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Nominees For 39th Annual SPORTS EMMY AWARDS Announced

By: Mar. 29, 2018
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Nominees For 39th Annual SPORTS EMMY AWARDS Announced  ImageThe National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards.

"The world of sports television grows larger with each passing year and this year was no exception," said Chuck Dages, Chairman, NATAS. "The 39th Sports Emmy Awards encompassed a record-setting number of entries across multiple categories and the level of quality continues to show the growth and seemingly, unlimited potential of what is available for the sports viewing audience."

"This looks to be a wide-open competition this year," said Steve Ulrich, Senior Vice President, Sports Emmy Awards. "There are newcomers in many categories, and coupled with content creator extraordinaire BARRY Frank receiving the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, it should be an exciting evening."

Nominations were announced in 40 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Sports Series and Playoff Coverage, three Documentary categories, Outstanding New Media, Outstanding Play-by-Play Announcer and Studio Host, among others.

Yangaroo, Inc. is the official provider of the Digital Media Distribution System Awards Management Solution ("DMDS") for the submission, judging and voting of all categories for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. Accounting services for the competition are provided by the firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP. United Airlines is the official airline of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional, non-profit service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, Daytime Creative Arts, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of over 16,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. BEYOND awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public.

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL

2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff National Championship ESPN

Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Georgia Bulldogs

The 113th WORLD SERIES FOX

Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The 146th Open NBC/Golf Channel

Royal Birkdale

The Masters CBS

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES

NASCAR on FOX FOX/ FS1

NBA on TNT TNT

NFL on FOX FOX

Sunday Night Football NBC

Thursday Night Football NBC

OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF COVERAGE

2017 NBA Playoffs on TNT TNT

2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV

2018 Rose Bowl (College Football Championship Semi-Final) ESPN

Oklahoma vs. Georgia

AFC Championship CBS

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New England Patriots

NFC Divisional Playoff FOX

New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE

2017 WORLD SERIES Film FS1/MLB Network

Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

All Access Epilogue: Showtime

Mayweather vs. McGregor [Showtime Sports]

Ironman World Championship NBC

[Texas Crew Productions]

Sound FX: NFL Network

Super Bowl 51 [NFL Films]

UFC Fight Flashback FS1

Cruz vs. Garbrandt [UFC]

OUTSTANDING SHORT SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Resurface Netflix

SC Featured ESPNews

A Mountain to Climb

SC Featured ESPN

Arthur

SC Featured ESPNews

Restart

The Reason I Play Big Ten Network

OUTSTANDING LONG SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

30 for 30 ESPN

Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies [ESPN Films/Hock Films]

89 Blocks FOX/FS1

Counterpunch Netflix

Disgraced Showtime

[Bat Bridge Entertainment]

VICE World of Sports Viceland

Rivals: Boom Squad [Vice Media]

OUTSTANDING SERIALIZED SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

A Season With Navy Football Showtime

[Ross Greenburg Productions/

Stone & Company Entertainment/

IMG Productions/Crazy Legs]

Hard Knocks HBO

Training Camp With The Tampa Bay Buccaneers [NFL Films]

Last Chance U Netflix

Us Against the World Comcast Watchable

[Uproxx Studios]

Why We Fight Verizon

[Dirty Robber/The Religion of Sports/

Complex Networks]

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - WEEKLY

College GameDay ESPN

FOX NFL Sunday FOX

Inside the NBA ON TNT TNT

Monday Night Countdown ESPN

The NFL Today CBS

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - DAILY

MLB Tonight MLB Network

NHL Live NBC/NBCSN

Pardon The Interruption ESPN

[Rydholm Projects]

The Dan Patrick Show Audience

[AT&T]

The Herd with Colin Cowherd FS1

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - LIMITED RUN

Gruden's QB Camp ESPN/ESPN2

Inside the NBA ON TNT TNT

2017 NBA Playoffs

MLB on FOX: The Postseason FOX/ FS1

NHL Live: Stanley Cup Playoffs NBC/NBCSN/USA Network

Road to the Final Four tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV

OUTSTANDING SPORTS NEWS ANTHOLOGY

E: 60 ESPN2

NFL 360 NFL Network

NFL Films Presents FS1

[NFL Films]

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

SC Featured ESPN

OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM

Disgraced Showtime

[Bat Bridge Entertainment]

