Sports Emmy Nominations Announced

The nominees for the 29th Sports Emmy Awards have been announced.

HBO leads the list with 31 nominations with 5 for Real Sports and 5 for Inside the NFL. ESPN is next with 27 (although I’m sure ESPN will have a press release stating that combined with ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC, it leads the nominations with 37) followed by NBC Sports with 23, Fox with 18 and CBS with 17.

Some interesting nominations, Jay Bilas gets a nomination for studio analyst award. I also find the Cris Carter nod in the same category a bit odd. Mike Emrick gets a nomination for best play-by-play along with usual suspects Al Michaels, Joe Buck and Jim Nantz. Versus is crowing to have Al Trautwig for best studio host for his work for the Tour de France. I still think Versus should put him on the NHL, but that’s me.

Here is the list of the major nominations. The entire list can be seen at emmyonline.org.

Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL

2007 Open Championship – ABC/ESPN

AFC Championship Game – CBS

BCS on FOX: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl – FOX

NASCAR on FOX: Daytona 500 – FOX

NBC Wild Card Playoff: Dallas vs. Seattle – NBC

Super Bowl XLI – CBS

Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SERIES

ESPN Monday Night Football – ESPN

NASCAR on FOX – FOX

NBA on ESPN/ABC – ESPN/ABC

NBC Golf Tour – NBC

NFL on FOX – FOX

Sunday Night Football – NBC

Outstanding LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND

De La Hoya vs Mayweather Delay Broadcast – HBO

Inside the PGA TOUR – PGA Tour Productions

NFL Mic’d Up: Ravens vs. 49ers – NFL Network/NFL Films

Quest for the Cup – NASCAR Images

Tour de France – CBS

Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL

De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 – HBO

Super Bowl 360 – ESPN/NFL Films

The 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship – NBC/Ironman Productions

The Natural: Major League Baseball Celebrates an Epic – ESPN2/MLB Productions

Unsettled Scores – ESPN2

Outstanding SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Barbaro: A Nation’s Horse – NBC

Dale – NASCAR Images

Ghosts of Flatbush – HBO

Jonestown: The Game of Their Lives – ESPN

Triumph and Tragedy: The Ray Mancini Story – ESPN Classic

Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SERIES/Anthology

America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions – NFL Network/NFL Films

Greatest High School Football Rivalries – Versus/NFL Films

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs – HBO/NFL Films

HBO Boxing: Countdown Shows – HBO

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO

Outstanding STUDIO SHOW ? WEEKLY

College Gameday – ESPN

Football Night in America – NBC

Inside the NBA – TNT

Inside the NFL – HBO

NFL on FOX: FOX NFL Sunday – FOX

Outstanding STUDIO SHOW ? DAILY

Inside the NBA – TNT

NASCAR Now – ESPN2

Pardon the Interruption – ESPN

SportsCenter – ESPN

Wimbledon Tonight – NBC

Outstanding SPORTS JOURNALISM

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Broken: NFL Disability Debate

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Dogfighting: Bred to Die

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Fading Hope: Sports in Iraq

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO
Headgames: The NFL Concussion Crisis

Outstanding SHORT FEATURE

College Gameday – ESPN
Martel Van Zant

Inside the NFL – HBO
Coal Miner’s Sons: The Jones Brothers

Inside the NFL – HBO
Packers Fans Rebuild

MLB 2007: Never Miss a Game – ESPN
Never Too Early – MLB Productions

Sunday NFL Countdown – ESPN
Fear

Outstanding LONG FEATURE

E: 60 – ESPN
Ray of Hope

NBA TV Game Night – NBA TV
59th and Prairie: Dwyane Wade’s Journey ? NBA Entertainment
A Story told by Terrence Howard

NFL Films Presents: Finding Your Butkus – NFL Network/NFL Films

Outside the Lines – ESPN
Still Alive

The Super Bowl Today – CBS
Bill Walsh

The Super Bowl Today – CBS
Hines Ward

Outstanding OPEN / TEASE

107th U.S. Open Championship – NBC
The Open Returns to the Steel City

2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee – ABC

Championship Round

Barbaro: A Nation’s Horse – NBC

De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 – HBO
Episode 1

Indianapolis 500 – ABC
Tease: All Roads Lead to Indy

NBA Playoffs – TNT
Opening Night Tease

Super Bowl XLI – CBS
Super Bowl XLI Tease

Outstanding Sports Personality ? STUDIO HOST

Al Trautwig – Versus

Bob Costas – HBO/NBC

Bryant Gumbel – HBO

Ernie Johnson – TNT/TBS

James Brown – CBS

Outstanding Sports Personality ? PLAY?BY?PLAY

Al Michaels – NBC

Jim Lampley – HBO

Jim Nantz – CBS

Joe Buck – FOX

Marv Albert – TNT

Mike Emrick – NBC

Outstanding Sports Personality ? STUDIO ANALYST

Charles Barkley – TNT

Cris Carter – HBO

Cris Collinsworth – HBO/NBC

Jay Bilas – ESPN

Terry Bradshaw – FOX

Tom Jackson – ESPN

Outstanding Sports Personality ? SPORTS EVENT ANALYST

Doug Collins – TNT

Gary Danielson – CBS

John Madden – NBC

Phil Simms – CBS

Tim McCarver – FOX

Troy Aikman – FOX

The Dick Schaap WRITING AWARD

2007 ING New York City Marathon – NBC
Alec Baldwin Open – IMG Media

Costas Now – HBO
The Year of the Cheat

E: 60 – ESPN
A Dream Come True: Gunnar Esiason

Every Man A Tiger: The Eddie Robinson Story – NBC

Inside the NFL – HBO
Lewis Black: Miami Vice & Lonely in LA

Mayweather/Hatton 24/7 – HBO

The George Wensel TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ESPN NASCAR – ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Draft Track

Golf on CBS – CBS
Swing Vision

Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta ? The 1960 Masters – CBS
Color Restoration and Colorization

PGA TOUR and LPGA coverage – Golf Channel
AimPoint

Sport Science – FSN
Sport Science Laboratory – BASE Productions

There you have it. I omitted some technical, graphics and sound awards and if you’re interested in those, head to Emmyonline.com. The Sports Emmys will be awarded in April.