Press release from NATAS, May 5, 2015:
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 36th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards at a special ceremony tonight at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Winners were announced in 40 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Series, Sports Documentary, Studio Show, Promotional Announcement, Play-by-Play Personality, Studio Analyst and three categories honoring Spanish-speaking programming and talent.
“While new to the National Academy, I’ve been a television executive and a sports fan all my life and I’ve been amazed at the changes over the years in the presentation and coverage of every corner of the global sports market,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS. “The quality of Sports television continues to shine as the ability for the fan to receive programming in multiple formats has grown exponentially. It is our joy to honor tonight’s many outstanding nominees who continue to challenge what is possible, and consistently find new and exciting ways to engage the sports viewing audience.”
The awards were presented by a distinguished group of sports figures and television personalities including Matt Vasgersian and Harold Reynolds ( “MLB Tonight,” MLB Network); Ernie Johnson, (studio host, Turner Sports); Adam Lefkoe (anchor, “Bleacher Report”); Marion Reimers (journalist, Fox Sports); Ernesto Jerez (journalist, ESPN Desportes); Rich Eisen (studio host, NFL Network); Eric LeGrand (Rutgers University); Dara Torres (12-time Olympic medalist, Swimming); Ian Eagle (sportscaster, CBS); Shelley Smith (sports reporter, SportsCenter, ESPN); Dan Hicks (sportscaster, NBC); Tara Lipinski (1998 Figure Skating Olympic Gold medalist; event analyst, NBC); Ken Rosenthal (sports reporter, FOX Sports); and Tom Verducci (event analyst, MLB on FOX).
The Sports Emmy® Award recipients were chosen by a Blue Ribbon Panel of industry peers. The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2014 calendar year.
ChyronHego, Yangaroo, Inc. and Off the Wall Productions are the official sponsors of the 36th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards.
A detailed listing of all awards is below as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP.
36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards — Winners
Outstanding Live Sports Special
Super Bowl XLIX — NBC — Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots
Executive Producers
Sam Flood, Mark Lazarus
Coordinating Producer
Fred Gaudelli
Segment Producers
Kevin Brown, Drew Devine, Brian Gordon, Ken Hirdt, Pierre Moossa, Mike Ryan
Sideline Producer
Michele Froman
Replay Producers
Rob Hyland, Kaare Numme
Director
Drew Esocoff
Associate Producers
Ryan Burke, Michael Eisenstein, Wade Junco, Ryan Meyers, Timothy Nelson, Ryan Pettys, David Polk,
Vincent Rao, Michael Seib, Joshua Veltrie, Alex Wolochuk
Senior Associate Director
Charlie Vanacore
Associate Directors
Brigette Boginis, Charles Dammeyer
Outstanding Live Sports Series
NASCAR on FOX — FOX/FOX Sports 1
Executive Producers
John Entz, David Nathanson, Eric Shanks
Coordinating Producers
Bill Richards, Jacob Ullman, Richie Zyontz
Producers
Josh Earl, Barry Landis, Pam Miller
Feature Producers
David Blatt, Jackie Bower, Justin Burnett, Chris Pizzi, Jennifer Pransky
Directors
Artie Kempner, Derek Manning
Associate Producers
Scott Clark, Rich Flanagan, Lindsey Mandia, Paul Marmaro, Dan Masi, Gina Mazzella, Jeremy Mennell, Jonah Meyer, Eric Olen, Chris Raiskup, Chris Smith, Jordan Wolff
Operations Producers
Scott Lembke, Dustin Myers, Jack Simmons
Associate Directors
Flavia Bowen, Daren Foster, Jeremy Green, Rich Gross, Jacob Jolivette, Eric Mandia, Tom Shaffery
Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage
Sound FX — NFL Network
Super Bowl XLVIII — [NFL Films]
Executive Producers
Howard Katz, Patrick Kelleher, Ross Ketover, Mark Quenzel, Brian Rolapp, Eric Weinberger
Producer
Paul Camarata
Segment Producers
Shannon Furman, Erik Powers, Gerry Reimel, Brian Rosenfeld, Chip Swain, Angela Torma, Michelle Girardi Zumwalt
Outstanding Edited Sports Special
E: 60 — ESPN2
Executive Producers
Vince Doria, John Skipper, Andy Tennant, John Wildhack
Supervising Producers
Vin Cannamela, Heather Lombardo
Coordinating Producers
Michael Baltierra, Ben Houser
Feature Producers
Max Brodsky, Mike Johns, Aaron Johnson, Martin Khodabakhshian, Dan Lindberg, Matt Rissmiller
Producers
Chris Connelly, Jeremy Schaap, Bob Woodruff
Associate Producers
Jeff Bollacke, Michael Bollacke, Bryan Brousseau, Kaiti Decker, Lisa Edward, Aaron Frutman, Mathew Furuta, Vincent Guglielmina, Toby Hershkowitz, Phil Iglesias, Stephen Keaney, Mike Mapes, Thom McCallum, Ian McGrew, Anthony Melfi, Megan Anderson Rinaldi, Ray Palagy, Kaline Shounce
