The nominees for the 29th Sports Emmy Awards have been announced.
HBO leads the list with 31 nominations with 5 for Real Sports and 5 for Inside the NFL. ESPN is next with 27 (although I’m sure ESPN will have a press release stating that combined with ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC, it leads the nominations with 37) followed by NBC Sports with 23, Fox with 18 and CBS with 17.
Some interesting nominations, Jay Bilas gets a nomination for studio analyst award. I also find the Cris Carter nod in the same category a bit odd. Mike Emrick gets a nomination for best play-by-play along with usual suspects Al Michaels, Joe Buck and Jim Nantz. Versus is crowing to have Al Trautwig for best studio host for his work for the Tour de France. I still think Versus should put him on the NHL, but that’s me.
Here is the list of the major nominations. The entire list can be seen at emmyonline.org.
Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL
2007 Open Championship – ABC/ESPN
AFC Championship Game – CBS
BCS on FOX: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl – FOX
NASCAR on FOX: Daytona 500 – FOX
NBC Wild Card Playoff: Dallas vs. Seattle – NBC
Super Bowl XLI – CBS
Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SERIES
ESPN Monday Night Football – ESPN
NASCAR on FOX – FOX
NBA on ESPN/ABC – ESPN/ABC
NBC Golf Tour – NBC
NFL on FOX – FOX
Sunday Night Football – NBC
Outstanding LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND
De La Hoya vs Mayweather Delay Broadcast – HBO
Inside the PGA TOUR – PGA Tour Productions
NFL Mic’d Up: Ravens vs. 49ers – NFL Network/NFL Films
Quest for the Cup – NASCAR Images
Tour de France – CBS
Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL
De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 – HBO
Super Bowl 360 – ESPN/NFL Films
The 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship – NBC/Ironman Productions
The Natural: Major League Baseball Celebrates an Epic – ESPN2/MLB Productions
Unsettled Scores – ESPN2
Outstanding SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Barbaro: A Nation’s Horse – NBC
Dale – NASCAR Images
Ghosts of Flatbush – HBO
Jonestown: The Game of Their Lives – ESPN
Triumph and Tragedy: The Ray Mancini Story – ESPN Classic
Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SERIES/Anthology
America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions – NFL Network/NFL Films
Greatest High School Football Rivalries – Versus/NFL Films
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs – HBO/NFL Films
HBO Boxing: Countdown Shows – HBO
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Outstanding STUDIO SHOW ? WEEKLY
College Gameday – ESPN
Football Night in America – NBC
Inside the NBA – TNT
Inside the NFL – HBO
NFL on FOX: FOX NFL Sunday – FOX
Outstanding STUDIO SHOW ? DAILY
Inside the NBA – TNT
NASCAR Now – ESPN2
Pardon the Interruption – ESPN
SportsCenter – ESPN
Wimbledon Tonight – NBC
Outstanding SPORTS JOURNALISM
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Broken: NFL Disability Debate
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Dogfighting: Bred to Die
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Fading Hope: Sports in Iraq
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Headgames: The NFL Concussion Crisis
Outstanding SHORT FEATURE
College Gameday – ESPN
Martel Van Zant
Inside the NFL – HBO
Coal Miner’s Sons: The Jones Brothers
Inside the NFL – HBO
Packers Fans Rebuild
MLB 2007: Never Miss a Game – ESPN
Never Too Early – MLB Productions
Sunday NFL Countdown – ESPN
Fear
Outstanding LONG FEATURE
E: 60 – ESPN
Ray of Hope
NBA TV Game Night – NBA TV
59th and Prairie: Dwyane Wade’s Journey ? NBA Entertainment
A Story told by Terrence Howard
NFL Films Presents: Finding Your Butkus – NFL Network/NFL Films
Outside the Lines – ESPN
Still Alive
The Super Bowl Today – CBS
Bill Walsh
The Super Bowl Today – CBS
Hines Ward
Outstanding OPEN / TEASE
107th U.S. Open Championship – NBC
The Open Returns to the Steel City
2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee – ABC
Championship Round
Barbaro: A Nation’s Horse – NBC
De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 – HBO
Episode 1
Indianapolis 500 – ABC
Tease: All Roads Lead to Indy
NBA Playoffs – TNT
Opening Night Tease
Super Bowl XLI – CBS
Super Bowl XLI Tease
Outstanding Sports Personality ? STUDIO HOST
Al Trautwig – Versus
Bob Costas – HBO/NBC
Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Ernie Johnson – TNT/TBS
James Brown – CBS
Outstanding Sports Personality ? PLAY?BY?PLAY
Al Michaels – NBC
Jim Lampley – HBO
Jim Nantz – CBS
Joe Buck – FOX
Marv Albert – TNT
Mike Emrick – NBC
Outstanding Sports Personality ? STUDIO ANALYST
Charles Barkley – TNT
Cris Carter – HBO
Cris Collinsworth – HBO/NBC
Jay Bilas – ESPN
Terry Bradshaw – FOX
Tom Jackson – ESPN
Outstanding Sports Personality ? SPORTS EVENT ANALYST
Doug Collins – TNT
Gary Danielson – CBS
John Madden – NBC
Phil Simms – CBS
Tim McCarver – FOX
Troy Aikman – FOX
The Dick Schaap WRITING AWARD
2007 ING New York City Marathon – NBC
Alec Baldwin Open – IMG Media
Costas Now – HBO
The Year of the Cheat
E: 60 – ESPN
A Dream Come True: Gunnar Esiason
Every Man A Tiger: The Eddie Robinson Story – NBC
Inside the NFL – HBO
Lewis Black: Miami Vice & Lonely in LA
Mayweather/Hatton 24/7 – HBO
The George Wensel TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ESPN NASCAR – ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Draft Track
Golf on CBS – CBS
Swing Vision
Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta ? The 1960 Masters – CBS
Color Restoration and Colorization
PGA TOUR and LPGA coverage – Golf Channel
AimPoint
Sport Science – FSN
Sport Science Laboratory – BASE Productions
There you have it. I omitted some technical, graphics and sound awards and if you’re interested in those, head to Emmyonline.com. The Sports Emmys will be awarded in April.
