# 36th Sports Emmy Awards

The 36th Sports Emmy Awards was presented on May 5, 2015 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. George Bodenheimer, former ESPN president, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports.

## Awards

Winners in BOLD

### Programs

| Outstanding Live Sports Special | Outstanding Live Sports Series |
| Super Bowl XLIX, NBC 146th Belmont Stakes, NBC 2014 FIFA World Cup Final, ABC College Football Playoff National Championship, ESPN, Oregon vs. Ohio State Daytona 500, FOX | NASCAR on FOX, FOX ESPN College Football, ABC/ESPN/SEC Network ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN Sunday Night Football, NBC |
| Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage | Outstanding Edited Sports Special |
| Super Bowl XLVIII, NFL Network All Access - Epilogue: Mayweather vs. Maidana, Showtime Derek Jeter: Night 2 Remember, Fox Sports 1 Ironman World Championship, NBC NFL Turning Point, NBCSN | E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest, ESPN2 Football America: Our Stories, FOX Mr. Baseball: Bob Uecker, MLB Network |
| Outstanding Playoff Coverage | Outstanding Sports Documentary |
| NFC Championship Game, FOX, Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks NASCAR Chase for the Cup, ESPN National League Championship Series, Fox Sports 1, San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals NCAA March Madness, tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV NFL Playoffs - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens & Baltimore Ravens vs. New England Patriots, NBC | We Could Be King, ESPNews McConkey, Starz Payne, Golf Channel SEC Storied - It's Time, SEC Network |
| Outstanding Sports Documuentary Series | Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly |
| 30 for 30, ESPN All Access, Showtime 24/7, HBO A Football Life, NFL Network Hard Knocks, HBO Undrafted, NFL Network | College GameDay, ESPN Football Football Night in America, NBC Inside the NBA on TNT, TNT Sunday NFL Countdown, ESPN |
| Outstanding Studio Show - Daily | Outstanding Sports News Anthology |
| MLB Tonight, MLB Network Inside the NBA on TNT: Playoffs, TNT NFL Live, ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption, ESPN SportsCenter, ESPN | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO E:60, ESPN2 Outside the Lines, ESPN |
| Outstanding Sports Journalism | Outstanding Short Feature |
| Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Kids & Guns, HBO 60 Minutes Sports - Phil Ivey, Showtime Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Death on the Track, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Higher Education?, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Sport in Qatar: Price of Glory, HBO | FOX Sports Live - Corked: The Albert Belle Bat Heist, FOX Sports E:60 - Loud and Proud, ESPN2 Inside the NFL - The Final Stitch, Showtime Road to the Final Four - Buzz's Bunch, CBS Sunday NFL Countdown - Danny's Day, ESPN The NFL Today - Homes for Wounded Warriors: Jared Allen, CBS |
| Outstanding Long Feature | Outstanding Open/Tease |
| E:60 - Owen and Haatchi, ESPN2 E:60 - Catching Kayla, ESPN2 SportsCenter – SC Featured - Lauren Hill: One More Game, ESPN SportsCenter – SC Featured - Pete's Challenge, ESPN XXII Olympic Winter Games - Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story, NBC | E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest, ESPN2 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Hall of Heroes, MLB Network College Football on CBS - The Army-Navy Game: A Different Kind of Game, CBS MLB on tbs Postseason – One-Man Show, tbs NCAA March Madness - March Madness Tease, tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV NFL on CBS - AFC Championship 2013: Would You Watch, CBS |
| Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage | Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming |
| XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC Olympics College Football Playoff National Championship, ESPN/WatchESPN ESPN Sport Science, ESPN NCAA March Madness, tbs/TNT/truTV | XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC Olympics Anatomy of a Pitch, ESPN Enduring Guilt Games of Zones, Bleacher Report Together We Make Football, NFL Films |
| Outstanding New Approaches - Sports Programming - Short Format | Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement |
| Captain's Curtain Call, FOX Sports NFL UP!, NFL Digital Media PK Thanks Chicago, MLB Putt Putt Perfection, Grantland | 2014 FIFA World Cup - World Cup Big Event/Time Zone/I Believe, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 MLB on Fox Sports 1 – MLB Awareness Campaign - Ready/Working/Sweet, Fox Sports 1 MLB on tbs Postseason - One-Man Show, tbs Monuments, MLB Network NBC Sports - Best Seat, NBC/NBCSN |
| Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish | Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup, Univision Futebol Estelar - Leon vs. Pachua, Telemundo Futebol Estelar - Premier League Championship Sunday, Telemundo/Mun2 NASCAR Toyota 120, Mun2 Super Bowl XLIX, NBCUniverso | Futebol Central, Univision Contacto Deportivo, Univision Fuera de Juego, ESPN Deportes SportsCenter Deportes, ESPN Deportes Univision Deportes Futbol Club, Univision |