Editors
Paul Carruthers, Marlon Hidalgo, Nate Hogan, Jennifer Holt, Tim Horgan, Matt McCormick, Tim Spero, Warren Wolcott
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
NFC Championship Game — FOX Green Bay Packers vs Seattle Seahawks
Executive Producers
John Entz, Eric Shanks
Coordinating Producers Bill Richards, Jacob Ullman
Producer
Richie Zyontz
Directors
Stephanie Medina, Rich Russo
Associate Producers
Zac Fields, Rich Flanagan, Steve Horn, Alex Olsen, Joshua Perea, Brandon Terralavoro, Jordan Wolff
Operations Producers
Scott Lembke, Dustin Myers, Jack Simmons
Senior Associate Director
Greg Scoppettone
Associate Directors
Rich Gross, Jacob Jolivette, Eric Mandia, Tom Shaffery, Courtney Stockmal
Outstanding Sports Documentary
We Could Be King — ESPNews
[Tribeca Digital Studios]
Executive Producers
Ryan Eckel, Lauren Hobart, Gary Krieg, Edward W. Stack
Supervising Producer
Michelle R. Carney
Producers
Caitlin Mae Burke, Ruchi Mital
Producer/Director
Judd Ehrlich
Editors
Chris Iversen, David Lieberman
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series
30 for 30 — ESPN [ESPN Films]
Executive Producer
John Dahl, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons
Senior Producers
Libby Geist, Erin Leyden, Dan Silver
Producers
Jason Bergh, Andy Billman, David Check, Dion Cocoros, Aaron Cohen, Gary Cohen, Marquis Daisy, Doug Ellin, Deirdre Fenton, Castor Fernandez, David Gavant, Kenan Holley, Bomani Jones, David Karabinas, Sean Kelly, Gentry Kirby, Jim Lefkowitz, Matt McDonald, Katie McNeill, Danny Meiseles, Jamie Patricof, Tom Picard, Chip Rives, Ouisie Shapiro, Alfred Spellman
Directors
Billy Corben, Marquis Daisy, Mario Diaz, Ezra Edelman, Ryan Fleck, Cayman Grant, Joe Lavine, Za k
Levitt, Thaddeus D. Matula, Michael Rapaport
Associate Producers
Jenna Anthony, Spencer Barry, Vin D’Anton, Brian D’Ostilio, Maria Delgado, Amanda Kresge, Jennifer Thorpe, Matt Zwetolitz
Editors
Kevin Barth, Tal Ben-David, David Cypkin, Bret Granato, Dan Marks, Andrew Morreale, A.C.E., Nick Packer, Christos Pathiakis, Jeff Reilly
AND
All Access — Showtime
Executive Producers
Jason Bowers, Stephen Espinoza, Earl Fash, Ross Greenburg, Jody Heaps, Floyd Mayweather
Coordinating Producer
Hal Schiff
Senior Producer
Josh Glaser
Supervising Producers
Jesse Cook, Alicia Corven, Danon Hinty, Scott Kono, Jason Mamen, Cecile Murias, Nikki Spetseris, Alicia Zubikowski
Producers
Bob Bodziner, Michael Brown, Brad Buckwalter, Jackie Decker, Bryan Delancey, Nick Eisenberg, Lindsey Felling, Jeff Fisher, Justin Fredericks, Steve Lamme, Adam Marinelli, Tim Mullen, Chris Nizza, Matt O’Connor, Andrew Romero, Ollie Stokes, Christian Winters
Director
Jason Bowers
Associate Producers
Melissa Alferez, Colin Beattie, Ryan Francini, Francesco Guastella, Sofia Santana
Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly
College GameDay — ESPN Football
Executive Producers
Robert Braunlich, Chris Calcinari, Vince Doria, Mark Gross, Jodi Markley, John Skipper, John Walsh, Dave Weiler, John Wildhac k
Senior Coordinating Producers
Lee Fitting, David Miller, Victor Vitarelli
Coordinating Producers
Drew Gallagher, Lydelle King, José Morales
Supervising Producers
Luther Fisher, Tom Gianakos, Rand Joseph, Michael Lake, Lindsey Lloyd, Judi Weiss, Keri Willis
Producers
Matthew Brooks, Nicholas Sciallo, Jonathan Whyley
Feature Producers
Luis Aldea, Chris Fallica, Jon Fish, Celia Kelly, Kristen Lappas, Sandra Rosenbush, Benjamin Webber, George Whitfield
Senior Coordinating Director
Jay Francis
Coordinating Director
Lorenzo Lamadrid
Directors
Tom Lucas, Biana Peltin
Associate Producers
Patrick Abrahams, Adam Bauer, Ben Branch, Alexander Brewer, Geoffrey Brown, Christina Clancy, Lee Clark, Richard Dorner, Jarrod Ficklin, Randy French, Chris Fulton, Zachary Gilbert, Lexy Gonzalez, Chad Hanna, Kirk Henry, Dirk Howard, Anthony Jaeger, Tricia Jelle, Lia Kozlak, Devin Kragh, Robert Labay, Brie Michaels, Duncan Morgan, Jason Morris, Kristal Nadeau, Rob Parker, Steven Ponder, Daniel Reifert, Tim Richard, Michael Ruhlman, Kevin Sanchez, Gregory Shapiro, Fu Takumi, Ken Wagner, Dan Weiner, Mark Williamson, Gene Wilson, Dawn Wind
Associate Director
Joseph Iuliano
Outstanding Studio Show – Daily
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
Executive Producers
Rob McGlarry, Tony Petitti
Senior Coordinating Producers
Bruce Cornblatt Dave Patterson, Mike Santini
Coordinating Producers
Joshua Bernstein, Mark Caiafa, Rich Ciancimino, Mitch Green, Fred King, Ethan Kleinberg, Michael Konner, Chris Mallory, Bryan
