# 33rd Sports Emmy Awards

The 33rd Sports Emmy Awards were presented on April 30, 2012, at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

## Awards
### Programs

| Outstanding Live Sports Special | Outstanding Live Sports Series |
| 2011 World Series, FOX 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, ESPN 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, NBC/Versus 2011 Daytona 500, FOX 2011 Masters Tournament | NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN HBO World Championship Boxing/PPV Boxing, HBO MLB on Fox, FOX NBA on TNT, TNT |
| Outstanding Live Event Tournaround | Outstanding Playoff Coverage |
| Inside the Headsets - The 27th All-Star Challenge, SPEED/NASCAR Media Group 2011 Tour de France, CBS/Versus 2011 Track & Field World Championships, NBC Inside the PGA Tour - PGA Tour Playoffs, Golf Channel/PGA Tour Entertainment The USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Rematch in the Rockies, Versus/Blink Productions | NBC NFL Wildcard Saturday, NBC 2011 Big East tournament, ESPN MLB on Fox - ALCS, FOX NBA Playoffs on TNT, TNT SEC Football Championship Game - Georgia vs. LSU, CBS The 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, ESPN |
| Outstanding Edited Sports Special | Outstanding Sports Documentary |
| Outside the Lines - Joplin: City of Hope, ESPN2 24/7 - Mayweather/Ortiz, HBO Derek Jeter 3K, HBO E:60 - 'Risk' Special, ESPN2 Sharpe Focus - Journey to Canton, NFL Network | A Game of Honor, Showtime/CBS Sports Catching Hell, ESPN McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice, HBO Runnin' Rebels of UNLV, HBO The Marinovich Project, ESPN Unguarded, ESPN |
| Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology | Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly |
| The Franchise - A Season with the San Francisco Giants, Showtime/MLB Productions A Football Life, NFL Network E:60, ESPN2 NFL Turning Point, Versus/NFL Films World of Adventure Sports, NBC | Inside the NBA, TNT College GameDay, ESPN Football Night in America, NBC Inside the NFL, Showtime/CBS Sports Sunday NFL Countdown, ESPN |
| Outstanding Studio Show - Daily | Outstanding Sports Journalism |
| MLB Tonight, MLB Network Inside the NBA - Playoffs, TNT NASCAR Now, ESPN Pardon the Interruption, ESPN SportsCenter, ESPN SportsNation, ESPN2 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - The College Bowl Game Money Trail, HBO E:60 - Nightmare, ESPN2 E:60 - Stranger Than Fiction, ESPN2 E:60 - The Athletes of Bahrain, ESPN2 Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Tennis Coach/Child Molester, HBO |
| Outstanding Short Feature | Outstanding Long Feature |
| E:60 - Together, ESPN2 SportsCenter - Time Out of Mind, ESPN Football Night in America - The Greatest Gift, NBC Human Highlight Reel - Manny Ohonme: The Great Samaritan, CBS/CBS Turner Sports SportsCenter - White Gold, ESPN Winter X Games XV - Kevin Michael Connolly, ESPN | Outside the Lines - The Man Behind the Red Bandana, ESPN E:60 - Dead Solid Perfect, ESPN2 NCAA men's basketball tournament - Amongst Friends: A Story of Loss and Healing, CBS Outside the Lines - Never Forgotten, ESPN Outside the Lines - The Promise, ESPN |
| Outstanding Open/Tease | Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage |
| NBA on TNT - NBA Forever, TNT 2011 NBA Playoffs on TNT - Dominoes, TNT 2011 Open Championship - Round 3 - Saturday Open, ESPN 24/7 - Flyers-Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic, HBO The Army-Navy Game, CBS The Indianapolis 500, ABC/ESPN | PGA Championship LIVE on PGA.com, PGA.com March Madness on Demand, NCAA.com/CBS Sports/Turner Sports MLB.com at Bat 11, MLB Advanced Media NBA League Pass, NBA.com/NBA Digital NFL Sunday Ticket Experience, DIRECTV |
| Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming | |
| A Game of Honor, CBSSports.com Football Freakonomics, NFL Network/NFL.com Sport Science, ESPN.com Sunday Night Football Extra, NBCSports.com The NFL Season: A Biography, NFL Network/NFL.com | |

