THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES
ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 39th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS
Barry Frank Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
NATAS Chairman’s Award Bestowed Honoring Response to Disaster Relief Effort
New York, NY – May 8, 2018 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), announced the winners of the 39th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards at a special ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
“Tonight we celebrate the sports broadcasting industry, some of the most exciting, skillful, and entertaining television anywhere,” said Chuck Dages, Chairman, NATAS. “In addition to celebrating the outstanding work by this evening’s nominees, we are pleased to honor Barry Frank for his long and prolific career and present him with the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award.”
In addition, the Chairman’s Award was bestowed upon an alliance of Sports industry networks led by Univison Deportes that raised funds to support the American Red Cross relief efforts after a string of natural disasters hit Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and Mexico in 2017. Univision Deportes came up with “Unidos Por Los Nuestros” (United For Each Other), where in two days in September, Azteca America, beIN Sports, ESPN, and FOX Sports came together with Univision Deportes to bring shows and Liga MX games across all platforms, on every one of these networks; a first for the sports media industry. Talent from across the networks, alongside some of their producers, came to the Univision Deportes studios to partake in the effort.
Some of the presenters at the 39th Sports Emmy Awards included, Ernie Johnson (Turner), Gary Danielson and Brad Nessler (CBS Sports), Rece Davis, (ESPN), Alexi Lalas (FOX Sports), reigning Daytona 500 Champion Austin Dillon (NASCAR), Harold Reynolds, Al Leiter and Tom Verducci (MLB Network), Leigh Diffey (NBC's IndyCar Play-By-Play Announcer), former World Middleweight Champion, Daniel Jacobs (HBO), Melissa Stark (NFL Network), and Brian Custer (SHOWTIME).
Winners were announced in 40 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Sports Series and Playoff Coverage, three Documentary categories, Outstanding New Media, Outstanding Play-by-Play Announcer and Studio Host, among others. The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2017 calendar year.
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A detailed listing of all awards is below as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP. A list of winners for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards is also available on the National Television Academy’s website at www.emmyonline.tv.
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### About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional, non-profit 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 16,000 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
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The 39th Annual Sports Emmy Award by Network
Network Winners
CBS 8
FOX
6
ESPN 5
NBC
4
FS1 3
MLB Network 3
ESPN2 2
HBO 2
ABC 1
ESPN Deportes 1
ESPNews 1
Golf Channel 1
NBCSN 1
NCAA.com 1
NFL Network 1
Showtime 1
SI.com 1
Telemundo 1
Twitch TV 1
Univision 1
Univision Deportes 1
Verizon 1
WatchESPN 1
YouTube 1
The 39th Annual Sports Emmy Award by Network Group Network Group Winners ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews,
WatchESPN, ABC)
10
CBS 8
FOX Sports Media Group (FOX, FS1) 6
NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Telemundo) 6
MLB Network 3
HBO Sports 2
NFL Network 1
Showtime Sports 1
SI.com (SI.com, LifeVR) 1
Turner Sports (NCAA.com) 1
Twitch TV 1
Univision (Univision, Univision Deportes) 1
Verizon 1
YouTube 1
The 39th Annual Sports Emmy Award by Multiple Winners Program Winners Network AFC Championship 5 CBS
The 118th Army-Navy Game 3 CBS
College GameDay 3 ESPN
NASCAR on FOX 3 FOX/FS1
E:60 2 ESPN2
Outstanding Live Sports Special The 118th Army-Navy Game CBS
Executive Producer
Harold Bryant
Senior Coordinating Producer
Stephen Karasik
Coordinating Producer
Craig Silver
Producer
Peter Radovich, Jr.
Coordinating Director
Steve Milton
Associate Producers
Kalil Cage, James Decker, Benjamin Dieterich, Adam Llorens, Scott Martin, Dave McMahon
Associate Directors
David Anerella, Adrienne Ford, Susan Jacobs, Jason Melnick, Brian Seeling
Outstanding Live Sports Series
Sunday Night Football NBC
Executive Producers
Sam Flood , Fred Gaudelli, Mark Lazarus
Segment Producers
Kevin Brown, Stephen Greenberg, Ken Hirdt, Vincent Rao, Mike Ryan
Sideline Producer
Michele Froman
Director
Drew Esocoff
Replay Director
Charlie Vanacore
Associate Producers
Ryan Burke, Kylie Callura, Michael Eisenstein, Marc Farzetta, Andy Freeland, Alex Haubenstock, David Jannetty, Wade Junco, Michael Morrell, Adrian Satchell, Michael Seib, Kevin Soldani, Tricia Surber, Joshua Veltrie, Alex Wolochuk, Thomas Wrede
Associate Directors
Brigette Boginis, Dick Ellis, Timothy Nelson
Stage Manager
Melissa Horton
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
AFC Championship CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New England Patriots
Executive Producers
David Berson, Harold Bryant, Sean McManus
Senior Coordinating Producer
Stephen Karasik
Coordinating Producer
James C. Rikhoff
Producers
Ryan Galvin, Ross Molloy, Peter Radovich, Jr.