Meyers, Chris Pfeiffer, Marc Weiner
Senior Producers
Daniel Coldwell, Will Folger, Doug Jaclin, Elliott Kalb, Jed Tuminaro
Producers
Greg Amsinger, John Barnes, Scott Braun, Andrew Brenner, Eric Byrnes, Mark Capalbo, Sean Casey, Fran Charles, William Cope, Mark DeRosa, Cliff Floyd, Peter Gammons, Darryl Hamilton, Micah Karg, Brian Kenny, Dan Komyati, Al Leiter, Mike Lowell, Joe Magrane, Martin Montalto, Dan Plesac, Daniel Presser, Harold Reynolds, Bill Ripken, Christopher Roenbeck, Ken Rosenthal, Rich Savino, Paul Severino, John Smoltz, Nick Steger, Matt Vasgersian, Tom Verducci, Justin White, Matt Yallof
Segment Producers
Sanford Appell, Patrick Armstrong, Derek Callahan, Chris Collins, Tony Ferraiolo, Ben Friedfeld, Annie Gottlieb, Anthony Jimenez, Sean Loughl in, Premier Maldonado, Nate Purinton, Steve Rodriguez, Jason Roy, Bruce Schein, Jim Serratore, Scott Sokol, James Urban, Jon Wenk
Coordinating Director
Mark Deaver
Directors
Lucas Altman, Rich Beczynski, Dave Hagen, Tom Healy, Jay Kincaid, Eli Lazar, Jason Lobb, Michael Martin, Tom Meberg, John
Moore, Greg Stern, Michael Torello
Senior Associate Producers
Marc Adelberg, Alan Goldstein
Associate Producers
Andrew Adams, Ashley Allen, Erik Altano, Michael Ardizzone, Chris Arnowich, Carmine Arpaia, Matthew Baker, Andrew Batti, Andrew Baumhor, Michael Benjamin, Andrew Berwald, Todd Betzag, Ron Bishow, David Blattman, Chris Bonetti, Christopher Bracey, Eileen Bramswig, Dimitri Browne, James Broyd, Nicholas Buffum, Chase Butler, Dom Campana, Chris Cerbo, Josh Chaplin, Bradley Chen, Jessica Ciancimino, Matthew Ciancimino, Garry Clark, Jack Cognetta, Jenna Colletti, Kevin Cooper, Andrew Cooper-Leary, Keith Costas, Justin Crowell, Steven Cuce, John Daly, Vincent Dapolito, Michael DeJong, Scott Dempsey, Shawn Desmond, Mike Dooley, Matt Dorf, Robert Dougherty, Steve Dugan, Sherman Fabes, Jon Fazio, Francis Fernandez, Natalie Finkelstein, Lorraine Fisher, Richard Fried, Timothy Fryer, Arnold Fucci, Rory Fugazy, Brian Gallagher, Sean Gelman, Scott Gimber, Steve Giue, Jim Glynn, Ken Gold, Patricia Gonzalez, Mark Grillo, Art Guglielmo, Patrick Guthrie, Brandt Hale, Ian Harmand, BJ Harring, Adam Helfgott, Gina Hemphill, Mark Hennig, Nick Hesketh, Dennis Hirdt, Ken Hirdt, Grant Hutchinson, Jesse Hutchinson, Alex Hyacinthe, Sean Hyland, Steve Inman, William Joel, David Koplik, Mark Kraus, Jon Kreitler, Daniel Krieg, Casey Kulik, Annie Langley, Jordan Levinson, JD Lindberg, Marissa Lombardi, Brett Lopolito, Tom Loughran, Evan Lubell, Alex Lupica, Stefanie Manisero, Matt Marini, Kristen Martin, Moses Massena, Marc Matcham, Kristin McCall, Jeremy McCarthy, John McVey, Herlentz Mesidor, Elsa Mimmo, Patrick Minton, Justin Mintzes, Justin Misano, Eric Mollo, Brandon Moye, Andrew Murphy, Brian Murphy, James Murphy, Michael Napolitano, Jim Nolan, Craig Nordquist, Nick Novielli, Matthew Oelbaum, John O’Malley, Steve Patterson, Mike Pielech, Juliana Pignataro, Jordan Rebimbas, Andrew Reich, Ian Ritter, Belinda Rodriguez, Daniel Rodriguez, Eric Rossi, Adam Rozwadowski, Brian Sales, Chris Scalzo, Stephanie Scarpulla , Corey Scheiner, Amelia Schimmel, David Scordato, Jason Seekamp, Alex Shapiro, John Silk, Matt Small, Corey Smith, Ryan Smith, Kirsten Sobecki, Eric Sole, Deana Speck, Samantha Spence, Scott Spinelli, Kevin Stewart, Ryan Sullivan, Ian Theodoridis, Josh ua Toolajian, Michael Treanor, Sarah Tucci, Luke Uttaro, David Van Moffaert, Ryan Velez, Marci Villanueva, Jordan Wallach, Robert Wass, John Welch, Brendan Werner, Mike Wolan, Josh Wolberg, Bobby Yan, Brian Yu, Wes Zientek, David Zuckerman
Associate Directors
Chris Burns, Camp Childers, Bryan Fennessey, Kerry Jackson, Nick Juliano, Keith Kielty, Michael Kim, Margaret Murphy, Dan
Petriw, Michael Sober
Outstanding Sports News Anthology
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — HBO
Executive Producer
Rick Bernstein
Senior Producer
Joe Perskie
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin
Coordinating Producer
Tim Walker
Director
Bill McCullough
Producers
Lisa Bennett, Maggie Burbank, Chapman Downes, Josh Fine, Jordan Kronick, Jason Samuels, David Scott
Supervising Producer
Kirby Bradley
Associate Producers
Stuart Ash, Adam Berkowitz, Brian Derr, Max Gershberg, Nisreen Habbal, Naimah Jabali-Nash, Katie Melone, Beret Remak, Jake
Rosenwasser, Jason Schmidt
Operations Producers
Ken Clausen, Doug Fields
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — HBO Kids & Guns
Executive Producer
Rick Bernstein
Senior Producer
Joe Perskie
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin
Coordinating Producer
Tim Walker Producer
Maggie Burbank
Co-Producer
Katie Melone
Associate Producer