E: 60 ESPN2

Respectfully Submitted, Ricky Dixon

E: 60 ESPN2

Setenta e Sete

E: 60 ESPN2

The Dictator's Team

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

The Strongman: Ramzan Kadyrov

OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE

College GameDay ESPN

A Different Wave

College GameDay WatchESPN

Melvin Keihn

Golf Central Golf Channel

Limitless: The Jim Hunt Story

SC Featured ESPN

Thank You Pittsburgh

Thursday Night Kickoff CBS/NFL Network

Kate Foster: A Letter to My Younger

OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE

E: 60 ESPN2

Fight On

E: 60 ESPN2

Lionheart

E: 60 ESPN2

Searching for Schuye

E: 60 ESPN2

Underdog

SC Featured ESPN

For Those Who Can't

OUTSTANDING OPEN/TEASE

2017 NBA ON TNT TNT

The Response

2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV

The Stage

AFC Championship CBS

Teasing John Malkovich

NFL Draft ESPN

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change

OUTSTANDING TRANS-MEDIA SPORTS COVERAGE

2017 ELEAGUE on TBS and twitch.tv tbs/twitch.tv

2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament NCAA.com

NCAA March Madness Live

2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff National Championship ESPN/ESPN2/

MegaCast ESPNU/ESPNEWS/

ESPN Deportes/ESPN Goal Line/

ESPN Classic/ESPN SEC Network/ESPN3

Hard Knocks HBO

Training Camp With The Tampa Bay Buccaneers [NFL Films]

HBO Boxing HBO

Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL INNOVATION

2017 Game of Zones Bleacher Report

Father of Balls

2017 NBA FINALS Oculus Rift/Gear VR

Strength in Numbers [m ss ng p eces]

2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament NCAA.com

NCAA March Madness Virtual Reality

Capturing Everest SI.com

360-degree VR [Endemol Shine Beyond]

Take Every Wave SI.com

360 VR camera technologies capture [Ryot]

riding the longest wave in the world

OUTSTANDING SOCIAL TV EXPERIENCE

100,000 Cameras FOX

Ohio State vs. Michigan [NASCAR Productions]

MLB Tonight MLB Network

The Fans Make The Show: MLB TONIGHT Social Takeover

NASCAR Throwback NBCSN

SportsCenter on Snapchat ESPN/Snapchat

The 143rd KENTUCKY DERBY NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY - STUDIO HOST

Rece Davis ESPN

Ernie Johnson tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV

Bob Ley ESPN

Curt Menefee FOX

Dan Patrick NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY - PLAY-BY-PLAY

Mike Breen ABC

Joe Buck FOX/FS1

Mike 'Doc" Emrick NBC/NBCSN

Jim Nantz tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV/NFL Network

Brad Nessler CBS

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY - STUDIO ANALYST

Alexi Lalas FS1/FS2

Al Leiter MLB Network

Harold Reynolds MLB Network

Michael Strahan FOX

Tom Verducci MLB Network/FOX

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY - SPORTS EVENT

ANALYST

Gary Danielson CBS

Jon Gruden ESPN

Kirk Herbstreit ESPN/ABC

Tony Romo CBS/NFL Network

John Smoltz FOX/FS1/MLB Network

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY - SPORTS REPORTER

Allie LaForce tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV

Ken Rosenthal FOX/FS1/MLB Network

Lisa Salters ESPN/ABC

Michele Tafoya NBC

Tom Verducci MLB Network/FOX

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE

2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff National Championship ESPN

Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Georgia Bulldogs

Monday Night Football ESPN

NASCAR on FOX FOX/FS1

The 35th America's Cup NBCSN

US Open ESPN

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO

2017 NFL DRAFT NFL Network

College GameDay ESPN

MLB Tonight MLB Network

Premier League NBC/NBCSN

Super Bowl LII NFL Network

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK

A Season With Navy Football Showtime

[Ross Greenburg Productions/

Stone & Company/IMG Productions/

Crazy Legs Productions/Vidiots]

Over the Horizon Outside TV

[Echo Bay Media]

SC Featured ESPNews

A Mountain to Climb

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change

The 143rd KENTUCKY DERBY NBC

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM EDITING

AFC Championship CBS

Teasing John Malkovich

Dear Basketball Verizon

[Glen Keane Productions/Granity Studios/

Believe Entertainment Group]

