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ESPN Inc. Earns Industry-Leading 63 Sports Emmy Nominations

April 8, 2025 By admin

ESPN earned an industry-leading 63 nominations for the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as announced Tuesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). This is the 12th straight year that ESPN has led the industry. ESPN’s 63 nominations include work presented on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, SEC Network, the ESPN App, ESPN.com and Disney+.

The post ESPN Inc. Earns Industry-Leading 63 Sports Emmy Nominations appeared first on ESPN Press Room U.S..

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ESPN Inc. Earns Industry-Leading 58 Sports Emmy Nominations

April 9, 2024 By admin

ESPN earned an industry-leading 58 nominations for the 45th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as announced Tuesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). This is the 11th straight year that ESPN has led the industry.

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NBC SPORTS EARNS 24 SPORTS EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

April 9, 2024 By admin

Sunday Night Football Nominated for Outstanding Live Sports Series; Up For 12th Win in 16 Years

SNF’s Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth Nominated in Respective Play-by-Play and Event Analyst Categories

Noah Eagle Earns Nomination after Opening Season of Big Ten Saturday Night

GOLF Channel’s Unredeemable Earns Three Nominations

Telemundo Earns Studio Show Nominations for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and SNF; Andrés Cantor and Miguel Gurwitz Earn On-Air Personality Nomination

STAMFORD, Conn. – April 9, 2024 – NBC Sports earned 24 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2023, highlighted by nominations for its coverage of Sunday Night Football, the 149th Kentucky Derby, golf, and more.

The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 21.

Highlights of NBC Sports’ nominations:

    • Sunday Night Football — primetime television’s No. 1 show for an unprecedented 13 consecutive seasons – earned six nominations, including for Outstanding Live Sports Series, which it has won 11 times in the past 15 years;

 

    • NBC Sports received a nomination in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category for its presentations of the NFL Playoffs on NBC and Peacock;

 

    • NASCAR on NBC earned an Outstanding Technical Team Event nomination for the Chicago Street Race;

 

    • NBC Sports earned two nominations in the Outstanding Open/Tease category for Timeless on The 149th Kentucky Derby coverage and Heidi on SNF. In addition, SNF earned a nomination for The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form for its opening teases throughout the season;

 

    • Mike Tirico was nominated for Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play following his second season as the play-by-play voice of Sunday Night Football/ Tirico has won the Sports Emmy in the Host category for the past two years;

 

    • Cris Collinsworth, winner of 17 Sports Emmys, was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Event Analyst category for the 17th time in the past 18 years;

 

    • Noah Eagle, the voice of NBC Sports’ Big Ten Saturday Night games, was nominated for Outstanding Sports Personality – Emerging On-Air.

 

    • Kaylee Hartung, who worked two NFL playoff games for NBC Sports in addition to her role on Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football, was nominated for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter;

 

    • Andrés Cantor (Telemundo), winner of four Sports Emmys, was nominated for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish, along with Telemundo Deportes colleague Miguel Gurwitz.

 

NBC Sports earned a total of 24 nominations, including six nominations for SNF, three nominations for GOLF Channel, one nomination for NBCSports.com, and four nominations for Telemundo.

The complete list of NBC Sports nominations are as follows:

    • Outstanding Live Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Playoff Coverage: NFL Playoffs on NBC (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Short Feature: Madden & Stingley (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Long Feature: Unredeemable (GOLF Channel)
    • Outstanding Open/Tease: The 149th Kentucky Derby: Timeless (NBC)
    • Outstanding Open/Tease: Sunday Night Football: Heidi (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Personality/Play-by-Play: Mike Tirico (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Personality/Sports Event Analyst: Cris Collinsworth (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air: Noah Eagle (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Personality/Sideline Reporter: Kaylee Hartung (Prime Video/NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Technical Team Event: NASCAR on NBC: Chicago Street Race (NBC)
    • Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form: Unredeemable (GOLF Channel)
    • Outstanding Editing – Short Form: The 149th Kentucky Derby: Timeless (NBC)
    • Outstanding Editing – Long Form: Unredeemable (GOLF Channel)
    • The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form: Sunday Night Football (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Writing – Long Form: Chasing Gold: Farebersviller (NBC)
    • Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: NASCAR on NBC (NBC/USA Network)
    • Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: Sunday Night Football (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Public Service Content: Hometown Hopefuls (NBC/NBCSports.com)
    • Outstanding Public Service Content: Notre Dame Football: What Would You Fight For? (NBC)
    • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Sunday Night Football (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo)

 

A complete list of nominees is available at https://theemmys.tv/sports-45th-nominations/.

 

For more information about NBC Sports shows and properties, including press releases, photos, talent and executive bios and headshots, please visit https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/.

