The following is the complete list of the '98 Sports Emmy Awards, which were presented Monday night in New York. The breakdown of awards by entity is as follows:
| NET | # | | NET | # | | NET | # |
| NBC | 7 | NFL Films | 3 | Outdoor Life | 1 |
| ESPN/ESPN2 | 6 | Fox | 2 | TNT | 1 |
| ABC | 4 | S.E.T. | 1 | | |
| HBO | 4 | PBS | 1 | | |
INDIVIDUAL: SPORTS PERSONALITY/STUDIO HOST: Dan Patrick, ESPN....SPORTS PERSONALITY/PLAY-BY-PLAY: Bob Costas, NBC....SPORTS PERSONALITY/STUDIO ANALYST: Cris Collinsworth, HBO/NBC....SPORTS PERSONALITY/SPORTS EVENT ANALYST: Joe Morgan, ESPN/NBC....INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT: Jim Gray, Sports News Reporting, "Holyfield vs. Tyson II," S.E.T....WRITING: Wimbledon: Closing Thoughts, NBC. Dick Enberg....LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Jim Simpson. PROGRAMMING: LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL: "The NBA Finals," NBC....LIVE SPORTS SERIES: "ABC's Monday Night Football," ABC....LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND: "Outside the Lines: Inside the Kentucky Derby," ESPN....EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL: "Ironman Triathlon World Championship," NBC....EDITED SPORTS SERIES/ANTHOLOGIES: NFL Films Presents (Syndicated), NFL Films....STUDIO SHOW: "Fox NFL Sunday," Fox. SPORTS JOURNALISM: "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel: Pros and Cons," HBO....FEATURES: "NFL Films Presents: Eddie George" (Syndicated), NFL Films.... OUTSTANDING OPENS/CLOSES/TEASES: "Ironman World Triathlon Championship" -- Close, NBC....PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENT: TIE: "Sports on the Silver Screen," HBO AND "The Raid Gauloises: X-Treme Human Endurance Challenge," ABC. TECHNICAL: TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE: "X-Games," ESPN/ESPN2....TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO: "ESPN NFL Draft," ESPN/ESPN2....FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY: "ABC's Monday Night Football" Tease, ABC....ELECTRONIC CAMERA WORK: "Adventure Quest," Outdoor Life Network. American Adventure Productions....EDITING: "NFL Films Presents: Summer Camp; Wired for Sound" (Syndicated), NFL Films....MUSIC COMPOSITION/DIRECTION/LYRICS: "Atlanta's Olympic Glory," PBS....AUDIO/SOUND: NFL Films Presents (Syndicated), NFL Films....GRAPHIC DESIGN: "NFL on Fox," Fox....PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION: "ABC's Monday Night Football" Tease, ABC....INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT: Live Virtual Studio: "TNT Pro Football Tonight" & "TNT Inside the NBA," TNT (The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences).
