Lady Gaga perhaps was the most high-profile winner at Tuesday’s 46th annual Sports Emmy Awards, but she wasn’t the only one. Hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr., the Sports Emmys recognized the cream of the crop in 47 categories, including outstanding live special and live series, documentary, journalism, hosts and more.
The New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers the Sports Emmys, which was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. Besides Gaga (who won for her Super Bowl performance of “Hold My Hand” in the outstanding music direction category), key winners included NBC/Peacock for its coverage of the Summer Olympics, which received ten wins, while Steven Spielberg earned two for for producing and writing the “Land of Stories” opening.
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TNT’s Charles Barkley was recognized for studio analyst, ESPN’s Peyton Manning for event analyst, and Fox’s Joe Davis for play-by-play.
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Here are this list of this year’s Sports Emmy winners:
Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Live Special – Non-Championship Event
Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues (Fox)
Outstanding Live Series
SEC on ABC (ABC | ESPN+)
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
NFL Playoffs (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Edited Event Coverage
“NFL Draft: The Pick is In” (The Roku Channel [NFL Films, Skydance Sports] )
Outstanding Edited Special
“SportsCenter SC Special: The Harbaugh Brothers” (ESPN)
Outstanding Hosted Edited Series
“E60″ (ESPN)
Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage
Valorant Champions 2024 Grand Final : Edward Gaming vs Team Heretics (Valorant Esports [Riot Games])
Outstanding Short Documentary
“The Turnaround” (Netflix [Major League Baseball, Netflix, A Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios Production, Higher Ground, Breakwater Studios])
Outstanding Long Documentary
“Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa” (Netflix [SK Global Entertainment, OBB Pictures, MakeMake Entertainment, Avocados and Coconuts] )
Outstanding Documentary Series
“The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox “ (Netflix [Netflix, Meadowlark Media, MLB Studios])
Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized
“Formula 1: Drive to Survive” (Netflix [Box to Box Films])
Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly
College GameDay (ESPN)
Outstanding Studio Show – Daily
“NFL Live” (ESPN | ESPN2)
Outstanding Studio Show – Limited Run
“Fox MLB: The Postseason” (Fox | FS1)
Outstanding Journalism
“The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses” (FX | Hulu [Left/Right, The New York Times])
Outstanding Short Feature
“Caeleb & The Critic: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Long Feature
“SC Featured: The 6-Year Plan: SportsCenter” (ESPN)
Outstanding Open/Tease
“Land of Stories: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Interactive Experience
“Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Digital Innovation
Fox Sports | COSM (Fox | Fox Sports Digital)
Outstanding Personality/Studio Host
Ernie Johnson (TNT | TBS)
Outstanding Personality/Play-by-Play
Joe Davis (Fox | FS1)
Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst
Charles Barkley (TNT | TBS)
Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst
Peyton Manning (ESPN2)
Outstanding Personality/Sideline Reporter
Tracy Wolfson (CBS | TNT)
Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent
Nick Saban (ESPN)
Outstanding Technical Team Event
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Camera Work – Short Form
“Shots of the Year: NFL Films Presents” (FS1 [NFL Films] )
Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form
“Anytime” (Red Bull TV [Red Bull Media House, Anthill Films])
Outstanding Editing – Short Form
“Land of Stories: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Editing – Long Form
“Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience” (ESPN | ESPN+ [ESPN Films, Bluefoot Entertainment, Fresh Features] )
The Dick Schaap Writing Award – Short Form
“Land of Stories : Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC/Peacock)
Outstanding Writing – Long Form
“In Season with the AFC North: Hard Knocks” (HBO | Max [NFL Films] )
Outstanding Music Direction
“Hold My Hand: Super Bowl LIX” (Fox)
Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock)
Outstanding Audio/Sound – Post-Produced
“In the Arena: Serena Williams” (ESPN | ESPN+ [Religion of Sports, Nine Two Six Productions, 199 Productions] )
Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock | USA | CNBC | E! | NBCOlympics.com | Telemundo | Universo | Golf Channel)
Outstanding Graphic Design – Specialty
“For Mexico, For All Time: Noche UFC) (ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Nexus Studios, Silent House Group] )
Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction
“Noche UFC: UFC 306 at Noche UFC” (ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Silent House Group, Nexus Studios, BLINK Studios])
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
2024 PGA Tour: Drone AR (CBS | NBC [PGA TOUR])
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Usyk Vs Fury Reignited (TNT)
Outstanding Public Service Content
NFC Championship (Fox [NFL, 72andSunny, Park Pictures])
Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish
“Fútbol Central” (Univision | TUDN)
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
“San Francisco: Greenland” (ESPN Deportes | ESPN+)
Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish
Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
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