Coordinating Director
Michael Arnold
Associate Producers
Thomas Boorstein, Tom Brewer, Adam Cohen, Josh Cohen, Ethan Cooperson, James Decker, Katie Keane, Brian Maher, Amy Salmanson, Tom Spencer
Associate Directors
David Anerella, Christopher Burns, Susan Jacobs, Bryan Kosowski, Eric Spitzer, Joshua Weingardt
Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage
Ironman World Championship NBC
[Texas Crew Productions]
Executive Producers
Eric Begley, Sam Flood, David Karabinas, Andrew Messick, Christopher Stadler
Coordinating Producers
Diana Bertsch, Billy Matthews
Producers
Brad Bernstein, Rick Cikowski, Christos Pathiakis, Chip Rives, Terry Stewart
Field Producers
Rob Davis, Eban Hathaway, Justin Sprague, Deborah Stewart, Alex Upegui
Associate Producers
Jenna Amber, Kyle Casey, Jeffrey Cokin, Nick Holmes, Rene Jermal, Robert O'Neil, David Rehm, Jose Suarez, Al Trautwig
Outstanding Short Sports Documentary
SC Featured ESPNews
A Mountain to Climb
Executive Producers
Craig Bengtson, Libby Geist, Rob King, Craig T. Lazarus, Mike McQuade, Connor Schell, Mike Shiffman, Victor Vitarelli
Coordinating Producer
José Morales
Producers
Kristen Lappas, Tom Rinaldi
Director
Thom McCallum
Associate Producers
Alex Brewer, Mathew Furuta, Vincent Guglielmina, Oliver Horovitz, John Iaquinta, Ram Krishna Pokhrel, Thomas Shepard, Vladimir Weinstein
Outstanding Long Sports Documentary
Disgraced Showtime
[Bat Bridge Entertainment]
Executive Producers
Stephen Espinoza, Pat Kondelis, Vinnie Malhotra, Julio Quintana, Marla Quintana, Jody Wingrove
Supervising Producer
Lauren Barker
Producers
Joshua Shepherd, Lynsey Tamsen Jones, Matthew Wallis
Director
Pat Kondelis
Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary
Hard Knocks HBO
Training Camp With The Tampa Bay Buccaneers [NFL Films]
Executive Producers
Rick Bernstein, Marty Callner, Patrick Kelleher, Ross Ketover, Peter Nelson, Brian Rolapp, Maryann Turcke
Coordinating Producer
Ken Rodgers
Senior Producers
Paul Camarata, Dave Harmon
Segment Producers
Jeff Cameron, Dave Douglas, Garrett Fittizzi, Peter Frank, Ryan Kelly, Steve Lucatuorto, Nick Mascolo, Eric Monaco, Terrell Riley, Margaret Ruffing Morris, Adam Ryan, Greg Smith, Chip Swain, Chris Weaver, Jason Weber, John Weiss, Michael Ward Wimmer, Joe Zucco
Directors
Matt Dissinger, Shannon Furman
Associate Producers
Courtland Bragg, Will Bretz, Darrell Campbell, Carolyn Corzine, Lisa DiMaulo, James Duell, Aaron Eaton, Nicole Giberson, Whitley Harris, Tom Huffine, Becky Lambert, Emily Leitner, Kevin Lutz, John Marsh, Rebecca McWilliams, Helen Modesett, Matthew Montoya, Alexandra Nolen, Eric Reed, Gerry Reimel, Damon Reynolds, Glenn Schulz, Patrick Shannon, David Stiles, Cameron Widerman, Simon Williams, Chris Willis, Josh Wolman
Associate Directors
Julia Harmon, Patrick Harris, Tim Rumpff
Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly
College GameDay ESPN
Executive Producers
Robert Braunlich, Chris Calcinari, Stephanie Druley, Lee Fitting, Mark Gross, Jodi Markley, Jamie Reynolds, Connor Schell
Coordinating Producers
Drew Gallagher, Julie McGlone, Victor Vitarelli
Supervising Producers
Lydelle King, Mike Lake, Lindsey Lloyd, Ben Webber
Producers
Chris Fallica, Jim Gaiero, Aaron Katzman, Jonathan Whyley
Feature Producers
Danny Arruda, John Bartmon, Jon Fish, Ryan McGee, Michael O’Connor, Meghan Robinson, Aimee Stokes, Lauren Stowell
Senior Coordinating Director
Scott Favalora
Coordinating Director
Lorenzo Lamadrid
Directors
Dave Fortin, Rodney Perez
Associate Producers
Anthony Abrahams, Joe Andreasen, Andy Armas, Dave Barnes, Ryan Bastek, Adam Bauer, Josh Bender, Rob Berman, Robert Berman, Tori Bilas, Barbara Blake, Chris Boler, Ben Branch, Alex Brewer, Thomas Brushway, Shea Byram, Joe Canali, Brittany Cavanaugh, Adam Cheh, Christina Clancy, Lee Clark, Jay Clarke, Scott Clarke, Jake Daigle, Parker Daigle, Darius Dancer, Andy Davenport, Phil Davis, Paul Dryden, Dean Ellington, Phil Ellsworth, Justin Endres, Logan Endres, Gabby Evans, Jenny Evans, Joe Faraoni, Luther Fisher, Doug Fitzsimmons, Randy French, Doug Gentile, Alex Gilbert, Gerry Glass, Adam Graef, Emma Griffin, Adam Grigely, Stephen Hall, Mike Hally, Pat Hally, Chad