Here’s the listing of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They were handed out in New York tonight to an appreciative audience at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center.
Overall, NBC led all networks with six Emmy Awards, Fox/HBO Sports/MLB Network won 5 and ESPN received four.
In an upset, Bob Costas won his 2oth career Emmy Award and again it was for Outstanding Studio Host.
There were four ties. The current MLB on Fox analyst team of Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci won for Outstanding Studio Analyst for their work on MLB Network. ESPN’s College GameDay and TNT’s Inside the NBA tied for Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly. There was a tie in the Outstanding New Approaches in Sports Programming. And one in Oustanding Studio Show in Spanish.
Here are the awards. I’ll have the full listing of winners including producers, directors, writers, editors and others in a separate post.
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
The Premier League: Goal Line Technology — NBCSN
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
MLB on Fox — Fox
Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
Sunday Night Football — NBC
Outstanding Studio Show — Weekly
(Tie) College GameDay: Football — ESPN & Inside the NBA on TNT — TNT
Outstanding Long Feature
60 Minutes Sports: Great Falls — Showtime/CBS News
Outstanding Editing
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals — HBO Sports/NFL Films
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement — Episodic
NHL on NBCSN: Wednesday Night Rivalry — NBCSN
Outstanding Sports Personality — Sports Reporter
Michele Tafoya — NBC
Outstanding Live Event Graphic Design
X Games — ESPN
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series
30 for 30 — ESPN
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
Outstanding New Approaches — Sports Programming Short Formate
(TIE) JFK: The Untold NFL History of That Day in Dallas — NFL.com/NFL Digital Media & NFL UP! — NFL.com/NFL Digital Media
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
American League Championship Series: Red Sox vs. Tigers — Fox
Outstanding Camera Work
24/7: Red Wings/Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals — HBO Sports/NFL Films
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement — Institutional
NFL Draft: Leon Sandcastle — NFL Network/Grey, NY
Outstanding Sports Personality — Play-by-Play
Mike Emrick — NBC/NBCSN
Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish
Rumbo Al Mundial: Costa Rica vs. Mexico — Telemundo
Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish
(TIE) Nacion — ESPN Deportes & SportsCenter — ESPN Deportes
Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish
Andres Cantor — Telemundo
Outstanding Sports News Anthology
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — HBO
Outstanding New Approaches — Sports Event Coverage
The 34 America’s Cup: Official App — America’s Cup Event Authority
Outstanding Open/Tease
Super Bowl XLVII: A Field of Dreamers — CBS
Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals — HBO Sports/NFL Films
Outstanding Sports Personality — Studio Analyst
(TIE) Harold Reynolds — MLB Network/Fox & Tom Verducci — TBS/MLB Network
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT SPORTS EMMY AWARD
Ted Turner — Turner Sports
Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction
NBA Playoffs on TNT — TNT
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award
NFL Films Presents: Yours Truly, Dr. Z — NFL Network/NFL Films
Outstanding Sports Documentary
The Doctor — NBA TV
Outstanding New Approaches — Sports Programming
Sports Illustrated: A Boy Helps a Town Heal — SI.com
Outstanding Sports Personality — Sports Event Analyst
Cris Collinsworth — NBC
Outstanding Sports Journalism
E:60: Children of the Ring — ESPN2
Outstanding Short Feature
SportsCenter: Richie Parker: Drive — ESPN
Outstanding Live Sports Series
Sunday Night Football — NBC
Outstanding Studio Show — Daily
Inside the NBA on TNT: Playoffs — TNT
Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage
All Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo Epilogue — Showtime
Outstanding Live Sports Special
The 109th World Series: Red Sox vs. Cardinals — Fox
Outstanding Sports Personality — Studio Host
Bob Costas — NBC
And there you have it in full.
