The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 39th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, located in the Time Warner Center on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in New York City.
The big winner of the night went to the “Teasing John Malkovich” segment that opened the AFC Championship Game from Jan. 2018 on CBS. It took home four Sports Emmys including Outstanding Open/Tease.
Also for CBS, its telecast of the 118th Army-Navy game won three Sports Emmys, especially for Outstanding Live Sports Special.
The networks of ESPN earned ten awards, including “College GameDay” for Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly and Kirk Herbstreit for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst.
Sports television executive and talent agent Barry Frank received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL
The 118th Army-Navy Game
CBS
OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES
Sunday Night Football
NBC
OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF COVERAGE
NFC Divisional Playoff: New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings
FOX
OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE
Ironman World Championship
NBC
[Texas Crew Productions]
OUTSTANDING SHORT SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
SC Featured: A Mountain to Climb
ESPNews
OUTSTANDING LONG SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Disgraced
Showtime
[Bat Bridge Entertainment]
OUTSTANDING SERIALIZED SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
HBO
[NFL Films]
OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – WEEKLY
College GameDay (ESPN)
OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY
MLB Tonight (MLB Network)
OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – LIMITED RUN
MLB on FOX: The Postseason (FOX/ FS1)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS NEWS ANTHOLOGY
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM
E: 60: The Dictator’s Team (ESPN2)
OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE
College GameDay (WatchESPN)
Melvin Keihn
OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE
E: 60 (ESPN2)
Fight On
OUTSTANDING OPEN/TEASE
AFC Championship (CBS)
Teasing John Malkovich
OUTSTANDING TRANS-MEDIA SPORTS COVERAGE
2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament NCAA.com
NCAA March Madness Live
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL INNOVATION
Capturing Everest
SI.com
360-degree VR [Endemol Shine Beyond]
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL TV EXPERIENCE
100,000 Cameras (FOX)
Ohio State vs. Michigan [NASCAR Productions]
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO HOST
Bob Ley (ESPN)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – PLAY-BY-PLAY
Mike ‘Doc” Emrick (NBC/NBCSN)
Jim Nantz (tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO ANALYST
Harold Reynolds (MLB Network)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – SPORTS EVENT ANALYST
Kirk Herbstreit (ESPN/ABC)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – SPORTS REPORTER
Tom Verducci (MLB Network/FOX)
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE
NASCAR on FOX (FOX/FS1)
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO (tie)
College GameDay (ESPN)
Super Bowl LII (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK
The 143rd Kentucky Derby (NBC)
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM EDITING
AFC Championship (CBS)
Teasing John Malkovich
OUTSTANDING LONG FORM EDITING
Golf Central (Golf Channel)
Feeling and Reality: The Billy Hurley Story [May Fifth Productions]
THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD
AFC Championship (CBS)
Teasing John Malkovich
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
The 118th Army-Navy Game (CBS)
The More Things Change, “The Letter”
OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT AUDIO/SOUND
NASCAR on FOX (FOX/FS1)
OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED AUDIO/SOUND
The 118th Army-Navy Game (CBS)
The More Things Change
OUTSTANDING LIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN
League of Legends (YouTube)
[Riot Games]
OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED GRAPHIC DESIGN
Dear Basketball (Verizon)
[Glen Keane Productions/Granity Studios/ Believe Entertainment Group]
OUTSTANDING STUDIO OR PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION
AFC Championship (CBS)
Teasing John Malkovich
THE GEORGE WENSEL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN)
Front Row Cam
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
NASCAR on FOX (FOX)
Daytona 500 – Daytona Day
OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE IN SPANISH
FIFA World Cup Qualifier (Univision/Univision Deportes)
Mexico vs. USA
OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW IN SPANISH
Futbol Picante (ESPN Deportes)
OUTSTANDING ON-AIR SPORTS PERSONALITY IN SPANISH
Andres Cantor (Telemundo)