 

–NBC SPORTS–

 

Filed Under: Emmy Awards, Emmys, NBC, SNF, Sunday Night Football, Uncategorized

NBC SPORTS WINS 8 SPORTS EMMY AWARDS, LED BY XXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

May 22, 2023 By admin

NBCUniversal’s Presentation of Beijing Olympics Delivers 4 Sports Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Live Sports Special

Mike Tirico Wins for Outstanding Studio Host For Second Consecutive Year

Telemundo’s Andrés Cantor Wins Fifth Sports Emmy for Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish

NEW YORK, NY – May 22, 2023 – NBC Sports tonight won eight Sports Emmy Awards for excellence in sports television production, highlighted by multiple honors for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games. The awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

NBCUniversal’s presentation of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing in Feb. 2022 won four Sports Emmys, including for Outstanding Live Sports Special.

In addition:

 

  • Mike Tirico, for the second consecutive year, earned the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host, following a stretch in which he anchored the Beijing Olympics in primetime, horse racing’s Triple Crown, golf’s U.S. Open, and the Indianapolis 500.

 

  • Andrés Cantor (Telemundo) won his fifth Sports Emmy for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish, punctuated by his work on the Copa Mundial de la FIFA Qatar 2022.

 

  • Telemundo Deportes’ Copa Mundial de la FIFA Qatar 2022 earned the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish.

 

  • Peacock earned a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form for Meddling;

 

The complete list of NBC Sports winners is as follows:

 

  • Outstanding Live Sports Special: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC)
  • Outstanding Personality/Studio Host: Mike Tirico (NBC/GOLF Channel)
  • Outstanding Technical Team Event: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC)
  • Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form: Meddling (NBC/Peacock)
  • Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC/USA Network)
  • Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show: XXIV Olympic Winter Games & Paralympic Games (NBC/USA Network/CNBC/Peacock/Twitter/NBCOlympics.com)
  • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Copa Mundial de la FIFA Qatar 2022 (Telemundo/Peacock)
  • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo)

 

A complete list of winners is available at https://theemmys.tv/.

–NBC Sports—

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NBC SPORTS EARNS 38 SPORTS EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

April 11, 2023 By admin

XXIV Olympic Winter Games Earn 10 Nominations, Tied for Most of Any Program

Sunday Night Football Nominated for Outstanding Live Sports Series; Up For 12th Win in 15 Years

148th Kentucky Derby and 2022 Winter Olympic Games Nominated for Outstanding Live Sports Special

Peacock Earns Six Nominations, Including Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair (Outstanding Long Documentary) and Meddling (Outstanding Documentary Series)

Mike Tirico Nominated in Host and Play-by-Play Categories, Joined by SNF Colleagues Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark

 Telemundo’s Andrés Cantor, Rolando Cantú, and Miguel Gurwitz Earn Sports Personality Nominations

STAMFORD, Conn. – April 11, 2023 – NBC Sports earned 38 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2022, highlighted by nominations for its coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Sunday Night Football, the 148th Kentucky Derby, golf, and more.

The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The winners will be announced on Monday, May 22.

Highlights of NBC Sports’ nominations:

    • The XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing garnered 10 nominations, tied for the most of any program;

    • Sunday Night Football — primetime television’s No. 1 show — was nominated again for Outstanding Live Sports Series, which it has won 11 times in the past 14 years;

    • NBC Sports received two nominations in the Outstanding Live Sports Special category for its presentations of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and the 148th Kentucky Derby;

    • The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award nomination for the Rewiring the Olympics production element during the Beijing Olympics;

    • Peacock earned six nominations, including Outstanding Long Documentary for Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair and Outstanding Documentary Series and Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form for Meddling;

    • Mike Tirico was nominated for Outstanding Sports Personality – Host, after winning the Sports Emmy in the category last year, and Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play, following his first season as the play-by-play voice of Sunday Night Football;

    • Cris Collinsworth, winner of 17 Sports Emmys, including last year for his SNF commentary, was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Event Analyst category for the 16th time in the past 17 years;

    • Melissa Stark, in her first year as Sunday Night Football’s sideline reporter, was nominated for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter;

    • Andrés Cantor (Telemundo), winner of three Sports Emmys, was nominated for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish, along with Telemundo Deportes colleagues Rolando Cantú and Miguel Gurwitz.

 

NBC Sports earned a total of 38 nominations, including six nominations for Peacock, two nominations for GOLF Channel, one nomination for NBCOlympics.com, eight nominations for Telemundo, and two nominations for NBCLX.

