published: September 22, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Hilltop Blues.
Date Published: September 22, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia .

Story: Iron Fisted.
Date Published: September 29, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Iron Fisted.
Date Published: September 29, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia .

Story: Jam Session.
Date Published: October 6, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Bearing Down.
Date Published: October 13, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Bearing Down.
Date Published: October 13, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story:Bearing Down.
Date Published: October 13, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story:Bearing Down.
Date Published: October 13, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Leap Frog.
Date Published: October 20, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Leap Frog.
Date Published: October 20, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Leap Frog.
Date Published: October 20, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Our Only Pope.
Date Published: October 27, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: The Next Step.
Date Published: November 17, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: Totally Bucked?
Date Published: November 17, 2014.
Photographer: Mikel Galicia.

Story: High Flying.
Date Published: December 23, 2014.
Photographer: Alberto Rabelo.