Hanna, Robert Hennessy, Kirk Henry, Jajuan Holloway, Tim Horgan, Melissa Horton, Dirk Howard, Chandon Hudgins, Michael Jefferson, Harper Johnson, Harper Johnson, Tony Johnson, Candace Jordan, Jason Kane, Latisia Keahey, Allen Kee, Eric Kimmel, Trent Knight, Rachel Kodner, Devin Kragh, Rob Labay, Reva Labbe, Jason Levin, Juli Lewis, Nick Lindner, Dave Lynch, Mike Martin, Matt McCormick, Brie Michaels, DJ Montroni, Cameron Moon, Jason Morris, Alex Muniz-Torres, Dayna Navatta, Drew Odle, Scott O'Leary, Mike Pacheco, Ray Palagy, Rob Parker, Amanda Paschal, Eric Peterson, Steven Ponder, Daniel Reifert, Tim Richard, Jason Rickel, Michael Roberts, Gabby Robuccio, Sandy Rosenbush, Steve Ryczko, Stevie Sahutske, Jon Scott, Krista Seymour, Cameron Sheckels, Dave Smith, Josh Smith, Eddie Stachulski, Robert Stanley, Bobby Stephens, Lisa Stokes, John Stull, Malcolm Thomas, Martin Thomas, Emily Turner, Dominick Vargas, Bill Verberkmoes, Marty Vidhina, Ken Wagner, Judi Weiss, Steve Widuch, Aiden Williams, Gene Wilson, Jackson Wright, Jeremy Wright, Carlton Young
Associate Directors
Jeff Dorsey, Justin Klumpp
Stage Managers
Mike Ruhlman, Randy Thompson
Outstanding Studio Show - Daily
MLB Tonight MLB Network
Executive Producers
Robert McGlarry, Dave Patterson
Senior Coordinating Producers
Josh Bernstein, Marc Caifa, Bruce Cornblatt, Chris Pfeiffer, Mike Santini
Coordinating Producers
Mike Baker, Rich Ciancimino, Daniel Coldwell, William Cope, Will Folger, Mitch Green, Douglas Jaclin, Fred King, Ethan Kleinberg, Chris Mallory, Bryan Meyers, Martin Montalto, Neal Slotkin, Jed Tuminaro, Marc Weiner, Todd Werwa
Senior Producers
Andrew Brenner, Mark Capalbo, Elliott Kalb, Dan Komyati, Chris Roenbeck, Shannon Valine
Producers
Greg Amsinger, Sanford Appell, Patrick Armstrong, Scott Braun, Eric Byrnes, Sean Casey, Fran Charles, Chris Collins, Ryan Dempster, Danny Field, Robert Flores, Cliff Floyd, Jon Heyman, Anthony Jimenez, Micah Karg, Brian Kenny, Al Leiter, Mike Lowell, Pedro Martinez, Dan O'Dowd, Carlos Pena, Dan Plesac, Daniel Presser, Harold Reynolds, Bill Ripken, Steven Rodriguez, Ken Rosenthal, Jason Roy, Richard Savino, Jim Serratore, Paul Severino, Joel Sherman, John Smoltz, Nick Steger, Ian Theodoridis, Stephen Tronzano, James Urban, Luke Uttaro, Tom Verducci, Justin White
Segment Producers
Marc Adelberg, Ashley Allen, Erik Altano, Chris Arnowich, Andrew Batti, Michael Benjamin, Christopher Bracey, Nicholas Buffam, Josh Chaplin, Matthew Ciancimino, Kevin Cooper, Ilana Elberg, Tony Ferraiolo, Ben Friedfeld, Arnold Fucci, Ryan Gilbert, James Glynn, Mark Grillo, Adam Helfgott, Nick Hesketh, William Vincent Joel, Nigel Jones, David Koplik, Jordan Levinson, Evan Lubell, Premier Maldonado, Matt Marini, Moses Massena, Kristin McCall, Jeremy McCarthy, John McVey, Herlentz Mesidor, Elsa Mimmo, Brian Murphy, Nick Novielli, Nate Purinton, Chris Scalzo, Dave Scordato, Scott Sokol, Paul Solga, Michael Treanor, Jon Wenk, Michael Wolan, Brian Yu
Coordinating Directors
Mark Deaver, Mike J. Martin
Directors
Lucas Altman, Rick Beczynski, Stephen Blazo, Ron Gilmer, Dave Hagen, Tom Healy, Keith Kielty, Michael Kim, Susan King, Jason Lobb, Tom Meberg, Lisa Smith, Greg Stern, Mike Torello
Senior Associate Producers
Matthew Baker, Keith Costas, Alan Goldstein, James Murphy, Andrew Reich
Associate Producers
Amir Abed, Andrew Adams, Brianna Adams, Rachel Allen, Hera Andre-Bergmann, Matt Appel, Patricia Armstrong, Jacob Bader, Jonathan Baron, Andrew Baumhor, David Blattman, Ryan Boepple, Ryan Bonelli, Christopher Bonetti, James Boyle, Jacob Branchaud, Dimitri Browne, James Broyd, Alex Buford, Steve Cameron, Dominic Campana, Daniel Cason, Kayla Chadwick, Nicholas Ciocchi, Gigi Clark, Tommy Cody, Andy Cooper-Leary, Haley Costello, Daniel Cronin, John Daly, Justin Damiano, Brian Damon, Justin D'Angelo, Frank Dapolito, Amanda Day, Alex de Chaves, Michael Dello Stritto, Shawn Desmond, Rob Diamond, Rob Dickerson, Mike Dooley, Bobby Dougherty, Ryan Drum, Steve Dugan, Jeffrey Dunlap, Clayton Dyer, Jon Fazio, Matthew Filippi, Matthew Flamm, Brynn Foley, Jennifer Folger, Timothy Fryer, Rory Fugazy, Steven Giue, Benji Goldsmith, Jon Gonnelli, Patrick Guthrie, Javier