### Technical

| Outstanding Technical Team Remote | Outstanding Technical Team Studio |
| XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC ESPN College Football, ESPN Golf on CBS, CBS NASCAR on FOX, FOX/FOX Sports 1 | Premier League, NBC Football Night in America, NBC Super Bowl XLVIII, FOX Sports MLB Tonight, MLB Network |
| Outstanding Camera Work | Outstanding Short Form Editing |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup, ABC/ESPN 24/7 – Cotto - Martinez, HBO FOX Sports Live - Terrance West: "Football, Family, and NFL Dreams" , FOX Sports 1 Inside the NFL - Super Bowl XLIX Season 7 Finale, Showtime Ironman World Championship, NBC NFL Films Presents - Shots of the Year, NFL Network | FOX Sports Live - Corked: The Albert Belle Bat Heist, FOX Sports FOX Sports Live - Captain's Curtain Call, FOX Sports FOX Sports Live - Driven: Jay Blake, FOX Sports NBA on TNT - Kendrick Lamar "I" , TNT XXII Olympic Winter Games - Profiles of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC XXII Olympic Winter Games - Remember the Titans, NBC |
| Outstanding Long Form Editing | Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award |
| FOX Sports Live - Finding Rico Harris: The Vanishing Man, FOX Sports All Access - Epilogue: Mayweather vs. Madiana II, Showtime Deep Dive, National Geographic Channel Hard Knocks - Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons, HBO Inside the NFL - Super Bowl XLIX, Showtime Notre Dame: Reborn, NBC The Third Team, MLB Network XXII Olympic Winter Games - Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story, NBC | XXII Olympic Winter Games - Winter's Theater, NBC 60 Minutes Sports - All Blacks, Showtime E:60 - Owen and Haatchi, ESPN2 MLB on tbs Postseason - One-Man Show, tbs XXII Olympic Winter Games - Lokomotiv, NBC |
| Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics | Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound |
| Hard Knocks - Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons, HBO 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Hall of Heroes, MLB Network 2014 FIFA World Cup - Six Degrees, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Road to the Super Bowl, FOX SEC Storied - It's Time, SEC Network | MLB on FOX, FOX/FOX Sports 1 HBO Boxing, HBO NASCAR on FOX, FOX/FOX Sports 1 NFL on FOX, FOX XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC |
| Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound | Outstanding Live Graphic Design |
| XXII Olympic Winter Games - Winter's Theater, NBC FOX Sports Live - Walking Dead: The Charlie Rowan Story, FOX Sports 1 Hard Knocks - Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons, HBO Inside the NFL - Super Bowl XLIX Season 7 Finale, Showtime MLB on tbs Postseason - One-Man Show, tbs NBA on TNT, TNT | XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC 2014 FIFA World Cup, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 MLB on FOX, FOX/FOX Sports 1 SportsCenter, ESPN Sunday Night Football, NBC Super Bowl XLIX, NBC |
| Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design | Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction |
| ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN 2014 NBA draft ESPN Sport Science, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Grantland Basketball Hour, ESPN | SportsCenter, ESPN FOX NFL Sunday, FOX Sunday NFL Countdown, NFL Live, NFL Insiders, Monday Night Countdown, NFL PrimeTime, ESPN XXII Olympic Winter Games, NBC/NBCSN |
| Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction | George Wensel Technical Achievement Award |
| 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Hall of Heroes, MLB Network MLB on tbs Postseason - One-Man Show, tbs Sunday Night Football - Waiting All Day For Sunday Night Open, NBC Super Bowl XLIX - Waiting All Day For a Super Bowl Fight Open, NBC | XXII Olympic Winter Games - Maximum Access, NBC 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend - Free D Replay System, TNT ESPN Monday Night Football - VFX, ESPN IP Production, PAC-12 Network SportsCenter, NFL Countdown, and NFL Primetime - ESPN Digital Center 2, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNews |

### Personalities

| Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Host | Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-by-Play |
| Ernie Johnson, TNT Bob Costas, NBC/MLB Network Rich Eisen, NFL Network/DirecTV Keith Olbermann, ESPN2 Stuart Scott, ESPN Matt Vasgersian, MLB Network | Mike Emrick, NBC Mike Breen, ABC/ESPN Bob Costas, MLB Network Ian Eagle, tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV Dan Hicks, NBC/Golf Channel |
| Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst | Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Event Analyst |
| Harold Reynolds, MLB Network Charles Barkley, TNT Rick Neuheisel PAC-12 Network Tom Verducci MLB Network | Cris Collinsworth, NBC Jon Gruden, ESPN Jeff Van Gundy, ABC/ESPN Kirk Herbstreit, ABC/ESPN Harold Reynolds, FOX/FOX Sports 1/MLB Network |
| Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Reporter | Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish |
| Ken Rosenthal, FOX/FOX Sports 1/MLB Network Holly Rowe, ESPN/espnW Lisa Salters, ESPN Michele Tafoya, NBC Tom Verducci, MLB Network | Ernesto Jerez, ESPN Deportes Enrique Bermudez, Univision Andres Cantor, Telemundo Jose Ramon Fernandez, ESPN Deportes Marion Reimers, FOX Deportes |

### Lifetime Achievement Award

George Bodenheimer

## Awards by Network Group

| Group | Award-Winning Networks | Winners |
| ESPN | ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews | 11 |
| NBC Sports Group | NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, nbcolympics.com | 11 |
| FOX Sports Media Group | FOX, FOX Sports 1, FOXsports.com | 9 |
| MLB Media | MLB Network | 4 |
| HBO Sports | | 3 |
| Univision | | 2 |
| CBS | Showtime | 1 |
| NFL Media | NFL Network | 1 |
| Turner Sports | TNT | 1 |