### Personalities

| Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host | Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play |
| Bob Costas, NBC Sports/MLB Network Bryant Gumbel, HBO Dan Patrick, NBC/DIRECTV Ernie Johnson, TNT/NBA TV James Brown, CBS/Showtime | Joe Buck, FOX Sports Al Michaels, NBC Jim Nantz, CBS Marv Albert, CBS/TBS/TNT Mike Emrick, NBC/Versus |
| Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst | Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst |
| Charles Barkley, CBS/NBA TV/TNT Al Leiter, MLB Network Cris Collinsworth, Showtime Harold Reynolds, MLB Network Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN Skip Bayless, ESPN2 Trent Dilfer, ESPN | Cris Collinsworth, NBC Gary Danielson, CBS Jim Kaat, MLB Network Jon Gruden, ESPN Mike Mayock, NBC/NFL Network |
| Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Reporter | |
| Michele Tafoya, NBC Craig Sager, TBS/TNT Ken Rosenthal, FOX Pierre McGuire, NBC/Versus Tracy Wolfson, CBS | |

### Technical

| Outstanding Technical Team Remote | Outstanding Technical Team Studio |
| MLB on Fox, FOX Winter X Games XV, ESPN3D NASCAR on Fox, FOX US Open Championship, Golf Channel/NBC | MLB Tonight, MLB Network NASCAR on ESPN, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 NASCAR on Fox, FOX NCAA men's basketball tournament - Road to the Final Four, CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV/CBS Sports/Turner Sports |
| Outstanding Camera Work | Outstanding Editing |
| 2011 Ironman World Championship, NBC 24/7 - Cotto vs. Margarito, HBO 24/7 - Flyers-Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic, HBO A Game of Honor, Showtime/CBS Sports Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN, ESPN2 NFL Films Presents - Shots of the Season, NFL Network The Promise, ESPN | 24/7 - Pacquiao-Marques, HBO 24/7 - Flyers-Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic, HBO A Game of Honor, Showtime/CBS Sports Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN, ESPN2 Joplin: City of Hope, ESPN Unguarded, ESPN |
| The Dick Schaap Writing Award | Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics |
| 24/7 - Flyers-Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic, HBO 2011 Open Championship - Round 3 Open, ESPN NBC Sunday Night Football - Bob Costas Essays, NBC NFL GameDay Mornings - Lombardi Returns, NFL Network The Kentucky Derby, NBC | Ed Sabol's Last Football Movie - Men of Mettle, NFL Network 2011 NBA Moments on TNT - NBA All-Star Game on TNT & NBA Playoffs on TNT, TNT McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice, HBO ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN The Army-Navy Game - Opening Tease, CBS The Curious Case of Curt Flood, HBO The Franchise - A Season with the San Francisco Giants, Showtime |
| Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound | Outstanding Post Produced Audio/Sound |
| MLB on Fox, FOX NASCAR on Fox, FOX NFL on Fox, FOX Winter X Games XV, ESPN | Sound FX: All Access, NFL Network 24/7 - Flyers-Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic, HBO NBA on TNT, TNT NFL Films Presents - Super Bowl XLV, NFL Films The Army-Navy Game - Opening Tease, CBS |
| Outstanding Graphic Design | Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction |
| Sport Science, ESPN 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN NBA All-Star Weekend, TNT NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC | NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, ESPN 2011 NBA Draft, ESPN NASCAR on Fox, FOX Sunday NFL Countdown, ESPN |
| The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award | Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Institutional |
| America's Cup Highlight Show - Live Line, Versus Nascar on Fox/MLB on Fox - Hot Trax/Hot Spot, Fox The DIAMOND Platform, MLB Network/MLB.com The Masters - 3D Coverage, ESPN3D | NBA on TNT - Shaq 'Get Ready', TNT All in One Place - All in One Place; Time Line, MLB Network It's Not Crazy, It's Sports - Fanwiches, Proposal, Towel Around the World, ESPN/O Positive/Moxie Pictures NFL GameDay Morning - Carpool, NFL Network NFL on Fox - Better on FOX, FOX |
| Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Episodic | |
| 2011 Stanley Cup Finals - No Words, NBC 24/7 - Flyers-Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic - The Ultimate Rivalry, HBO A Game of Honor, Showtime Bill Belichick: A Football Life - Meet Bill Belichick, NFL Network NFL Kickoff, NBC | |