Stuart Ash
Reporter
Jon Frankel
Outstanding Short Feature
FOX Sports Live — FOXSports.com
Corked: The Albert Belle Bat Heist
Executive Producers
Scott Ackerson, John Entz, Michael Hughes, David Nathanson, Eric Shanks
Coordinating Producer
Yaron Deskalo
Producer
Todd Kapostasy
Associate Producers
Matt Cozza, Mark James
Outstanding Long Feature
E: 60 — ESPN2
Owen and Haatchi
Executive Producers
Craig Bengtson, Vince Doria, Andy Tennant
Coordinating Producers Michael Baltierra, Ben Houser
Supervising Producers
Vin Cannamela, Heather Lombardo
Associate Producers
Bob Bryan, Brian Rivera, Jon Roche, Thom Stukas
Reporter
Tom Rinaldi
Editor
Dave Lynch, Matt McCormick, Tim Spero
Outstanding Open/Tease
E: 60 — ESPN2
Dream On: Stories of Boston’s Strongest
Executive Producer
Andy Tennant
Coordinating Producers
Michael Baltierra, Ben Houser
Supervising Producers
Vin Cannamela, Heather Lombardo
Producer
Martin Khodabakhshian, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler
Director
Casey Tebo
Associate Producers
Jeremy Davis, Kaiti Decker, Lisa Edward, Matthew Firestone, Stephen Keaney, Lori Loftus, Robert O’Reilly, Phil Reilly, Megan Anderson Rinaldi, Justin Stokes, Kevin Wilson
Associate Directors
Bryan Brousseau, Kaline Shounce
Editors
Tim Horgan, Tim Spero
Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — nbcolympics.com
Executive Producers
Jim Bell, Richard Cordella, Mark Lazarus, Gary Zenkel
Coordinating Producers
Rebecca Chatman, Dave Gabel, Joe Gesue
Senior Producers
Eric Black, Wally Bruckner, Shelby Campbell, Christopher Creed, Peter Diamond, Rob Dustin, Troy Ewanchyna, David Faulknor, John Fritsche, Brian Gilmore, Christopher Hall, Eric Hamilton, Clarence Hau, Jack Jackson, Darryl Jefferson, Mark Levy, Scott Lozea, Jillian Macdonald, Laurence Master, David Mazza, Matthew Millson, Kevin Monaghan, Thomas Seeley, Lana Sherman
Producers
Alan Abrahamson, Vincent Accardi, Chip Adams, Terry Adams, Alexa Ainsworth, Matthew Allen, Rich Assenzio, Liz Ballard, David Barton, Joe Battaglia, Eric Bell, Todd Benjaminson, Daniel Brennan, Jason Brough, Pugh Clifton, Mike Cloonan, Kristen Coleman, Willie Cornblatt, Daniel Cuthbert, Tom Davidson, Jason Devaney, Paul Drinkwater, Brooke Eaton, Marsha Edscorn-Bird, Christopher Estrada, Lauren Fein, Jack Felling, Greg Ferraro, Thomas Feuer, Sean Flanery, Dan Fleschner, Jen Franklin, Jaye Galloway, Gary Gelb, Lena Glaser, Alex Goldberger, Brett Goodman, Matt Grassie, Matt Green, Corey Griffin, Lee Ann Gschwind, Mike Halford, Jordan Hall, Marissa Havens, Stephen Hildebrand, Tim Hines, Geoffrey James, Sunil Joshi, Jeff Kassouf, Randall Kim, Matt Kramer, Craig Lau, Brian Longenecker, Michael Marcarello, Nick McCarvel, Elyse McDonough, Jim Miles, Michael Miller, Glenn Morris, David Mueller, Karen Nicol, Daniel Palla, Phil Parrish, Erik Paulsen, Suz ie Paxton, Josette Persson, David Picker, Joe Posnanski, Gary Quinn, Rick Racela, LJ Rader, RJ Rico, Peter Ringer, John Rizzo, Corey Sadler, Lori Sandrock, Michael Schanzer, John Schleef, Joseph Schwerdt, Lyndsay Signor, Ryan Soucy, Jason Stahl, Aaron Stern, Nicole Swink, Sydney Thayer, Matt Thelen, Jim Thompson, Ron Vaccaro, Brett Vandermark, Hector Venegas, Greg Walters, Ed Williams, Ruthie Wittenberg, Nick Zaccardi, Rich Zuckerman
Director
Jason Lobb
Associate Producers
Kal Almandalawi, Alexandra Azzi, Colin Beattie, Ryan Becker, Nolan Berkowitz, Kamal Bhangle, Michelle Birch, Nikki Bongaerts, Marissa Boyajian, Julie Bruhn, Marc Buono, Rebecca Camara, Tim Canary, Elizabeth Cieszko, Mary-Margaret Cimino, Nate Clark, Alexis Coble, Liz Collins, Chris Connolly, Matt Cooper, Tim Cycon, Charlie Cyr, Scott Dargis, Andrew Davidson, Noah Davis, Naytram Deonarain, Marissa Diaz, Adam Discko, Scott Dominick, Mike Donaghue, Layne Dornstein, James Dowd, Amanda Doyle, Matt Duncan, Kevin Durkin, Derek Edwards, Elizabeth Eng, Caroline Engle, Angela Evans, Ralph Filardo, Jarrett Frazier, Shawn Fried, Stacey Georgiou, Ian Getz, Sarah Girgis, Rich Goldberg, Janelle Gonzalez, Brittany Hardy, Laura Harrington, Jason Harris, Alex Haubenstock, Bob Heaney, Molly Himmelstein, Austin Hinton, Thomas Holahan, Josh Holbreich, Karen Hope-Murray, Brendan Hourihan, Steven Howard, John Howe, Chris Howland, Kelly Hyjek, Dominic Insogna, Ryan Irwin, Michael Jackson, Rebecca Jimenez, Lacee Johnson, Britt Kahn, Rene Karfias Dmuchowski, Corey Katz Meyerson, Jackie Klauberg, Jenny Knepper, Celia Kohl, Val Kuykendall, Terri Leopold, William Leopold, Robert Lieber, Robert Liu, Lane Lombardia, Chris Lubbers, Yestro Luciano, Matt Lupica, Rachel Lutz, Edward Ma, Matt Maresco, Felix Mariano, Dan Marrazza, Doug Matregrano, Paul Mazza, Kiara McIver, Rob