FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 35th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS Ted Turner Receives the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports New York, NY – May 6, 2014 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards at a special ceremony tonight at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Winners in 39 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Series, Sports Documentary, Studio Show, Promotional Announcements, Play-by-Play Personality, Studio Analyst and three new categories honoring Spanish-speaking programming and talent. The awards were presented by a distinguished group of sports figures and television personalities including Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds (studio analysts, “MLB Tonight,” MLB Network); Ron Darling (analyst tbs); Joe Buck (play by play announcer, Fox Sports) and Michael Strahan, (studio analyst, “Fox NFL Sunday”); Michael Irvin (studio analyst, NFL Network); Hannah Storm (studio host, ESPN); Gary Danielson (event analyst, “SEC on CBS”); David Feherty (host & golf analyst, Golf Channel & CBS); Jim Lampley (Host, “HBO Boxing”); Claudio Reyna (former US Men’s Soccer Team Captain); and Julius Erving, “Dr. J” (former NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame member). 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 2013 calendar year. ChyronHego, Yangaroo, Inc. and Off the Wall Productions are the official sponsors of the 35th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. 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 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards is also available on the National Television Academy’s website at www.emmyonline.tv. For Official Sports Emmy Awards photography, visit: http://www.bryan-brown.com 1 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 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 more information, please contact: Paul Pillitteri, Director, Communications, [email protected] 2 35th Annual Sports Emmy Award by Network Group Network Group Winners NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBCSN, Telemundo) 11 ESPN (ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN Deportes) 7 FOX Sports Media Group (FOX) 5 HBO Sports 5 MLB Network 5 Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV) 5 NFL Network (NFL Network, NFL.com) 4 CBS (CBS, Showtime) 3 America’s Cup Event Authority 1 SI.com 1 ________________________________________________________________________ 3 35th Annual Sports Emmy Award by Network Network Winners NBC 6 FOX 5 HBO Sports 5 MLB NETWORK 5 ESPN 4 NBCSN 3 TNT 3 ESPN Deportes 2 NFL Network 2 NFL.com 2 Showtime 2 Telemundo 2 America’s Cup Event Authority 1 CBS 1 ESPN 2 1 NBA TV 1 SI.com 1 TBS 1 4 Outstanding Live Sports Special The 109th World Series - Red Sox vs. Cardinals FOX Executive Producers John Entz, Randy Freer, Eric Shanks Coordinating Producers Judy H. Boyd, Mike Konner, Bill Richards, Brad Zager Senior Producers Bill Brown, Pete Macheska Producers Ethan Kleinberg, Carol Langley Feature Producers Bernie Kim, Dan Masi, PT Navarro, Mark Ruberg Directors Johnathan Evans, Bill Webb Associate Producers Andy Cavanaugh, Aaron Charlton, Brian Dwyer, Wayne Fidelman, Rory Fugazy, Tami Goldsmith, Victor Gonzalez, Ian Harmand, Jordan Harrison, Don Hartack, Steve Horn, Michael Jankolovits, Dave Korus, Ryan Little, Lindsey Mandia, Jeremy Mennell, Herlentz Mesidor, Matt Small, Tom Wells, Jon Wenk Operations Producers Flavia Bowen, Scott Lembke, Dustin Myers, Jack Simmons Associate Directors Bryan Biederman, Bryan Fennessey, Larry Lancaster, Tom Shaffery, Aaron Stojkov, Yvonne Wagoner 5 Outstanding Live Sports Series Sunday Night Football NBC Executive Producers Sam Flood, Mark Lazarus Coordinating Producer Fred Gaudelli Producers Kevin Brown, Michele Froman, Ken Hirdt Replay Producer Kaare Numme Director Drew Esocoff Associate Producers Ryan Burke, Kate Gunts, Wade Junco, Timothy Nelson, Ryan Pettys, David Polk, Vincent Rao, Michael Seib, Ron Vitrano Associate Directors Brigette Boginis, Charles Dammeyer, Charlie Vanacore Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage All Access - Mayweather vs. Canelo Epilogue Showtime Executive Producers Stephen Espinoza, Earl Fash, Ross