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THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES

ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES FOR THE 35th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS

Ted Turner to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Winners to be Honored During the May 6th Ceremony

At Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P Rose Hall New York, NY – March 26, 2014 - The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 35th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. More than 180 nominees were announced in 39 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Series, Sports Documentary, Studio Show, Promotional Announcements, Play-by-Play Personality and Studio Analyst. The Awards will be given out at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, located in the Time Warner Center on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 in New York City. “The world of sports television grows bigger each year,” said Malachy Wienges, Chair, NATAS. "We have had over 900 submissions coming from the sports community demonstrating that this is another outstanding year for sports and for The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. With so much outstanding talent vying for the prestigious Emmy® Award and with our Lifetime Achievement Award going to Ted Turner, an icon in broadcast television, this year’s ceremony promises to be an exciting evening for the entire industry.” “The 35th Sports Emmy® Awards features some exciting new categories,” said Steve Ulrich, Executive Director of the Sports Emmy® Awards, “including the first-ever awards for sports personalities and programming in Spanish. It’s been a great year in sports, and we look forward to recognizing the very best on May 6th.”

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About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of over 13,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv

For Press information, please contact: Paul Pillitteri, Director, Communication/NATAS [email protected] 212-586-8424

http://www.emmyonline.tv/

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Nominations Report

Nominations by Network/Website

Network Nominations

ESPN 30

FOX 18

HBO Sports 15

MLB Network 14

NBC 14

NBCSN 14

CBS 11

NFL Network 10

TNT 9

ESPN2 8

Showtime 8

ABC 6

Telemundo 6

TBS 5

ESPN Deportes 4

Golf Channel 4

DIRECTV 3

FS1 3

NFL.com 3

Univision 3

grantland.com 2

Pac-12 2

SI.com 2

truTV 2

America's Cup Event Authority 1

Big 10 Network 1

GQ.com 1

CBS Sports Network 1

collegeinsider.com 1

ESPNU 1

espnw.com 1

FOX Soccer Channel 1

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FUEL 1

Hulu 1

NBA TV 1

NCAA.com 1

Speed 1

Time Warner Cable Deportes 1

togetherwemakefootball.com 1

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Nominations Report

Nominations by Program

Program Nominations Network

24/7 7 HBO

E: 60 6 ESPN2

NASCAR on FOX 5 FOX/FOX SOCCER/FUEL/SPEED

NBA on TNT / NBA Playoffs on TNT 5 TNT

The 34th America's Cup 5 NBCSN & The America's Cup Event Authority

SportsCenter 4 ESPN

30 for 30/30 for 30 Shorts 3 ESPN/grantland.com

60 Minutes Sports 3 Showtime

ESPN Monday Night Football 3 ESPN

Hard Knocks 3 HBO

MLB Tonight 3 MLB Network

NFL Films Presents 3 NFL Network

Nine for IX 3 ESPN/espnw.com

2013 Ironman World Championship 2 NBC

A Football Life 2 NFL Network

College Gameday 2 ESPN

The Division Series on MLB Network 2 MLB Network

ESPN Sport Science 2 ESPN

FOX Sports Live 2 FS1

Futbol Estelar 2 Telemundo

HBO Boxing 2 HBO

Inside the NBA on TNT/Inside the NBA on TNT: Playoffs 2 TNT

MLB on FOX 2 FOX

MLB Postseason on TBS 2 tbs

The Premier League 2 NBCSN

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel 2 HBO

Sound FX 2 NFL Network

Sunday Night Football 2 NBC

Super Bowl XLVII 2 CBS/CBS Sports Network

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Nominations Report

Nominations by Network Group

Network or Network Group Nominations

ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Deportes, grantland.com, ESPNU, espnw.com) 46

NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBCSN, Telemundo, Golf Channel) 33

FOX Sports Media Group (FOX, FS1, Big 10 Network, FOX Soccer Channel, FUEL, SPEED) 22

CBS (CBS, Showtime, CBS Sports Network) 18

HBO Sports 15

MLB Network 14

NFL Media (NFL Network, NFL.com, togetherwemakefootball.com) 14

Turner Sports (TNT, tbs, truTV, NBA TV, NCAA.com) 14

DIRECTV 3

Univision 3

Pac-12 2

SI.com 2

America’s Cup Event Authority 1

GQ.com 1

collegeinsider.com 1

Hulu 1

Time Warner Cable Desportes 1

Editors Please Note: In the table above, if an entry is credited to multiple network groups, then each network is given credit for a nomination (e.g. CBS/TNT equals 1 nomination for CBS and 1 nomination for TNT). If all credited networks are from the same corporate entity, then the network group gets credit for 1 Emmy® nomination. (e.g. ABC/ESPN equals 1 nomination)