McKnight, Alex Metzman, Corey Michaels, Tonia Miller, Katherine Misko, Jack Mitten, Valentine Moossa, Kathy Mosolino, Will Moss, Joseph Murphy, Justine Neubarth, James O’Brien, Whitney O’Steen, Michael O’Toole, Kate Piper, Marvin Pittman, Tom Popple, Clifton Pugh, Charnelle Quallis, Max Rahamin, Dominic Ridgard, Jordin Rocchi, Morgan Rose Beckwith, Kara Rosenthal, Mark Ruzomberka, Steven Sabonjohn, Damien Sanchez, Frederico Sanchez, Lindsay Schanzer, Zach Schiffman, Brett Schroeder, Robert Scott, Alex Semidey, Joe Serrano, Marc Sideroff, John Sikorjak, Adam Simon, Kenneth Singleton, Kelly Slevin, Keenan Slusher, Shawn Smith , Megan Soisson, Tim Sotter, Ellis Stanley, Ryan Stewart, Brooke Sullivan Powell, Jenna Tirico, David Tishelman, Dominic Torchia, Sam Tydings, Kaitlin Urka, Hilary Valenzuela, Joao Valle, Kailin Vandevelde, Michael Viner, Steven Walker, Mark Warholak, Tom Wehrle, Tara Wellman, Paige Westin, Parker Weston, David Wilburn, Skyler Wilder, Chris Wilson, Michael Wisniewski, Olivia Wittels, Trace Wood, Alex Woolford, Ryan Yeager, Laurie Zelnick
Associate Directors
Corey Desalvo, Debbie Donnellon, Kerry Jackson, Mick Lewis, D.T. Slouffman
Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — NBCOlympics.com
As the Athletes Experienced Them
Executive Producers
Jim Bell, Richard Cordella, Mark Lazarus, Gary Zenkel
Coordinating Producers
Rebecca Chatman, David Gabel, Joe Gesue, Mark Levy
Senior Producers
Eric Black, Wally Bruckner, Shelby Campbell, David Faulknor, Brian Gilmore, Christopher Hall, Eric Hamilton, Darryl Jefferson, Scott Lozea, Thomas Seeley
Producers
Vincent Accardi, Alexa Ainsworth, Matthew Allen, Daniel Cuthbert, Tom Davidson, Lauren Fein, Jack Felling, David Gibson, Alex Goldberger, Rob Hyland, Brian Longenecker, Billy Matthews, John McGuiness, David Mueller, Kaare Numme, Phil Parrish, Erik Paulsen, Suzie Paxton, Josette Persson, David Picker, Clifton Pugh, Gary Quinn, Peter Ringer, John Rizzo, Tom Roy, Corey Sadler, Lori Sandrock, Michael Schanzer, Nicole Swink, Sydney Thayer, Jim Thompson, Hector Venegas
Associate Producers
Michelle Birch, Nikki Bongaerts, Marissa Boyajian, Julie Bruhn, Marc Buono, Mary-Margaret Cimino, Alexis Coble, Liz Collins, Adam Discko, Kevin Durkin, Elizabeth Eng, Angela Evans, Sarah Girgis, Janelle Gonzalez, Brittany Hardy, Alex Haubenstock, Bob Heaney, Molly Himmelstein, Celia Kohl, Kiara McIver, Valentine Moossa, Will Moss, Whitney O’Steen, Charnelle Quallis, Max Rahamin, Jordin Rocchi, Lindsay Schanzer, Robert Scott, Marc Sideroff, Tim Sotter, David Tishelman, Sam Tydings, Kaitlin Urk a, Joao Valle, Paige Westin, Parker Weston, Ryan Yeager
Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming – Short Format
FOX Sports Live — FOXSports.com
Captain’s Curtain Call
Executive Producers
Scott Ackerson, John Entz, Michael Hughes, David Nathanson, Eric Shanks
Coordinating Producer
Yaron Deskalo
Producer
Todd Kapostasy
Associate Producer
Jonathan Belinski, Jason Sanchez Rosa
Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host
Ernie Johnson — TNT
Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play
Mike Emrick — NBC/NBCSN
Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Analyst
Harold Reynolds — MLB Network
Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst
Cris Collinsworth — NBC
Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter
Ken Rosenthal — FOX/FOX Sports 1/MLB Network
Outstanding Technical Team Remote
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — NBC
Technical Supervisors
Alexander Abelman, Jason Abrams, Christopher Adams, Terry Adams, Susan Aglietti, John Arvelo, Andrei Belousov, Anna Berg, Craig Bernstein, Paola Bezek, Kamaldeep Bhangle, Marsha Bird, William Blachly, Joanne Brentnall, Donald Breshears, Peter Brosnan, Don Burkhart, Kevin Callahan, Nicholas Cap, Lillian Cereghino, Robert Chaney, David Crane, Bridget Cugle, Christopher Davies, Benjamin Charles De Montagnac, Cathy Dear, Michael Donoghue, James Eady, Locke Eady, Shea Eady, Derek Ehmen, James Ellis, Christina Fenaroli, John Fritsche, Jodie Gambrill, Frederic Garroy, Martins Gaujenieks, John Geiger, Guillermo Germade, Marissa Gidez, Edward Goldberg, Hilary Goldberg, Kenneth Goss, Matthew Green, Peter Grinter, Anne Grotefeld, Kathryn Hagon, Rickey Hayes Jr, Shane Hendrick, Barry Hogenauer, Dana Holland, Michael Horgan, Charles Jablonski, Darryl Jefferson, John Jorgensen, Peter Kallander Jr, Craig Kaufman, Jill Kemp, Robert Kiraly, Laura Klein, Ingrid Klipp, Craig Lau, Michel Lauzon, Brian Longenecker, William Lorenz, Christopher Lubbers, Karl Malone, Patrick Martin, David Mazza, Allison McAllister, Denisha McPherson, Michael Meehan, Robert Mikulicka, James Miles, Alexander Milton, Matthew Mousseau, Michael Muffoletto, Yancey Oretha, Yancey Oretha II, Atila Ozkaplan, Michael Pappas, John Pastore, Philip Paully, Thomas Perley, David Peters, Randall Raddatz, Vincent Rao, David Rhines, John Roche, Harry Ryan, Robert Sanders, Thomas Saylor, David Schafer, Julianne Schoenfeld, Ryan Soucy, Neil Staite, Oksana Starkova, Katherine Stefko, Joseph Stein, George Stockton, James Stuart, Timothy Stumpp, Christopher Swan, Christina Tanaka, Tania Tchea, John Tomlinson, Allison Trautman, Elizabeth Tuura, Kregg Van Meter, Erin Walker, Derrick Whittington, Victor Wilder, Ian Woods, Peter Yarusavage, Lukas Zahas