Gutierrez, Brandt Hale, Ian Harmand, Coale Henderson, Mark Hennig, Alexander Hill, Dennis Hirdt, Aaron Hodgins Davis, Ryan Hrnciar, Jesse Hutchinson, Alexander Hyacinthe, Seth Ivry, Brendan Jones, Aidan Kahn, Joshua Kallen, Stephanie Kane, William Kelly, Michael Kerner, Jordan King, Jon Kreitler, Daniel Krieg, Jonathan Kudzmas, Casey Kulik, Jake Lapin, Jake Lasofsky, David Lauterbach, Billy Lee, Brian Lewis, JD Lindberg, Alexandra Linde, James Lipscomb, Tom Loughran, Zach Lupica, Rose Marques, Kyle Marr, Emily Mastrobuoni, Marc Matcham, David Matz, Anthony Mazzone, Mike McCurry, Madelyn McDonald, Brandon McKinney, Jennifer McQuillan, Jeremy Meyer, Andrew Miller, Patrick Minton, JD Mousley,
Brandon Moye, Michael Napolitano, Eric Nehs, Michael Nobile, Jim Nolan, Craig Nordquist, Robert O'Brien, Matthew Oelbaum, John O'Malley, John Oricchio, Matthew Orso, Daniel Paesano, Chad Patterson, Peter Petrosino, Brian Power, Ryan Powers, Alexa Ramos, Anthony Reda, Molly Rich, Tom Rome, Adam Rosenbloom, Eric Rossi, Benjamin Roth, Benjamin Rubin, Dewanda Sabbs, Gabriela Santos, Amelia Schimmel, Tim Schulze, Brian Schwartz, Matthew Searle, Jason Seekamp, Tim Shanahan, Alex Shapiro, Marc Siciliano, John Silk, Lee Sinins, Corey Smith, Ryan Smith, Taylor Smith, Kirsten Sobecki, Eric Sole, Scott Spinelli, Kevin Stewart, Ryan Sullivan, James Sussan, Ryan Szabo, Calvin Theobald, Carley Thomas, Josh Toolajian, Zachary Tornabene, Lindsey Treanor, Sarah Tucci, Ryan Upperman, David Van Moffaert, Christina Ventura, Abby Walsh, Robert Wass, John Welch, Brendan Werner, Sam Wild, Katy Williams, Rachel Wynn, Bobby Yan
Operations Producers
Karen Ganjamie, David Maybrown, Caron Scott, Anna Marie Scotti
Associate Directors
Camp Childers, Joelle Ciampaglia, John Dubon, Bryan Fennessey, Kerry Jackson, Nick Juliano, Kyle Liggon, Margaret Murphy, Daniel Petriw, Brian Sales, Michael Sober
Stage Managers
Scott Ahrens, Todd Bivona, Rashad Milton, Ryan White
Outstanding Studio Show - Limited Run
MLB on FOX: The Postseason FOX/ FS1
Executive Producers
Kent Camera, John Entz, Eric Shanks
Senior Coordinating Producer
Bardia Shah-Rais
Coordinating Producer
Judy H. Boyd
Senior Producers
Jon Kaplan, Pete Macheska
Producers
Kevin Burkhardt, Royce Dickerson, Keith Hernandez, Carol Langley, PT Navarro, David Ortiz, Scott Riddell, Alex Rodriguez, Aaron Stojkov, Frank Thomas
Feature Producers
Erin Hoskins, Etienne Materre, Rick Thomas
Highlight Producer
Travis Almeida
Coordinating Director
Geordie Wimmer
Senior Director
David Faller
Directors
Matt Gangl, John Moore
Senior Associate Producers
Chris Contreras, Tom Fitzpatrick, Amada Materre, Stephen Monte, Tamer Tartir
Associate Producers
Jason Dovitz, Bassel Elgharib, Matt Engelberg, Omar Garibay, Adam Greenberg, Mark Howell, Craig Jacobson, Jacob Jaffe, Ryan Little, Stephanie Lopez, Mark Mason, Anthony Masterson, Anthony Masterson, Ty Mikan, Sarah Mikkelson, Tyler Mustin, Daisy Reynoso, Ryan Sheehy, David Sherman, Danielle Stocki, Danielle Stocki, Tom Wells, Tyler Wong
Operations Producers
Scott Lembke, Dustin Myers, Chris Stolte
Senior Associate Director
Larry Lancaster
Associate Directors
Flavia Bowen, Mark Maxham
Stage Managers
Danita Davies, Karen Wilkens
Outstanding Sports News Anthology
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO
Executive Producers
Rick Bernstein, Peter Nelson, Joe Perskie
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin
Coordinating Producer
Tim Walker
Supervising Producer
Kirby Bradley
Producers
Lisa Bennett, Maggie Burbank, Chapman Downes, Josh Fine, Jordan Kronick, David Scott
Director
Richard Beczynski
Associate Producers
Ramon Arias, Stuart Ash, Evan Burgos, Valentina Caval, Brian Derr, Tres Driscoll, Max Gershberg, Nisreen Habbal, Naimah Jabali-Nash, Emmett Knowlton, Daniel Litke, Mindy MacInnes, Katie Melone, Beret Remak, Jake Rosenwasser, Jason Schmidt, Lydia Zamacona
Outstanding Sports Journalism
E: 60 ESPN2
The Dictator's Team
Executive Producers
Craig T. Lazarus, Andy Tennant
Senior Coordinating Producer
Dwayne Bray
Coordinating Producers
Michael Baltierra, Chris Buckle, Tim Hays, Carolyn Hong, Ben Houser
Supervising Producers
Rayna Banks, Vin Cannamela, Mike Johns, Heather Lombardo