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Nominations Report

Nominations by Category

Outstanding Live Sports Special

2013 NBA Finals ABC / ESPN

Heat vs. Spurs

The Championships, Wimbledon ABC/ESPN

The 55th

Annual Daytona 500 FOX

The 109th

World Series FOX

Red Sox vs. Cardinals

The 34th

America’s Cup NBCSN

*

Outstanding Live Sports Series

ESPN College Football ABC / ESPN

ESPN Monday Night Football ESPN

HBO Boxing HBO

SEC on CBS CBS

Sunday Night Football NBC

*

Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage

2013 Ironman World Championship NBC

[Texas Crew Productions]

All Access Showtime

Mayweather vs. Canelo Epilogue

Keep Climbing: The 2013 Elite 11 ESPNU

[First Row Films]

NFL Turning Point NBCSN

[NFL Films]

Sound FX NFL Network

Super Bowl XLVII [NFL Films]

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Outstanding Playoff Coverage

American League Championship Series FOX

Red Sox vs. Tigers

MLB Postseason on tbs tbs

NBA Playoffs on TNT TNT

NFC Championship FOX

Falcons vs. 49ers

NFC Wild Card FOX

Seahawks vs. Redskins

*

Outstanding Sports Documentary

First: The Official Film of the London Olympic Games NBC

LT: The Life and Times Showtime

[CBS Sports/NFL Films]

The Doctor NBA TV

UFC Presents Ronda Rousey: Breaking Ground FS1

[A. Smith & Co.]

*

Outstanding Sports Documentary Series

24/7 HBO

Red Wings - Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic

30 for 30 ESPN

A Football Life NFL Network

[NFL Films]

Casualties of the Gridiron GQ.com

[Conde Nast Entertainment]

The Journey Big Ten Network

Big Ten Basketball 2013

MLS Insider NBCSN

Nine for IX ESPN

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Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly

College Gameday ESPN

Football

FOX NFL Sunday FOX

Inside the NBA on TNT TNT

Monday Night Countdown ESPN

NFL GameDay Morning NFL Network

*

Outstanding Studio Show - Daily

Inside The NBA on TNT: Playoffs TNT

MLB Tonight MLB Network

Olbermann ESPN2

Pardon the Interruption ESPN

[Rydholm Projects]

SportsCenter ESPN

*

Outstanding Sports News Anthology

60 Minutes Sports Showtime

[CBS News]

E: 60 ESPN2

NFL Films Presents NFL Network

[NFL Films]

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

*

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Outstanding Sports Journalism


The Fall of Lance Armstrong [CBS News]

E: 60 ESPN2

Children of the Ring

In Play with Jimmy Roberts Golf Channel

Valentino Dixon

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

Putin’s Olympics: Cronyism and Corruption in Russia

*

Outstanding Short Feature

E: 60 ESPN2

Shear Will

Ironman World Championship NBC

Peace, Love, Grace [Texas Crew Productions]

SportsCenter ESPN

Richie Parker: Drive

Sunday NFL Countdown ESPN

O.J. Brigance: Heart of the Ravens

The Super Bowl Today CBS

Chuck Pagano: A Season of Family

*

Outstanding Long Feature

30 for 30 Shorts grantland.com

The Irrelevant Giant [ESPN Films]

30 for 30 Shorts grantland.com

Cutthroat [ESPN Films]


Great Falls [CBS News]

SportsCenter ESPN

The Lady Jags: Losing to Win

SportsCenter ESPN

Carry On

*

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Outstanding Open/Tease

2013 Open Championship ESPN

Fish on Tartan

24/7 HBO


MLB Network Divisional Playoffs MLB Network

A Field of Dreamers

Super Bowl XLVII CBS

We Will Rock You Remix

*

Outstanding New Approaches - Sports Event Coverage

2013 NCAA March Madness Live NCAA.com

[Turner Sports]

The 34th

America's Cup America's Cup Event Authority

Official App

NFL Sunday Ticket Experience on DIRECTV DIRECTV

Mobile/Web Applications

The PGA TOUR Experience on DIRECTV DIRECTV

[PGA TOUR Entertainment]

*

Outstanding New Approaches - Sports Programming

Behind the Mask Hulu

[Occupant Entertainment]

FOX Sports Live FS1

Social Highlight

Nine for IX espnw.com

Coach [ESPN Films]

Sports Illustrated SI.com

A Boy Helps a Town Heal

Together We Make Football togetherwemakefootball.com

The Contest [NFL Films]

Underdogs SI.com

*

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Outstanding New Approaches - Sports Programming Short Format

CollegeInsider.com All-Access collegeinsider.com

Anatomy of a Game Winner - The 2013 CIT Final [312 Media]

JFK: The Untold NFL History of That Day in Dallas NFL.com

[NFL Digital Media]

NFL Films Drawn NFL.com

Between Takes with Wynton Marsalis [NFL Films]

NFL UP! NFL.com

[NFL Digital Media]