Technical Directors
Mark Causey, Jonathan Collins, Zachariah Greenberg, Paul Harvath, Theresa Rozic, James Tiffee, Douglas Wetz, Bradley Woodall
Electronic Camera Persons
Michael Aagaard, Liam Adam, Timothy Aiossa, Cody Alexander, Andrew Allman, Nicholas Bee, Michael Borowski, Jason Bourne, Michael Bozell, Michael Brown, Kerry Burke, Scott Caldwell, Jonathan Charlesworth, Gary D’Amaro, Gareth Davies, Shawn Dechant, Sean Feiertag, Joseph Ferlic, Daryl Hackett, Michael Harvath, Kirk Hepburn, Samuel Hirneisen, Andrew Italiano, Kevin Kellogg, Igor Klobas, Robert Lawton, Richard Leible Jr, Erik Leidal, Bruce Levitt, Andrew Lottridge, Mark Lynch, James Mansfield, Daniel Marinelli, Michael Mathews, Graham Maunder, John McKelvain, Gary McLenon, Douglas Nelson, John Pavlovich, Brian Phraner, Rick Rice, Patrick Rondou, Brian Saks, Jeffry Scharig, Thomas Smith, Mark Stacey, Peter Stendel, Richard Stogsdill, Marc Tippy, Nelson Utley, James Wachter, Darren Wargo, Stephen Wolff, Madison Woo
Graphics Operators
Lisa Cirincione, Shaun Coy, Linda Davis, Kristina Klamborowski, Lori Lafazan, Denise Midkiff, Craig Miller, Elizabeth Mungovan, Gregory Petronzio, Abby Smith, Annette Torgerson
Lighting Directors
Steve Brill, Timothy Hall, Kevin Hardy, Paul Lohr, Nkosi Mason, John Reynolds, John Salzmann, Sheryl Wisniewski
Senior Audio Engineers
Christopher Acker, Daniel Cochran, Allan Craig, Timothy Dunn, Dana Kirkpatrick, Stephen Miller, Ryan Outcalt, Lee Pfannerstill
Audio Engineers
Ross Banks, Christopher Clark, Stuart Cruice, John Dennis, David Holmes, Nicholas Johnson, Patrick Keogh, Anthony Kremer, Simon Lord, Max Mills, Dover Mundt, Thomas Nash, Benjamin Phillips, Mark Reed, Adam Rickets, Franciscus Smeehuijzen, Pamela Smith, Thijs Visser
Audio Assistants
Gregory Acker, Sarali Anastasion, David Birch, Matthew Coppedge, Robert DeLong, Joseph Dziok, Matthew Hooton, David Hummel, Craig Jenkins, Douglas Klyn, Craig Lapsley, Ian Leith, Jonathan Lukason, Anthony McManus, Brian Melillo, Demian Padron, James Parkin, Karen Pearce, Robert Qua, David Rowell, Jeanine Thomason, Kent Van Der Kolk, John Warner, Donald Wilson
Digital Replay Operators
Frank Anderson, Amanda Baszkiewicz, Kerry Brooks, Charles Burke, David Degelia, John DeTolla, Brendan Dunn, Samuel Edmiston, Jon Epstein, Gary Erikson, Maggie Gallegos, Michael Head, Michael Johnson, Timothy Koenig, Jeffrey Kristen, Sean LaRett, Gay Mason-Clubb, Michael McTighe, Tom Meegan, Curtis Menzel, Marian Murray, Ryan O’Boyle, Rodney O’Rear, Mirjana Pecina, Mark Pokedoff, Joseph Riehl, Raymond Rivera, Thomas Ryan, John Sponsler, Roland Stockli, Steven Wakeford, Donald Watt, Mark Zannoni, Michael Zissis
Senior Maintenance Engineers
Guy Ferguson, Thomas Giles, Edward Hally, Keith Jackson, Simon Jones, Timothy Jones, Paul McConnachie, Richard Morton, Rick
Ulmer, Petrus van Velzen
Video Engineers
Neiko Bernardo, Tristian Bickerton, William Blanchard, Alexander Bond, Martin Brosthaus, Matthew Brown, Michael Callihan, Peter Chalmers, Joseph Cirincione Jr, Laurence Cockayne, Elizabeth Crossan, Vincent Cuviello, Stephen Davies, Jason Deutsch, Graham Drew, Paul Francis, William Gahagan, Stacey Georgiou, Hamish Greig, Marco Griffin, Kristen Gruca, Ian Gunn, Simon Halliday, Joseph Hannafin, Alexander Harvey, Michael Herbert, George Hogan, David Hughes, Filino Hutagalung, Andrew Jarzebiak, Kevin King, Judith Kiraly, Robert Kurimay, Jeffrey Lind, Bryan McKoen, Frederick Medeiros, Nicholas Mellor, Harris Mendheim, Floris Molijn, Mark Morel, Michael Nockels, Robin Onck, Erik Onifer, Richard Owers, Michael Peloso, Michael Peterson, Gregory Pfeifer, Hugh Potter, Graham Rendell, David Robertson, John Rose Jr, Christopher Sarson, Donald Sears Jr, Anthony Craig Sommerer, Christopher Stanbridge, James Stewart, Joshua Stoner, Jason Sturgill, Harvey Szajt, Harris Upham, Kendrick Young
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Premier League — NBC/NBCSN
Technical Supervisors