Feature Producer
Greg Amante
Associate Producers
Ahmad Ajouz, Hussain Al-Qatari, Logan Cascia, Brian Henderson, Timothy Horgan, Tonya Malinowski, Naseer Mehdawi, Bill Roach, Hwaida Saad, Tim Spero
Reporter
Steve Fainaru
Outstanding Short Feature
College GameDay WatchESPN
Melvin Keihn
Executive Producers
Stephanie Druley, Lee Fitting, Rob King, Craig T. Lazarus, Connor Schell, Victor Vitarelli
Coordinating Producer
Drew Gallagher
Supervising Producers
Jim Gaiero, Lydelle King, Ben Webber
Producers
Jason Johnson, David Pierpont, Gene Wojciechowski
Associate Producers
Alex Brewer, Krys Kline
Outstanding Long Feature
E: 60 ESPN2
Fight On
Executive Producers
Craig T. Lazarus, Andy Tennant
Senior Coordinating Producer
Dwayne Bray
Coordinating Producers
Michael Baltierra, Tim Hays, Carolyn Hong, Ben Houser
Supervising Producers
Rayna Banks, Vin Cannamela, Heather Lombardo
Feature Producers
Simon Baumgart, Nancy Devaney, Dan Lindberg, John Minton III
Associate Producers
Jonathan Belinski, Alex Birnie, Taylor Chien, Josh Smith, Chris Tuminello
Reporter
Shelley Smith
Editors
John Iaquinta, Dave Lynch, Matt McCormick
Outstanding Open/Tease
AFC Championship CBS
Teasing John Malkovich
Executive Producers
David Berson, Harold Bryant, Sean McManus
Senior Coordinating Producers
Tyler Hale, Stephen Karasik
Producers
Debra Gelman, Drew Kaliski, James C. Rikhoff
Director
Peter Radovich, Jr.
Associate Producers
David Anthony, Andrew Benestante, Aaron Cohen, James Decker, Laurie J. Zelnick, Billy Scafuri, Andy Solomon, Joyce Tsang, Helmut VonLichten, Timothy Wildgoose
Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage
2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament NCAA.comNCAA March Madness LiveExecutive Producers
Craig Barry, Matt Hong, Mark Johnson
Coordinating Producers
Randy Dickerson, Patrick Evans, Ela Govindasamy, Seth Miller, Andrea Waterhouse
Senior Producers
Michael Benzie, Chris Brown, Katy Sullivan
Supervising Producers
Troy Causey, Henry Hoyal, Matt Mosteller, Chris Pellani, Hania Poole, Tom Sahara
Producers
Shamika Brown-Upshaw, Ricky Chandler, Elliot Dane, Gabrielle Derenthal, Christy Edward, Zach Firestone, Sharon Fouse, Jeff Gray, Catherine Harris, Shai Harris, Joanna Lieberman, Steven Little, Nic Lloyd, Trent Loyd, Alex Mark, Summer McKesson, Sabrina Molu, Matt Newman, Joe Prato, Lee Shelton, Leo Steed, Jason Venson, Callie Wachman, Andrew Waters
Associate Producers
Callie Frank, Beth Maiman, Eric Vander Voort
Outstanding Digital Innovation
Capturing Everest SI.com/LifeVR360-degree VR [Endemol Shine Beyond]Executive Producers
Courtney Andresen, Todd Barrish, Gavin Farrell, Mike Franz, Chris Hercik, William Lai, Garrett Madison, Madison Mountaineering, Ian Orefice, Josh Oshinsky, Bonnie Pan, Lauren Selig, Christian Stone, Mia Tramz
Producers
Ben Eagle, Matthew Forrest, Julia Hirt, Ryan Hunt, Peter Martin
Director
Corey Petrick
Associate Producers
Michaela Holland, Samantha Wessel
Outstanding Social TV Experience
100,000 Cameras FOXOhio State vs. Michigan [NASCAR Productions] Executive Producers
Judy Boyd, Charlie Dixon, John Entz, Tally Hair, Steven Herbst, Eric Shanks, Mark Silverman, Gabe Spitzer, Steve Stum, William Wanger
Coordinating Producers
Bill Friedman, Julia Utke
Senior Producers
Michael Bucklin, Solomon Horner, Mike Thompson
Supervising Producer
Carl Hansen
Producers
Scott Dowless, Matthew Dunkin, Jason Jacobson, Sammy Lopez, Charles McDonald, Tyler Moorehead, Wayne Morgan, Benjamin Potts, Jeff Schafer, Kristen Scott, Allison Smith
Coordinating Directors
Harry Cogan, Jeff Lotierzo
Director
Jeffrey Cvitkovic
Associate Producers
Paul Cavanaugh, Dave Colozzi, Zack Cook, Lauren Downey, Morgan Giannone, Vivian Hill, Jon Housholder, Andrèa Ihle, Denise Katz, Andre Labous, Justin Long, Jordan Maleh, Stephanie May, Brett Ramker, Katja Schwarz-Payne, Alex Sherron, Stacey Thompson, Melissa Verille
Senior Associate Directors
Kate Davis, William Ihle, Jeremy Wallace
Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Host
BOB LEY ESPN
Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-by-Play
MIKE ‘DOC’ EMRICK NBC/NBCSN
Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst
HAROLD REYNOLDS MLB Network
Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Event Analyst
KIRK HERBSTREIT ESPN/ABC
Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Reporter
TOM VERDUCCI MLB Network/FOX
Outstanding Technical Team Remote
NASCAR on FOX FOX/FS1
Technical Supervisors
Mark Alsmeyer, Kevin Callahan, Dave Carbray, Tim Caso, Peter Chalverus, Brad Cheney, Phil Cochran, Mike Davies, Karin Fasing, Rhonda Fontes, Enrique Gonzalez, Leroy Goodnight, Lindsey Grant, Tom Grigsby, Rich Hawley, David M. Hill, Brett Hodgson, Dave Jones, Jack Jones, Eric Lange, Michael Marble, Alex Meszaros, Lynn Mignani, Tony Mobilia, Maren Morales, Shobhit N.s., Wayne Nelson, Paul Niesen, Charlie Pak, Bill Papadopoulus, Ron Partilla, Raul Ramirez, Camille Redman, Chad Ross, Prumell Salva, Matt Stovcsik, Stacy Sunny, Clyde Taylor, Jason Tran, Alex Valle, Paulus Weemaes, Jamie Wolfe, Shawn Wolfe
Senior Technical Directors
Colby Bourgeois, John Howard
Technical Directors
Ed Collins, Bob Goosley, Derrell Harman, Tom Maslak
Electronic Camera Persons
Dan Belue, Jake Blau, Josh Bumgarner, Skip Clark, Tim Collins, Dylan Crow, Jeff Dickerson, Michael Dranes, Trent Dyer, Don Fenwick, Terry Ford, Chris Fuydal, Jim Fuydal, Dan Garbacz, David Geller, Rich Glandorf, James Hall, Nelson Hastings, Scott Hiles, Brad Hutton, Charlie Iacono, Tim Leboeuf, Tony Marshall, Dave Miller, Andy Mitchell, Bill Muncy, Ed Obergfell, Andrew Parr, Don Russell, John Sanza, Ed Schaber, Cody Slatten, Stan Sobolak, John South, Dalton Starling, Pat Stevens, Dave Stolen, David Svenson, Robert Winton, Steve Zajac
Graphics Operators
Drew Breese, Maggie Darst, Jason Dupell, Nell Entwistle, Mark Fissore, Ryan Graft, Brad Helms, Ryan Hensley, Nate Karamanski, AJ Mead, Dan Reeves, Charles Smith, Mike Steavpack, Josh Stone, Scott Swim, Matt Tan, Jeremy Wilson
Senior Audio Engineers
Fred Aldous, Zachary Bayer, Kevin McCloskey, Matt Victory, Chip Weaver
Audio Engineers
Ben Altopp, Jeff Bratta, Linal Albertus Getchell III, Barbara Hanford, Anthony Lomastro, Dan Masters, Steve Onuska, Mark Williams, Doug Wilson
Digital Replay Operators
Michael Brandt, Dane Crawford, Paul Duda, Tom Ginocchi, Victor Gonzales, Lars Pacheco, Craig Thornberg, Scott Veals, Don Vermeulen, Wayne Weaver
Senior Maintenance Engineers
Lenny Batson, Ethan Bernstein, Mike Copeland, Mark Dennie, Denise Dunn, Glenn Emery, Mark Fairchild, Robert Frost, William Lawler, Jr., Mike Leon , Jeff Leonard, Rick Newman, Mike O'Dea, Robert Ormaas, Mike Ott, Kevin Raymond, Chris Stoddard, Dan Tighe, Bret Wohlgemuth
Video Engineers
Rob Albinson, Dale Becker, Savannah Brotherton, Greg Burbank, Jermaine Cameron, John Wayne Caulder, Al Chestelson, Don Clagett, Nick Clark, Vance Ish Clissold, Brian Colucci, Keith D'Ornellas, Steve Dressman, Daniel Harrison, Patrick Hill, Willie Holmes, Mark LaCorte, Josh Larson, Chris Lobe, James Lucas, Gene Mikell, Stephen Miller, Brian Neher, Baltazar Nunez, Chris Ober, Brian Obert, Matt Oder, Matt Pascale, Matt Pascale, Reid Ritter, Sean Seavers, Ronnie Senko, Jeff Silverman, Mark Streepy, Shaun Thomas, Mike Vaughan, Jessica West
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
College GameDay ESPN
Technical Supervisors
Ryan Bastek, Jayne Bonn, Robert Braunlich, Shea Byram, Chris Calcinari, Andy Davenport, Jeff Dorsey, Paul Dryden, Justin Endres, Luther Fisher, Tom Gianakos, Joe Guarnieri, Rand Joseph, Devin Kragh, Mike Martin , Rodney Perez, Rich Rappi, Danny Reifert, Judi Weiss, Steve Widuch, Carlton Young
Technical Director
Dean Ellington
Electronic Camera Persons
Joe Andreasen, Dave Barnes, Josh Bender, Jay Clarke, Randi French, Mike Hally, Pat Hally, Robert Hennessey, Brie Michaels, DJ Montroni, Mike Pacheco, Cameron Sheckels, David Smith, Edward Stachulski
Graphics Operators
Paul Davis, Adam Grigley
Lighting Director
Doug Gentile
Senior Audio Engineer
Eric Kimmel
Audio Engineers
Chris Boler, Tony Johnson, Jason Levin, Steve Ryczsko
Audio Assistants
Darius Dancer, Lucas Endres, Gerry Glass, Jason Kane, Robert Stanley, John Stull, Malcolm Thomas, Martin Thomas, Will Vantwoud, Bill Verberkmoes, Marty Vidhina, Jeremy Wright
Digital Replay Operators
Chad Hanna, Ken Wagner
Video Engineers
Ben Branch, Jake Daigle, Michael Roberts
