29th Sports Emmy Award Winners

Last night, the 29th Sports Emmy Awards were held in New York and the big winner was HBO with 8.

James Brown won Best Studio Host for CBS, NBC had a clean sweep of Play-by-Play, Studio Analyst and Game Analyst.

SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK

HBO (8)

Lords of Flatbush ……………………………………………………………… 2

Mayweather / Hatton 24/7 ……………………………………………………. 2

Cris Collinsworth ………………………………………………………………… 1

De La Hoya / Mayweather 24/7 …………………………………………….. 1

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs …. 1

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel …………………………………………. 1

FOX (5)

NASCAR on FOX …………………………………………………………………… 2

BCS on FOX Tostitos Fiesta Bowl ………………………………………….. 1

MLB on FOX …………………………………………………………………………… 1

MLB on FOX: Pre Game Show ……………………………………………… 1

ESPN (4)

Ali’s 65 ………………………………………………………………………………… 1

College Gameday ……………………………………………………………….. 1

ESPN NASCAR …………………………………………………………………… 1

Sunday NFL Countdown …………………………………………………….. 1

CBS (3)

James Brown ……………………………………………………………………… 1

Super Bowl XLI …………………………………………………………………….. 1

US Open Tennis Championships ………………………………………. 1

ESPN.com (3)

Death Race 2007 ………………………………………………………………. 1

Fantasy Football Now ………………………………………………………… 1

Ray of Hope ……………………………………………………………………….. 1

NBC (3)

Cris Collinsworth ………………………………………………………………. 1

John Madden ………………………………………………………………………. 1

Al Michaels …………………………………………………………………………. 1

TNT (3)

Inside the NBA ……………………………………………………………………. 1

NBA All-Star Saturday Night ………………………………………………… 1

NBA on TNT ………………………………………………………………………… 1

NFL Network (2)

America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions ………………….. 1

NFL films Presents: Finding Your Butkus ………………………….. 1

ABC (1)

ESPN NASCAR …………………………………………………………………… 1

ESPN2 (1)

ESPN NASCAR …………………………………………………………………… 1

FSN (1)

Sport Science …………………………………………………………………….. 1

Golf Channel (1)

PGA Tour and LPGA Coverage ………………………………………….. 1

NASCAR Images (1)

Quest for the Cup ………………………………………………………………. 1

TBS (1)

MLB Post Season ……………………………………………………………… 1

I can imagine that ESPN will have a press release out later today saying combining all of its various platforms, it won the most Emmy Awards with 9, but that’s semantics. Here are the winners of the major awards. The complete list can be seen at emmyonline.org.

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL:

* BCS on FOX: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl – FOX

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES:

* NASCAR on FOX – FOX

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND:

* Quest for the Cup – VOOM/NASCAR Images

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL:

* De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 – HBO

OUTSTANDING SPORTS DOCUMENTARY:

* Ghosts of Flatbush – HBO

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SERIES / ANTHOLOGY:

* America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions – NFL Networks/NFL Films

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – WEEKLY:

* College Gameday – ESPN

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY:

* Inside the NBA – TNT

OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM:

* Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Headgames: The NFL Concussion Crisis

OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE:

* Sunday NFL Countdown- ESPN
Fear – produced by Bluefoot Entertainment

OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE:

* NFL Films Presents: Finding Your Butkus – NFL Network/NFL Films

OUTSTANDING OPEN/TEASE:

* Super Bowl XLI – CB
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OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO HOST:

* James Brown – CBS

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – PLAY-BY-PLAY:

* Al Michaels – NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO ANALYST:

* Cris Collinsworth – HBO NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – SPORTS EVENT ANALYST:

* John Madden – NBC

THE DICK SCHAAP WRITING AWARD:

* Mayweather/Hatton 24/7 – HBO

THE GEORGE WENSEL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

* PGA TOUR and LPGA Coverage – Golf Channel
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Once again, I omitted some awards and the full list can be seen over at emmyonline.org. Also, the Emmy Awards press release lists the crews that worked so hard on the abovereferenced events so you can read the names at the Emmy Awards website if you so choose.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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