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change

The 143rd KENTUCKY DERBY NBC

Thursday Night Football Presents... CBS/NFL Network

OUTSTANDING LONG FORM EDITING

Breaking2 NAT GEO

[Nat Geo Studios/Dirty Robber]

Golf Central Golf Channel

Feeling and Reality: The Billy Hurley Story [May Fifth Productions]

NFL 360 NFL Network

Konrad Reuland: On a Mission

SC Featured ESPNews

The Rob Young Story

UCONN: THE MARCH to Madness HBO

[IMG Productions]

THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD

AFC Championship CBS

Teasing John Malkovich

MLB Tonight MLB Network

Opening Day Essay

Special Olympics World Games ESPN2

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change

Thursday Night Football Presents... CBS/NFL Network

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION

30 for 30 ESPN

Nature Boy [ESPN Films]

AFC Championship CBS

Teasing John Malkovich, "They Are Two Goliaths"

Dear Basketball Verizon

[Glen Keane Productions/Granity Studios/

Believe Entertainment Group]

Road To The SUPER BOWL FOX

[NFL Films]

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change, "The Letter"

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT AUDIO/SOUND

The 35th America's Cup NBC/NBCSN

Indianapolis 500 ABC

MLB on FOX FOX/FS1/MLB Network

NASCAR on FOX FOX/FS1

NASCAR on NBC NBC/NBCSN

OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED AUDIO/SOUND

Blood Road iTunes

[Red BULL Media House]

Hard Knocks HBO

Training Camp With The Tampa Bay Buccaneers [NFL Films]

Inside the NFL Showtime

Super Bowl LII [CBS Sports/NFL Films]

Radioactive - The Championship Race FS1

[NASCAR Productions]

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change

OUTSTANDING LIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN

2017 ELEAGUE on TBS tbs

2017 NBA All-Star Weekend on TNT TNT

2017 NBA FINALS ABC

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors

College Basketball ESPN/ESPN2

League of Legends YouTube

[Riot Games]

OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED GRAPHIC DESIGN

CBS Thursday Night Football/NFL Today CBS/NFL Network

NFL Quick Facts

Dear Basketball Verizon

[Glen Keane Productions/Granity Studios/

Believe Entertainment Group]

Fantasy Football Marathon ESPN2

Monday Night Football ESPN

NFL on NBC NBC

OUTSTANDING STUDIO OR PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART

DIRECTION

AFC Championship CBS

Teasing John Malkovich

El Clasico Coming to America ESPN

[DLP Media Group]

Sunday Night Football NBC

Oh Sunday Night

The 118th ARMY-NAVY GAME CBS

The More Things Change

Thursday Night Football Presents... CBS/NFL Network

Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers

THE GEORGE WENSEL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2017 ELEAGUE on TBS tbs

ELEAGUE Augmented Reality

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOXSports.com

C360

NHL on DIRECTV: Penguins at Golden Knights DIRECTV

First Live 4K HDR Linear Broadcast

Sunday Night Baseball ESPN

Front Row Cam

The 35th America's Cup NBCSN

Flytime

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV

The Arrival

A Football Life NFL Network

Circle of Life [NFL Films]

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOX/FS1

Every Game is Everything

NASCAR on FOX FOX

Daytona 500 - Daytona Day

The XXIII Olympic Winter Games The Networks of NBC Universal

The Winter Olympics Campaign 2017

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE IN SPANISH

FIFA World Cup Qualifier Univision/Univision Deportes

Mexico vs. USA

Final de la Copa FIFA Confederaciones Telemundo

Chile vs. Alemania

La Finales de la NBA ESPN Deportes

Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

La Previa UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Final FOX Deportes

Rumbo Al Mundial Telemundo

Fecha Final

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW IN SPANISH

Béisbol Esta Noche ESPN Deportes

Futbol Central Univision/Univision Deportes

Futbol Picante ESPN Deportes

La Liga Premier: Tercer Tiempo Telemundo

SportsCenter Deportes ESPN Deportes

OUTSTANDING ON-AIR SPORTS PERSONALITY IN SPANISH

Andrés Cantor Telemundo

José Ramón Fernández ESPN Deportes

Ernesto Jerez ESPN Deportes

Jorge Ramos ESPN Deportes

Sammy Sadovnik Telemundo



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