Super Bowl LII
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NFL Network
Technical Supervisors
Adam Acone, Brad Boim, Addison Coston, Bruce Goldfeder, Greg Goldman, Steve Joyal , Sean Kelley, Drew Kelsey , Matt Kwok, Jessica Lee, Patrick Lee, Wade Marshall, Christine Mills, John Nash, Jim Naughton, Eric Peters, Jon Raidel, Kevin Reilly , Scott Sellz, Bruce Shapiro , Dave Shaw , Michael Spiteri , Elizabeth Tuura, Nick Vartanian, AJ Wainwright , Mike Wemple
Technical Directors
Tina Barranco , Nate Bergquist, Kris Castro , Eliza Espinosa , Emily Goodwin, Robert Goosley , Dana Villa
Electronic Camera Persons
Rick Beattie, Ryan Fredericks, Chuck Goslin, Katie Jackan, Tyler Richter, Chris Trudeau, Steve Antus, Will Baker, Bruce Beck, PJ Bennett, Ryan Bennett, Anne Bergstrom, Joe Bohman, Josh Bumgarner, Allison Casey, Rob Clark, Scott Coleman, Sean Cooney, Don Cornelli, Thomas Crscenzo, Kyle Dagman, John Densmore, Dan Dettman, Alex DiCicco, Chris Dougherty,
Tim Dufour, Lewis Estes, Ed Field, Devry Foss, John Goebel, Brent Gulsvig, John Hanson Jr., Joe Harewicz, Neil Hennen, Dave Hodgson, Brad Jacobsen, Eric Jernall, David Johns, Jameson Johnson, Callie Jones, Jason Kay, Kenton Kipp, Billy Kwok , Tom Landsmann, Daihan Lee, Richie Leible, Scott Lindell, Benjamin McHie, Brian O'Rourke, Christopher Palmquist, David Paulson, Dustin Paulson, Ron Prociew, Phil Renaud, Anthony Robles, Frank Scacciaferro, Ryan Schuster, Jacob Smauder, Pat Stevens, Josh Udvig, Alex Walker, Dan Wasserman, Mitch Waters, Steve Webster, Jud Williams, John Wood
Graphics Operators
Danny Cheng, Denise DeMonte, Michele Hampton , David Ibarra , Wayne Luna, Maria Lynch, Melanie Molinari, Dawn Pattillo, Jessica Shamblen, Jason Sparich, Jackie Stolhand, Esperanza Valentine, Nick Zacharczuk
Lighting Directors
Bradford Bettencourt, Jeff Gregson, David Robinson, Garry Schweiger, Ted Wells, Andy York
Audio Engineers
Mark Butler, Brian Canali, Chris Carroll, Sarah Chilson, Jeff Cohen , Berti Levy, Jamie McCombs, Kevin O'Brien, Corry Parrott, Mark Raymond, Matt Rosetti , Peteris Saltans , Mark Thomason, Randy Wine
Audio Assistants
Mitch Griffin, Jason Griffith, Dale Paulson, Stephan Ahonen, Ali Bavugamenshi, Bernie Beaudry , Nolan Betterman, Bob Charlap, Tres Getchell, Rug LaMastro, Timothy Lewis, Brian Lucas, Max Muehlen, Dave Nardelli , Tracy Paulson, Justin Ranes, Mark Raymond, Tony Rhone, Andy Rostron, Jose Sanchez, Justin Schwartzbauer, Samuel Tavares, Chris Tveitbakk, Omer Vaughn , Aaron Young
Digital Replay Operators
Kathryn Ballard, Marc Clair , Gary Clairmont, Alex Clysdale, Christina Gonzales , Myles Grissom , Eric Holloway, Justin Jemerson , Daniel Lamatsch, Sean Mcdaniels, Jim Mooney, Josh Neil, Jessie Olsen, Mike Pelkey , Daisy Ramos, Jonathan Rosas, Chuck Ulmer, Brad Walker , Shane Wasserman, Mike Wilson
Video Engineers
Duncan Richards, Brian Ristine, Lorey Andres , John Bagtatlyan, Christopher Barrett, Phil Barrett, Andrew Bennett, Brent Boyens, Michael Brown, Bruno Brunelle, Matthew Caron, Tom Carroll, Dominik Cubranich, Steve DiGiacomo, Nicholas Dill, Scott Frissora, Aron Garrison , Steve Gaughen, Michael Graybill, Charley Haggarty, Nicholas Hambarian , Albert Hutagalung, Tom Lynch, Anthony Magdziak , Gary Metz, Bill Millhench, Chris Monroe, Jim Naughton , Kevin Norris, Ken Pruitt, Brian Reardon, Tommy Ruth, Abby Schneider, Julien Schneider, Robert Smith , Peter Stendal, Katy Symanovich, Todd Tagaloa, Rhett VanBurskirk, Scott Widder, Dan Williams
Outstanding Camera Work
The 143rd Kentucky Derby NBC
Cinematographers
Eric Girgash, Aaron Mendez, Harris Mendheim, Taylor Morrison
Outstanding Editing - Short FormAFC Championship CBS
Teasing John MalkovichEditors
Anthony J. Cortese, Alan Medic
Outstanding Editing - Long Form
Golf Central Golf ChannelFeeling and Reality: The Billy Hurley Story [May Fifth Productions] Editor
Jantzen Gianfrancesco
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award
AFC Championship CBSTeasing John MalkovichWriters
Aaron Cohen, John Malkovich, Peter Radovich, Jr., Billy Scafuri
Outstanding Music DirectionThe 118th Army-Navy Game CBS
The More Things Change, ”The Letter"Music Director
Peter Radovich, Jr.