Greenburg, Jonathan Heaps, Floyd Mayweather Supervising Producer Hal Schiff Coordinating Producers Derek Barbanti, Alicia Zubikowski Senior Producer Josh Glaser Producer Laura Casey Director Jason Bowers 6 Associate Producers Oliver Goldstein Operations Producer Alicia Pergolizzi Corven Outstanding Playoff Coverage American League Championship Series - Red Sox vs. Tigers FOX Executive Producers John Entz, Randy Freer, Mark Loomis, Tony Petitti, Eric Shanks Coordinating Producers Judy H. Boyd, Mike Konner, Brad Zager Senior Producers Bill Brown, Pete Macheska Producers Patti Fallick, Ethan Kleinberg, Carol Langley, David Maybrown, Bob Mincieli Feature Producer PT Navarro Directors Mike Martin, Bill Webb Associate Producers Steven Bichimer, David Blattman, Nick Buffum, Andy Cavanaugh, Aaron Charlton, Matt Ciancimino, Keith Costas, Brian Dwyer, Wayne Fidelman, Tami Goldsmith, Victor Gonzalez, Jordan Harrison, Don Hartack, Steve Horn, Michael Jankolovits, Dave Korus, Ryan Little, Herlentz Mesidor, Bruce Schein, Matt Small, Tom Wells, Jon Wenk Operations Producers Flavia Bowen, Scott Lembke, Dustin Myers, Jack Simmons Associate Directors Bryan Biederman, Bryan Fennessey, Larry Lancaster, Tom Shaffery, Aaron Stojkov 7 Outstanding Sports Documentary The Doctor NBA TV Executive Producers Dion Cocoros, Danny Meiseles, Christina Miller Supervising Producers Paul Hirschheimer, Kori Davis Porter, Charles Rosenzweig Producers Peter Ginsburg, Sean Kelly, James Podhoretz, Andy Thompson, Michael Winik, Peter Winik Director Zak Levitt Associate Producers Steven Browning, Tim Bruckmann, Don Cheney, Perry Crowell, David Goldfield, Anthony Kuzviwanza, John Marion, Annette Ricciuti Outstanding Sports Documentary Series 30 for 30 ESPN [ESPN Films] Executive Producers John Dahl, Howard Katz, Pat Kelleher, Ross Ketover, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons, Derek Whittenberg Producers Phillip Aramondo, Peter E. Bennett, Andy Billman, Mark Ciardi, Marquis Daisy, Alex Evans, Deirdre Fenton, Libby Geist, Gordon Gray, Ryan Kelly, Erin Leyden, Agi Orsi, Stacy Peralta, Jim Podhoretz, Ted Schillinger, Paul Tablieb, Jeff Warner Directors Kevin Connolly, Eric Drath, Daniel H. Forer, Sam George, Jason Hehir, Jonathan Hock, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Ken Rodgers Associate Producers Jenna Anthony, Brian D'Ostilio, Kyle Godwin 8 Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly College Gameday – Football ESPN Executive Producers Mark Gross, John Skipper, John Wildhack Coordinating Producers Brett Austin, Lee Fitting, David Miller, Jose Morales, Victor Vitarelli Supervising Producers Molly Fallica, Drew Gallagher, Keri Willis Producers Matthew Brooks, Brad Buchanan, Tom Engle, Chris Fallica, Aaron Katzman, Sandra Rosenbush, Nicholas Sciallo, Jonathan Whyley Feature Producers Celia Kelly, Kristen Lappas, Jonathan Punko, Benjamin Webber Coordinating Directors Jay Francis, Lorenzo Lamadrid Directors Catherine Jacques, Tom Lucas Associate Producers Patrick Abrahams, Joseph Andreason, Dave Barnes, Ben Branch, Geoffrey Brown, Kenneth Buckler, Cliff Chartrand, Jay Clark, Lee Clark, Paul Daly, Richard Dorner, Amy Ekblade, Justin Endres, Jarrod Ficklin, Randy French, Chris Fulton, Doug Gentile, Chad Hanna, Kirk Henry, Chenille Hernandez, Daniel Horgan, Tim Horgan, Dirk Howard, Anthony Jaeger, Tricia Jelle, Lia Kozlak, Devin Kragh, Robert Labay, Dave Lynch, Michael Madio, Tommy Marhsall, Mike Martin, Matt McCormick, Duncan Morgan, Michael O'Leary, Jennifer Ortiz, Mike Pacheco, Steven Ponder, Devin Preston, Daniel Reifert, Tim Richard, Mike Roberts, Meghan Robinson, Michael Ruhlman, Steve Ryczco, Kevin Sanchez, Greg Shapiro, Cameron Sheckels, Sidd Sinha, Ed Stachulski, Bobby Stephens, Paul Stroud, Eric Sweers, Fu Takumi, Steve Van Clyde, Ken Wagner, Dan Weiner, Kinely Williams, Mark Williamson, Gene Wilson, Dawn Wind, Grant Wisuri Operations Producers Robert Braunlich, Luther Fisher, Judi Weiss Associate Director Joseph Iuliano AND (Continued on next page) 9 (Outstanding Studio Show Weekly, continued) Inside the NBA on TNT TNT Executive Producers Craig Barry, Tim Kiely, Albert Vertino Senior Producer Drew Watkins Producers Chris Carmody, Matt Kane, Jeremy Levin, Rodney Triplett Coordinating Director Steve Fiorello Directors Alisa