Richard Bagnall, Todd Bivona, Duncan Bromley, Blaire Burns, Tim Canary, Rose Carr, John Charlton, Angela Claudio, Chris Connolly, Joe Cook, Jim Davidson, Ian Dawes-Kuchta, Ashish Desai, Carlos Duarte, James Ellis, Mike Endersby, Elizabeth Eng, Frank Fernandez, Holly Gascoigne, Stacey Georgiou, Sarah Gordon-Jones, Ken Goss, David Grindley, Debra Gunn, Harry Hamamura, Darryl Jefferson, Dotan Johnson, Crag Kaufman, Laura Klein, Magdalena Kolodziej, Craig Lau, Rob Laug, Scott Lozea, Steve Marchi, Trish Mckillip, Rob Mcknight, Lisa Mcleod, Mike Meehan, Jim Miles, Rohan Mitchell, Paul Molnar, Nick Morgan, Kathy Mosolino, Owen Norris, Jon Ort, Lisa Ponsford, Tom Popple, Sarah Racho, Randy Raddatz, Robert Sanders, Ollie Scott, Harry Smith, J.B. Stein, Dustin Sullivan, Jane Tatnall, Wendy Teal, Erik Tesauro, Brandon Thomas, Pat Wallace, James Wilson
Technical Directors
Mike Coppolino, Joe Givens, Chris Hamm
Electronic Camera Persons
Russ Bacon, Mike Banasiak, Wayde Bodden, Frank Ciliberto, Jr., Bud Colucci, Matthew Edwards, Rob Forberg, Karin Grzella, David Harris, Scott Herde, Ed Hoyt, James Kirk, Jeff Martz, John Murphy, Walter Ortoleva, Rob Reale, Lucas Rogalski, Scott Shaule, Fred Shimizu, Ian Suggitt, Ray Wenzell, Jr., Adam Yarusavage
Graphics Operators
Kelly Alcock, James Annucci, Melanie Benson, Corey Boudreau, Chris Butler, Matt Celli, Shaun Coy, Roland Cullen, Rich Cutrone, Andrew Davidson, Chris Dupre, Wade Echer, Lynn Gelman, Brenda Hancock, Roger Haughie, Shawn Hendrickson, Michael Hines, Borys Jarymovych, Catherine Krebs, Billy Lee, Jim Magbanua, David Melfi, Joe Mollitor, Joe Paccia, Mike Peluso, Filip Prochazka, Jonathan Quartuccio, Eric Say, Daniel Sichel, Megan Soisson, Dana Stefenson, Mark Stroming, John Swetye, Mike Szypot, Jr,
Chris Timmons, Stefanie Toigo, Fitzjohn Tropnas, George Vicente, Anna Zavorina
Lighting Directors
Kurt Harris, Dayon Heard, Jason Miller, Sean Riley, Sam Stein
Senior Audio Engineer
Jon Decarlo
Audio Engineers
Michael Allen, Ethan Balcer, Peter Boeckel, Kevin Brady, Paul Clarke, Gareth Crocker, Mike Dicrescenzo, Matthew Edwards, David Harris, Les Hughes, James Kirk, Eric Paige, Chris Philips, Gary Rotta, Bryan Sadler, George Schak, Brian Shepherd, Simo n Thomsen, Stephen Watkins
Digital Replay Operators
Ed Beddingfield, Kevin Carcich, Ryan Carpenter, David De La Parra, Erin Hagopian, Melanie Ihde, Kevin Jingeleski, Jonathan Ka tz, Mark Katz, Brandon Klein, Mark Levy, Steven Mahar, Joe Mccormack, Roy Mcdonald, Simone Melandovich, Reed Mosgrove, Will Moss, Dave Novak, Zach Owens, Micahel Place, John Rizzo, Dustin Robinson, Dwight Schneider, Dylan Smith, Skylar Smith, Guy Thomas, Rob Toscano, Hector Venegas, Cameron White, Ryan Yeager
Video Engineers
Chris Babineau, Gary Bartunek, Oliver Bosill, Kevin Callahan, Thomas Guarcello, Chris Jorgensen, David King, Peter Loughran, Bernard Russo, Dominic Torchia, Lukas Zahas
Outstanding Camera Work
2014 FIFA World Cup — ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Directors of Photography
Scott Duncan, Thomas McCallum, G. Kaline Schounce, Michael Sciallis, Kevin Shaw
Camerapersons
Jeff Alred, Roberto Ballesteros, Vincent Guglielmina, Timothy N. Horgan, Camilo Jarquin, Steven Lawrence, Lucas Pupo, Martina Rupp, Robert Sackett, James Wedlake
Outstanding Short Form Editing
FOX Sports Live — FOXSports.com
Corked: The Albert Belle Bat Heist
Editor
Jantzen Gianfrancesco
Outstanding Long Form Editing
FOX Sports Live — FOX Sports 1
Finding Rico Harris: The Vanishing Man
Editor
Michael Oliver
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — NBC
Winter’s Theatre
Writer
Aaron Cohen
Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
Hard Knocks — HBO Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons — [NFL Films]
Composer
David Robidoux
Arrangers
Scott Anderson, Jesse Legrazie, Debbie Markowtitz, Tom McWilliams, Steve Moseley, Paul Taylor
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
MLB on FOX — FOX/FOX Sports 1
Senior Audio Engineers
Fred Aldous, Jason Blood, Paul Gregory Briggs, Joseph Carpenter, Steve Howard Smith
Audio Engineers
John Bernier, Kevin Caslow, Frederick Ferris, David Heffelfinger, Jason Knapp, Anthony LoMastro, Brian McDonald, Ross Neel, Demian Padron, Jeff Pyatt, Robert Qua, William Schnack, David Severance, Thomas Sullivan
Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — NBC
Winter’s Theater
Audio Engineers
Phil Parrish, James Twomey
Outstanding Live Graphic Design
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC
Senior Graphic Designers
David Barton, Sue Bennett, Matthew Celli, Mark Levy, Philip Paully, John Schleef
Graphic Designers
