The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its nominees for the 34th annual Sports Emmy Awards. Winners will be honored during a ceremony May 7 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.
More than 170 nominees are up for awards in 34 categories. The networks of NBC Sports Group led the nomination totals with 58, ESPN received 43 and Turner Sports garnered 27. Here are highlights of the nominees:
Outstanding Live Sports Special
The 96th Indianapolis 500......... ABC
The 108th World Series.............. Fox
The Army-Navy Game................CBS
The Masters.................................CBS
Super Bowl XLVI....................... NBC
Outstanding Live Sports Series
ESPN Monday Night Football......ESPN
NASCAR on Fox..........................Fox/Speed
NBA on TNT.................................TNT
NFL on Fox...................................Fox
Sunday Night Football...................NBC
Outstanding Live Event Turnaround
Down the Stretch................................Golf Channel
The Honda Classic; PGA Tour Entertainment
Games of the XXX Olympiad............NBC
Inside the Headsets.............................Speed
28th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race; NASCAR Media Group
Monster Energy Supercross................ CBS
Salt Lake City; Feld Motor Sports
USA Pro Challenge.............................NBC
The Race of Truth; Blink Productions
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
National League Championship Series...........Fox
Cardinals vs. Giants
NBA Playoffs..................................................TNT
NFC Divisional Playoff...................................Fox
49ers vs. Saints
NFL Wild Card Saturday.................................NBC
Bengals vs. Texans; Lions vs. Saints
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament......CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV
Outstanding Edited Sports Special
Michael Waltrip Racing All Access......................Speed
Inside Michael Waltrip Racing: A Championship Quest; NASCAR Media Group
One Heartbeat.......................................................CBS Sports Network
CBS Sports
Outside the Lines..................................................ESPN
Believe
Still Standing: The Earl Campbell Story...............NBC Sports Network
NFL Films
Tecmo Super Bowl................................................NFL Network
NFL Films
Outstanding Sports Documentary
26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story.....................ESPN2
Dream Team..........................................................NBA TV
NBA Entertainment
Klitschko...............................................................HBO
Broadview Pictures
Namath..................................................................HBO
The Announcement...............................................ESPN
Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
30 for 30....................................................................................ESPN
A Football Life..........................................................................NFL Network
NFL Films
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins..........HBO
NFL Films
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel...............................................HBO
The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins....................Showtime
MLB Productions
Outstanding Studio Show: Weekly
College GameDay.....................................ESPN
Football Night in America........................NBC
Inside the NBA.........................................TNT
Inside the NFL..........................................Showtime
CBS Sports; NFL Films
Outstanding Studio Show: Daily
Inside the NBA.........................................TNT
MLB Tonight............................................MLB Network
NFL Live..................................................ESPN2
NFL Total Access.....................................NFL Network
Pardon the Interruption............................ESPN
Rydholm Projects
Outstanding Sports Journalism
E: 60.............................................................ESPN2
Beitar Jerusalem
E: 60.............................................................ESPN2
Busted Coverage
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.................HBO
Hockey’s Darkest Day
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.................HBO
Your Brain on Football
Outstanding Short Feature
College GameDay............................................ESPN
Fist Bump: A Brotherly Bond
College GameDay............................................ESPN
Kick of Hope
E: 60.................................................................ESPN2
Perfect
Inside the NFL.................................................Showtime
One Last Wish: The Danny Webber Story
MLB on Fox....................................................Fox
Negro Leagues
NFL Films Presents.........................................NFL Network
Slackliner; NFL Films
NFL GameDay Morning.................................NFL Network
Immaculate Remembrance
SportsCenter....................................................ESPN
Run With Me
Outstanding Long Feature
E: 60.............................................................ESPN2
Mike Powell: In Relentless Pursuit
Games of the XXX Olympiad.... .................NBC
Olga Korbut
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.................HBO
Chancellor Lee Adams: The Fighter
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.................HBO
Steve Gleason: Tragic Hero
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbe................. HBO
Two of a Kind
Outstanding Open/Tease
Games of the XXX Olympiad.....................NBC
Measure & Motion
MLB Network Division Series....................MLB Network
The Scrapbook
NBA on TNT...............................................TNT
All-Star Game Tease
NBA on TNT...............................................TNT
Brooklyn Nets/New York Knicks; Spike Lee Tease
NCAA March Madness...............................truTV
Brackets Everywhere; CBS Sports/Turner Sports
Red Bull Signature Series...........................NBC
Show Open; Red Bull Media House
Sunday Night Football................................NBC
Waiting All Day for Sunday Night
Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage
Games of the XXX Olympiad.................NBCOlympics.com
Live from London
March Madness Live...............................NCAA.com
NFL RedZone..........................................NFL Network
Red Bull Stratos: Space Jump.................YouTube
Red Bull Media House
Super Bowl XLVI Extra..........................NBCSports.com
Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming
ESPNU Unite.......................................................ESPNU
Everything to Prove.............................................NFL.com
NFL Films
Games of the XXX Olympiad.............................NBCOlympics.com
Countdown to London
Royce White Battles Anxiety on Draft Day........grantland.com
The Arnold Palmer..............................................grantland.com
The NFL Season: A Biography...........................NFL Media
Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming Short Format
ESPNU Unite Social Highlight..........................ESPNU
