ESPN Wins Seven Sports Emmy Awards

ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences last night in New York, including ESPN.com taking all three of the “New Approaches” categories for online and broadband entries. 

“The Sports Emmys we received reflect the rich diversity of offerings across ESPN and our ability to not only cover and report on sports, but to inform, entertain and inspire, both on television and online,” said George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN and ABC Sports. 

ESPN.com was honored for “Ray of Hope” (Long Form), Fantasy Football Now (Coverage) and “Death Race 2007” (General Interest).  NASCAR returned to ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 last year, and the three networks shared the Emmy for Technical Team Remote.  ESPN won 17 Sports Emmys for its NASCAR coverage in the 1990s.  Also, College GameDay was cited in the Studio Show Weekly category, Sunday NFL Countdown’s “Fear” took top honors among Short Features and Ali’s 65 won in Editing.  ESPN has now won 14 Sports Emmys in the Feature category, including seven in the last six years. 

Overall, ABC has now won 160 Sports Emmy Awards since they were first given in 1980, while ESPN has won 123 in 21 years of eligibility.

ESPN’s Sports Emmy Awards

Studio Show/Weekly                               College GameDay

Short Feature                                            Sunday NFL Countdown: Fear

Technical Team Remote                         NASCAR (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

Editing                                                         Ali’s 65

New Approaches – Coverage               Fantasy Football Now (ESPN.com)

New Approaches – Long Form             Ray of Hope (ESPN.com)

New Approaches – General Interest  Death Race 2007 (ESPN.com)

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