The complete list of NBC Sports nominations are as follows:

    • Outstanding Live Sports Special: The 148th Kentucky Derby (NBC)
    • Outstanding Live Sports Special: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC)
    • Outstanding Live Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC)
    • Outstanding Playoff Coverage: FedEx Cup Playoffs on NBC (NBC/GOLF Channel)
    • Outstanding Playoff Coverage: Sunday Night Football (NBC)
    • Outstanding Long Documentary: Woooooo! Becoming Rick Flair (Peacock/WWE)
    • Outstanding Documentary Series: Meddling (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Studio Show – Daily: The Rich Eisen Show (Peacock/The Roku Channel)
    • Outstanding Open/Tease: XXIV Olympic Winter Games: The Ride of Their Lives (NBC)
    • Outstanding Interactive Experience – Event Coverage: Fan Controlled Football (NBCLX/DAZN/Twitch/Fubo TV)
    • Outstanding Interactive Experience – Event Coverage: XXIV Olympic Winter Games
    • Outstanding Digital Innovation: Fan Controlled Football 2.0 (NBCLX/DAZN/Twitch/Fubo TV)
    • Outstanding Digital Innovation: XXIV Olympic Winter Games: The World’s First Immersive 8K Livestream (NBC)
    • Outstanding Personality/Studio Host: Rich Eisen (NFL Network/Peacock/The Roku Channel)
    • Outstanding Personality/Studio Host: Mike Tirico (NBC/GOLF Channel)
    • Outstanding Personality/Play-by-Play: Mike Tirico (NBC/GOLF Channel)
    • Outstanding Personality/Sports Event Analyst: Cris Collinsworth (NBC)
    • Outstanding Personality/Reporter: Melissa Stark (NBC)
    • Outstanding Technical Team Event: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC)
    • Outstanding Technical Team Studio: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC)
    • Outstanding Camera Work – Short Form: The 148th Kentucky Derby (NBC)
    • Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form: Meddling (NBC/Peacock)
    • Outstanding Editing – Short Form: XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Titans (NBC)
    • The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form: The 150th Open: Teases (NBC)
    • Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: NASCAR on NBC (NBC/USA Network)
    • Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC/USA Network)
    • Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show: XXIV Olympic Winter Games (NBC/USA Network/CNBC/Peacock/Twitter/NBCOlympics.com)
    • The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Rewiring the Olympics (NBC)
    • Outstanding Promotional Announcement: XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Jurassic (NBC)
    • Outstanding Public Service Content: Super Bowl LVII: Run With It (NBC)
    • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Copa Mundial de la FIFA Qatar 2022 (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Debate Mundial (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Hoy en La Copa (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Sunday Night Football en Universo (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish: Hoy en La Copa: Raul Jimenez – El Milagro (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Rolando Cantú (Telemundo)
    • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo)

 

 

A complete list of nominees is available at https://theemmys.tv/.

For more information about NBC Sports shows and properties, including press releases, photos, talent and executive bios and headshots, please visit https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/.

–NBC SPORTS–

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ESPN Earns Industry-Leading 62 Sports Emmy Nominations

April 7, 2022 By admin

ESPN earned an industry-leading 62 nominations for the 43rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as announced Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). This is the most nominations ever for ESPN  and the ninth straight year it has led the industry. ESPN’s record 62 nominations included work by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN3, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews, ESPNU, SEC Network and the ESPN App.

The post ESPN Earns Industry-Leading 62 Sports Emmy Nominations appeared first on ESPN Press Room U.S..

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NBC SPORTS EARNS 31 SPORTS EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

April 6, 2022 By admin

Games of XXXII Olympiad Earn 10 Nominations

Sunday Night Football Nominated for Outstanding Live Sports Series; Up For 12th Win in 14 Years

Peacock Earns Five Nominations, Including The Dan Patrick Show and The Rich Eisen Show for Outstanding Studio Show – Daily

Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Al Michaels, Michele Tafoya, Peacock’s Rich Eisen and Telemundo’s Andrés Cantor, Miguel Gurwitz, and Ana Jurka Earn Sports Personality Nominations

STAMFORD, Conn. – April 6, 2022 – NBC Sports earned 31 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2021, highlighted by nominations for its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, NFL, NASCAR, and golf.

The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Highlights of NBC Sports’ nominations:

  • The Games of the XXXII Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan, garnered the second-most nominations of any program with 10;

 

  • Sunday Night Football — primetime television’s No. 1 show — was nominated again for Outstanding Live Sports Series, which it has won 11 times in the past 13 years;

 

  • NBC Sports received two nominations in the Outstanding Live Sports Special category for its presentations of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and Super Bowl LVI;

 

  • The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award nomination for the Friends & Family production element during the Tokyo Olympics;

 

  • Mike Tirico was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Host category for the third consecutive year;

 

  • Cris Collinsworth, winner of 16 Sports Emmys throughout his career, was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Analyst category for the fourth consecutive year;

 

  • Michele Tafoya, a four-time winner of the Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter Emmy, was nominated for the 10th time in the 10-year history of the category;

 

  • Andrés Cantor (Telemundo), winner of three Sports Emmys, was nominated for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish, along with Telemundo Deportes colleagues Miguel Gurwitz and Ana Jurka.