Composer
Helmut VonLichten
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
NASCAR on FOX FOX/FS1
Senior Audio Engineers
Fred Aldous, David M. Hill, Kevin McCloskey
Audio Engineers
Ben Altopp, Zachary Bayer, Jeff Bratta, Linal Albertus Getchell III, Tom Grisby, Barbara Hanford, Josh Larson, Anthony Lomastro, Dan Masters, Alex Meszaros, Bill Muncy, Steve Onuska, Mathew Victory, Chip Weaver, Mark Williams, Doug Wilson
Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
The 118th Army-Navy Game CBSThe More Things ChangeSenior Audio Engineer
Dan O’Sullivan
Outstanding Live Graphic Design
League of Legends YouTube/Twitch TV[Riot Games]
Senior Graphic Designers
Thiago Gutierrez, Ariel Horn, David Levy, Jerry O'Flaherty, Eric Perez, Justin Restaino
Graphic Designers
George Ahlmeyer, Andrew Benninghoff, Dustin D'Addato, Matt Dickey, Jose Martinez, Dave Stewart, Emily Stone, Viranda Tantula, Grant Werle
Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design
Dear Basketball Verizon
[Glen Keane Productions/Granity Studios/Believe Entertainment Group]
Senior Graphic Designer
Glen Keane
Graphic Designer
Max Keane
Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction
AFC Championship CBSTeasing John MalkovichCreative Director
Peter Radovich, Jr.
Production Designers
David Anthony, Andrew Benestante, Laurie J. Zelnick
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
Sunday Night Baseball ESPNFront Row CamInnovators
Weston Beaumont, Terry Brady, Chris Byrne, Patrick Campbell, Nolan Lynch, Cody Miles, Shane Monsees, Phil Orlins, Vince Pace, Stephen Raymond
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement
NASCAR on FOX FOX
Daytona 500 - Daytona Day
Executive Producers
John Entz, Robert Gottlieb, Eric Shanks
Senior Coordinating Producer
Bill Battin
Coordinating Producers
Cory Berger, Tim Case, Keith Hritz
Senior Producer
Claudina Mercado
Supervising Producer
Jeff Scruton
Producers
Julien LeMaitre, Claudina Mercado, Peter O'Stella, Amanda Seibert, Lissa Weiss
Coordinating Director
Blake Danforth
Director
Joseph Kahn
Associate Producers
Mic Brooling, Chancler Haynes, Dave Hussey, Alexa Levy, Nancy MacDonald, Mike Mikulec, Grant Miller
Associate Director
Matt Wise
Creative Directors
Dave Arnold, Evan Mathis
Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish
FIFA World Cup Qualifier Univision/Univision Deportes
Mexico vs. USA
Executive Producers
Juan Ignacio Ceballos, Eric Conrad, Miguel Ángel García, Marco Liceaga, Olek Loewenstein, Edgar Martinez, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Martha Soto
Coordinating Producers
Edwin Colon, Walter Larrosa, Alejandro Lodeiro
Producers
Joel Bengoa, David Cabeza, Mauro Dall'agnese, Florencia Demartini, Noelbys Gonzalez, Isaac Huerta, Palemon Martin Alvarado, Rodrigo Adan Rangel Lopez, Ulises Rivera Ochoa, William Scandella, Daniel Totani, Leonardo Valero
Directors
Dacio Alonso, Hector Ayora, Francisco Caballero, Mario Gallor, Eugenio Marin, Hector Novoa, Yamil Ochoa, Johan Rincon, Hector Vargas
Associate Producers
Nomar Cabrera, Adrian Cervantes, Maria Luisa Espinosa, Fabian Galvis, Jason Levine, Bryan Martínez, Marco Perea, Efrain Romero, Paola Varela, Ricardo Vázquez
Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish
Futbol Picante ESPN Deportes
Executive Producers
Armando Benítez, Rodolfo Martínez
Coordinating Producer
Yoyotzin Zuñiga
Producers
Xavier Cabello , Manuel Cerdeira, Selene Feria, Vicente Navarro, Leticia Pulido, Daniel Ramírez, Carlos Ramos, Pedro Rodríguez , Juan Carlos Velázquez
Coordinating Directors
Antonio Aguilar, Luis Zuñiga
Directors
Federico Bobadilla , Edgar Guzman, Bruno Rodríguez
Associate Producers
Luis Arriaga, Carlos Barrón, Mario Bedolla, Javier Briseño, Carlos Cárdenas, José Ángel Castillo, Sergio Domínguez, Óscar Gómez, Fabián Hernández, Fernando Hiort, Alejandro Lugo, Rodrigo Márquez, Francisco Martín, Emiliano Méndez, Juan Carlos Montiel, Rodrigo Munguía, Mario Palafox , Joshua Ramos, Gerardo Sandoval, Omar Wong
Associate Directors
Arturo Barajas, Álvaro Carmona, Juan Carlos Cruz, Gerardo Escutia, Alejandro Espinoza, Israel Flores, Josafat González, José Luis Granados, Juan José Hermida, Diego Hernández, Luis Alfonso Hernández, Sergio Islas, Eduardo Lezama, José Luis Mondragón, Marco Antonio Mugica, Moisés Muñoz, Christian Nava, Ángel Núñez, Lorena Ortiz, Georgina Ríos, Javier Sáenz, Jesús Soto
Outstanding On-Air Talent in Spanish
Andrés Cantor Telemundo
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