Numbers Never Lie Whiteboard ESPN2

LeBron James Can Surpass Michael Jordan

*

Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Host

James Brown CBS/Showtime

Bob Costas NBC/MLB Network

David Feherty Golf Channel

Greg Gumbel CBS

Dan Patrick NBC/NBCSN/DIRECTV

*

Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-by-Play

Marv Albert TNT/tbs/TruTV/CBS

Mike Breen ABC/ESPN

Joe Buck FOX

Bob Costas MLB Network

Mike Emrick NBC/NBCSN

*

Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst

Cris Collinsworth Showtime

Al Leiter MLB Network

Rick Neuheisel PAC-12 Network

Harold Reynolds MLB Network/FOX

Michael Strahan FOX

Tom Verducci tbs/MLB Network

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Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Event Analyst

Cris Collinsworth NBC

Gary Danielson CBS

Kirk Herbstreit ESPN

Tim McCarver FOX

*

Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Reporter

Pierre McGuire NBC/NBCSN

Ken Rosenthal FOX

Lisa Salters ESPN

Michele Tafoya NBC

Tom Verducci MLB Network

*

Outstanding Technical Team Remote


Golf Channel on NBC NBC/Golf Channel

MLB on FOX FOX

NASCAR on FOX FOX

The 34th America's Cup NBCSN

*

Outstanding Technical Team Studio

College Gameday ESPN


Road to the Final Four CBS/TNT/tbs/TruTV

The Premier League NBCSN

14

Outstanding Camera Work

24/7 HBO


E: 60 ESPN2

Children of the Ring

FOX Sports Live FS1

West, TX


[NFL Films]

Tour de France NBCSN

*

Outstanding Editing

2013 PGA Tour Golf Channel

Teases

24/7 HBO

Pacquiao-Rios

Hard Knocks HBO

Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals [NFL Films]

Legendary Nights HBO

The Tale of Gatti-Ward

NBA on TNT TNT

Teases

*

The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award

24/7 HBO


E: 60 ESPN2

The Ballad of Bushwacker

ESPN Grand Slam Tennis ABC / ESPN

Wimbledon & US Open

Football Night In America NBC

Redskins Name Commentary


Yours Truly, Dr. Z [NFL Films]

*

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Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics

Against The Tide Showtime

[Ross Greenburg Productions]

College Football on CBS CBS

The Army-Navy Game

Hard Knocks HBO


Nine for IX ESPN

The Diplomat [Cherry Sky Films]

Road To The Super Bowl NFL Network

[NFL Films]

*

Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound

MLB on FOX FOX

NASCAR on ESPN ABC / ESPN

NASCAR on FOX FOX


*

Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound

24/7 HBO


ESPN Sport Science ESPN

[BASE Productions]

Hard Knocks HBO


Sound FX NFL Network

Super Bowl XLVII [NFL Films]

*

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Outstanding Live Event Graphic Design


Intentional Talk MLB Network

NBA on TNT TNT

NBA All-Star Weekend

NBA on TNT TNT

X Games ESPN

*

Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design

2013 Heisman Trophy Presentation ESPN

E: 60 ESPN2

ESPN Sport Science ESPN

[BASE Productions]


The NFL Today CBS

*

Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction

MLB Postseason on tbs tbs

NBA Playoffs on TNT TNT

Super Bowl XLVII CBS/CBS Sports Network

*

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction

NASCAR on FOX FOX

Hangar Shoot

NFL Draft ESPN

Sunday Night Football NBC

The Division Series On MLB Network MLB Network

A Field of Dreamers

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The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award

NASCAR on FOX and SPEED FOX/SPEED

NASCAR - Gyrocam

Pac-12 Networks PAC-12 Network

Multicam MI/O


AC LIVELINE - "WINGWASH"

The Division Series On MLB Network MLB Network

A Field of Dreamers

The Premier League NBCSN

Goal Line Technology

*

Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Institutional

Formula 1 NBC/NBCSN

Rockstar/Shaken and Stirred vs. Drivers/Austin

HBO Boxing HBO

Fall Boxing Image

MLB Network Prime Time Line Up MLB Network

Here's To Us

NBA Playoffs ESPN

will.i.am Playoff Promo

NFL Draft NFL Network

Leon Sandcastle [Grey, NY]

*

Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Episodic

24/7 HBO


A Football Life NFL Network

Life Story [NFL Films]

NASCAR on FOX FOX/FOX SOCCER/FUEL

NASCAR DOG FIGHT

NHL on NBCSN NBCSN

Wednesday Night Rivalry

*

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Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish

Futbol Estelar Telemundo

La Gran Final: Leon vs. America

Futbol Estelar Telemundo

Super Clasico: Guadalajara vs. America

Liga MX Clausura 2013 season UNIVISION

Final - 2nd Leg America vs Cruz Azul

Rumbo Al Mundial Telemundo

Costa Rica vs. Mexico

*

Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish

Futbol Picante ESPN Deportes

Lakers en Vivo Time Warner Cable Deportes

Nacion ESPN Deportes

SportsCenter ESPN Deportes

Titulares Telemundo Telemundo

*

Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish

Lindsay Casinelli UNIVISION

Andres Cantor Telemundo

Jose Ramon Fernandez ESPN Deportes

Ivan Kasanzew UNIVISION

Sammy Sadovnik Telemundo

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