Story Time with Jalen Rose................................grantland.com
Jalen Rose Steals Patrick Ewing’s TV
Numbers Never Lie Whiteboard........................ESPN2
Speaking Out......................................................NFL Media
Sport Science.....................................................ESPN
Base Productions
Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Host
James Brown.......................CBS/Showtime
Bob Costas..........................NBC/NBC Sports Network
Rich Eisen...........................NFL Network
Ernie Johnson......................TNT/NBA TV
Dan Patrick..........................NBC/NBC Sports Network/DirecTV
Outstanding Sports Personality: Play by Play
Mike Breen.......................ABC
Mike Emrick.....................NBC/NBC Sports Network
Al Michaels.......................NBC
Jim Nantz..........................CBS
Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Analyst
Charles Barkley...............TNT/NBA TV
Tony Dungy.....................NBC
Boomer Esiason...............CBS
Harold Reynolds..............MLB Network
Bill Ripken.......................MLB Network
Kurt Warner......................NFL Network
Outstanding Sports Personality: Sports Event Analyst
Ato Boldon......................NBC
Cris Collinsworth............NBC
Jon Gruden......................ESPN
Jim Kaat..........................MLB Network
Mike Mayock..................NFL Network/NBC
Outstanding Sports Personality: Sports Reporter
Andrea Joyce.................NBC/NBC Sports Network
Pierre McGuire..............NBC/NBC Sports Network
Lisa Salters....................ESPN
Michele Tafoya..............NBC
Tom Verducci................MLB Network/TBS
Outstanding Technical Team Remote
America’s Cup World Series...............NBC
America’s Cup Event Authority
Games of the XXX..............................Olympiad NBC
MLB on Fox........................................Fox
The Masters.........................................ESPN3D/CBS
Winter X Games 2012.........................ESPN3D
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Games of the XXX Olympiad............NBC/Bravo/MSNBC/NBC Sports Network/Telemundo
MLB Tonight......................................MLB Network
UEFA Euro 2012................................ESPN
Outstanding Camera Work
24/7...............................................HBO
Pacquiao Marquez 4
E: 60.............................................ESPN2
Remember Bluffton
Games of the XXX Olympiad......NBC
Measure & Motion
Ironman World Championship.....NBC
Ironman Productions
NFL Films Presents......................NFL Network
NFL Films
Outside the Lines..........................ESPN
Breaking the Silence
Outstanding Editing
24/7........................................................................................HBO
Pacquiao Marquez 4
Being: Liverpool....................................................................Fox Soccer Channel
Games of the XXX Olympiad...............................................NBC
Profiles of the London Games
Grand Slam Tennis................................................................ESPN2
Australian Open, Wimbledon & U.S. Open
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins......HBO
NFL Films
NBA on TNT.........................................................................TNT
Outside the Lines...................................................................ESPN
Breaking the Silence
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
MLB Network Spring Training Game..................MLB Network
Indians vs. Diamondbacks; All Audio
MLB on Fox..........................................................Fox
NASCAR on Fox...................................................Fox
Outstanding Post Produced Audio/Sound
24/7..........................................................................................HBO
Pacquiao Marquez 4
Games of the XXX Olympiad.................................................NBC
Measure & Motion
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins........HBO
NFL Films
NBA on TNT...........................................................................TNT
Outstanding Graphic Design
Games of the XXX Olympiad....................NBC/NBC Sports Network
MLB Network Division Series...................MLB Network
The Scrapbook
Sport Science..............................................ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNews
Base Productions
Sunday Night Football................................NBC
UEFA Euro 2012........................................ESPN
Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
MLB Postseason on TBS..........................TBS
Studio Orad
NCAA March Madness.............................truTV
Brackets Everywhere
Outside the Lines.......................................ESPN
Defiance: The Story of FC Start
Sunday Night Football...............................NBC
Open
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
Games of the XXX Olympiad.........NBC/Bravo/CNBC
The Multi Screen Olympics............MSNBC/NBC Sports Network/NBCOlympics.com/Telemundo
Games of the XXX Olympiad/NBC Golf Tour.............NBC
360 Cam
MLB on Fox....................................Fox
Phantom Camera
NASCAR on Fox............................Fox
3D Cutaway Car
NFL on Fox.....................................Fox
Super Zoom
The Dick Schaap Writing Award
24/7.................................................HBO
Pacquiao Marquez 4
30 for 30.........................................ESPN
Ghosts of Ole Miss
Games of the XXX Olympiad........NBC
Measure & Motion
NFL Films Presents........................NFL Network
Like a Rose; NFL Films
The Open Championship................ESPN
Old
The Open Championship................ESPN
Essays
Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins...........HBO
NFL Films
Namath........................................................................................HBO
NFL Films
Road to the Super Bowl..............................................................NFL Network
NFL Films
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Institutional
It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports....................................................ESPN
Shake On It, The Name, Born Into It; Wieden & Kennedy
MLB Postseason on TBS.....................................................TBS
Bruce Springsteen, Land of Dreams
NASCAR on ESPN: Nothing Beats First Place...................ESPN
Worse, Painful, Scary; Wieden & Kennedy
NBA on TNT: John Turturro “Claude X: Street Artist”.......TNT
Intro, Prolific, Struggle
NCAA March Madness........................................................TBS, CBS, TNT, truTV
Brackets Everywhere
The Voice of Golf.................................................................CBS
Confessions, Navigation, Costumes; Concentrate Films
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Episodic
A Football Life................................................NFL Network
Life Story; NFL Films
Feherty Live from Ryder Cup.........................Golf Channel
Pro America, Pro Europe, Split Decision; NBC Sports Agency
Games of the XXX Olympiad.........................NBC
Britain Just Got Great
The Dream Team.............................................NBA TV
Trailer; NBA Entertainment
The Triple Crown............................................NBC
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