Jon Berry, Ian Bonilla, Earl Camburn, Molly Erdmann, Bruce Fallini, Scott Flato, Shawn Hendrickson, Borys Jarymovych, Catherine Krebs, Michelle Lippitt, David Melfi, Filip Prochazka, Victor Ruano, Eric Say, Dana Stefenson, Mark Stroming, Stefanie Toigo, Jeannemarie Tracey, Daniel Velez, Neil Wright, Chung Wu
Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design
ESPN Monday Night Football — ESPN
Senior Graphic Designers
Lucas Nickerson, David Sparrgrove, Michael Szykowny
Graphic Designers
Scott Lodge, Matt Tucker
Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction
SportsCenter — ESPN
Creative Directors
Craig Bengston, Dan Cunningham, Andre Durette, Jim Fenhagen, Rick Paiva, Noubar Stone, Robert Toms
Production Designers
Bruce Ferri, Emily Kollars, John Siciliano
Art Directors
Dan Ben-Kiki, Carol Boyle, Marissa Mangino, Chris Mantzaris, Jeff Schaetzel
Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — MLB Network
Hall of Heroes
Senior Creative Director
Miguel Oldenburg
Creative Director
Chris Pfeiffer
Production Designers
Paul Badilla, Frank Baglino, Andrew Batti, Dale Boyce, Chris Burns, Jose Felipe Cortes, Tony Ferraiolo, Ben Friedfeld, John Gardner, James Grieco, Greg Jennings, Jianchao Lee, Ulysses Millan, Eric Neason, Nick Novielli, Frank Patterson, Sebastian Ruz, Jason Strougo, Tomas Tasza
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — NBC
Maximum Access
Innovators
David Allamby, Christopher Bailey, Kamal Bhangle, Eric Black, Rebecca Camara, Elton Carneiro, Stacey Georgiou, Matthew Green, Michael Jackson, Darryl Jefferson, Robert McKnight, James Miles, Fridolin Mueller, Joseph Murphy, Harry Ryan, Sascha Tischer
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement
2014 FIFA World Cup — ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
World Cup Big Event/Time Zone/I Believe — [Picture Farm, Other Films, & Wieden + Kennedy]
Executive Producers
Seth Ader, Ryan Campbell, Tomas Ferraro, Brendan Gillen, Bryan McAleer, Aaron Taylor
Supervising Producers
Brandon Henderson, Temma Shoaf
Producers
Andrew Jasperson, Todd Stewart, Matthieu Zarbatany
Directors
Scott Duncan, Stacy Wall
Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish (Cobertura Sobresaliente de Deportes en Vivo y en Español)
2014 FIFA World Cup — Univision
Executive Producers
Miguel Angel Garcia, Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Producers
Enrique Castillo, Edwin Colon, Florencia Demartini, Walter Larrosa, Leo Valero, Edgar Yanez
Feature Producer
Noelbys Etura-Marcon
Field Producers
Antonio Basanta, Pablo Morales
Highlight Producers
Bianca Alberty, Kevin Buchholz, Maria Luisa Espinosa, Isaac Martinez, Rick Ramos, Jason Soriano, Albert Stanziola
Associate Producers
Veronica Bornacelli, Jorge Rangel, Daniel Totani
Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish (Programa Sobresaliente Grabado en Estudion en Español)
Futbol Central — Univision
Executive Producers
Miguel Angel Garcia, Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Producers
Enrique Castillo, Edwin Colon, Florencia Demartini, Walter Larrosa, Leo Valero, Edgar Yanez
Feature Producer
Noelbys Etura-Marcon
Segment Producers
Bianca Alberty, Kevin Buchholz, Maria Luisa Espinosa, Isaac Martinez, Rick Ramos, Jason Soriano
Field Producers
Antonio Basanta, Pablo Morales, Albert Stanziola
Associate Producers
Veronica Bornacelli, Jorge Rangel, Daniel Totani
Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish (Presentador Deportivo Sobresaliente en Programa Trasmitido en Español)
Ernesto Jerez — ESPN Deportes
Lifetime Achievement Award
George Bodenheimer
36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards by Network Group
Network Group — Winners
NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, nbcolympics.com) — 17
ESPN — (ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews) — 15
FOX Sports Media Group — (FOX, FOX Sports 1, FOXsports.com) — 11
MLB Media — (MLB Network) — 4
HBO Sports — 3
Univision — 2
CBS — (Showtime) — 1
NFL Media — (NFL Network) — 1
Turner Sports — (TNT) — 1
36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards by Network
Network — Winners
NBC — 9
ESPN — 6
ESPN 2 — 5
FOX — 4
FOX Sports 1 — 4
MLB NETWORK — 4
HBO — 3
FOXsports.com — 3
NBCSN — 3
ABC — 2
NBCOlympics.com — 2
Univision — 2
CNBC — 1
ESPN Deportes — 1
ESPNews — 1
MSNBC — 1
NFL Network — 1
Showtime — 1
TNT — 1
USA — 1
36th Annual Sports Emmy Awards by Multiple Winners
Program — Winners — Network
The XXII Olympic Winter Games — 7 — NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC/nbcolympics.com
FOX Sports Live — 4 — FOXSports.com
2014 FIFA World Cup — 3 — ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/Univision
E: 60 — 3 — ESPN2
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — 2 — HBO