 

NBC Sports earned a total of 31 nominations, including five nominations for Peacock, one nomination for GOLF Channel and six nominations for Telemundo.

The complete list of NBC Sports nominations are as follows:

  • Outstanding Live Sports Special: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
  • Outstanding Live Sports Special: Super Bowl LVI (NBC/Peacock)
  • Outstanding Live Sports Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC)
  • Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage: Road To The Super Bowl (NBC)
  • Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized: Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts (Peacock)
  • Outstanding Studio Show – Daily: The Dan Patrick Show (Peacock)
  • Outstanding Studio Show – Daily: The Rich Eisen Show (Peacock)
  • Outstanding Studio Show – Limited Run: Golf Central Live From The PGA Championship (GOLF Channel)
  • Outstanding Interactive Experience – Event Coverage: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Mike Tirico (NBC)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Rich Eisen (Peacock/NBCSN/NFL Network/DirecTV/B/R Live)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Al Michaels (NBC)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst: Cris Collinsworth (NBC)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter: Michele Tafoya (NBC)
  • Outstanding Technical Team Event: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
  • Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
  • Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show (NBC)
  • Outstanding Camera Work – Short Form: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: A Vision as One/The Best of U.S. (NBC)
  • Outstanding Editing – Short Form: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Titans (NBC)
  • The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form: The 149th Open Teases (NBC)
  • Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: NASCAR on NBC (NBC/NBCSN)
  • Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC/USA Network/CNBC/MSNBC/NBCSN)
  • The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Friends & Family (NBC)
  • Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Imagine (NBC)
  • Outstanding Public Service Announcement/Campaign: #WeThe15 (NBC/Twitter/Facebook/YouTube)
  • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Telemundo)
  • Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Sunday Night Football (Telemundo)
  • Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish: Nos Vemos en el Podio (Telemundo)
  • Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo)
  • Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo)
  • Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Ana Jurka (Telemundo)

 

A complete list of nominees is available at https://theemmys.tv/.

For more information about NBC Sports shows and properties, including press releases, photos, talent and executive bios and headshots, please visit https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/.

 

–NBC SPORTS–

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NBC SPORTS GROUP WINS EIGHT SPORTS EMMY AWARDS

May 20, 2019 By admin

For 10th Time in 11 Years, NBC Sunday Night Football Wins Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Series

NBCUniversal’s Presentation of XXIII Olympic Winter Games Delivers Three Sports Emmy Awards

Mike “Doc” Emrick Wins Record-Setting 6th Consecutive Sports Emmy for Play-by-Play; Michele Tafoya Wins Category-Most 3rd Sports Emmy for Sports Reporter

Telemundo Deportes Wins For 2018 FIFA World Cup Presentation; Telemundo’s Miguel Gurwitz Named Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish

NEW YORK, NY – May 20, 2019 – NBC Sports Group tonight won eight Sports Emmy Awards for excellence in sports television production, highlighted by honors for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, NBC Sunday Night Football, and 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

NBC Sunday Night Football, primetime television’s No. 1 show for an unprecedented eight consecutive years, became the first show to win 10 Sports Emmys in the Outstanding Live Sports Series category (earning the program’s 10th honor in 11 years).

NBCUniversal’s presentation of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics won Sports Emmys for Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement (XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Best of U.S.), Outstanding Open/Tease (XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Always Start with the Dreams), and The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award for XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Always Start with the Dreams.

Telemundo Deportes’ presentation of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia earned the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish.

NBC Sports Group also accounted for three on-air talent awards:

  • Mike “Doc” Emrick earned a record-setting sixth consecutive honor for outstanding play-by-play. Emrick has won seven of the past nine years in the category.
  • Michele Tafoya recorded her third Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality-Sports Reporter – the most wins by anyone in the category. She is also the only person to be a nominee in all eight years of the award’s existence.
  • Miguel Gurwitz earned the Sports Emmy for Outstanding On-Air Talent in Spanish.

Following is the list of NBC Sports Group’s Sports Emmy winners:

  • Outstanding Live Sports Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC)
  • Outstanding Open/Tease: XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Always Start with the Dreams (NBC)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Mike Emrick (NBC/NBCSN)
  • Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter: Michele Tafoya (NBC)
  • The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award: XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Always Start with the Dreams (NBC)
  • Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Best of U.S. (NBC)
  • Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish: 2018 Copa Mundial de la FIFA (Telemundo)
  • Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo)

A complete list of winners will be made available at www.emmyonline.org.

 

–NBC Sports Group–

 

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