The Sports Emmys season has kicked with the nominations for the 46th annual awards released today. See all 47 categories listed below.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will hand out the awards, which recognize excellence in sports television coverage in 2024, on May 20 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan.
Vying for the Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent awards are Ryan Fitzpatrick (Prime Video), Jason Kelce (ESPN/ESPN2/ABC), Nick Saban (ESPN), Richard Sherman (Prime Video) and Jay Wright (CBS/TNT). Up for Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event are Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock), The Masters (CBS), NCAA Women’s Tournament Championship (ABC), The 124th US Open (NBC/USA/Peacock) and The 120th World Series (Fox).
“This year’s Sports Emmy nominees have once again raised the bar in sports television, blending innovation and passion to deliver unforgettable moments,” NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp said. “From their groundbreaking technical achievements to their excellence in the timeless art of live sports drama and documentary storytelling, we look forward to honoring these extraordinary professionals’ contributions at the 46th annual Sports Emmy Awards.”
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Here are the nominees for the 2025 Sports Emmys:
Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
The Masters
CBS
NCAA Women’s Tournament Championship
ABC
The 124th US Open
NBC | USA | Peacock
The 120th World Series
New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Fox
Outstanding Live Special – Non-Championship Event
The 125th Army-Navy Game
CBS
The 66th Daytona 500
Fox
The 108th Indianapolis 500
NBC | Peacock
NFL Wild Card Game Live From Bikini Bottom
Houston Texans vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Nickelodeon
Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues
Fox
Outstanding Live Series
College Football on CBS
CBS
Fox NFL
Fox
Monday Night Football
ESPN | ESPN+ | ABC
NFL on CBS
CBS
SEC on ABC
ABC | ESPN+
Sunday Night Football
NBC | Peacock
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
College Football Playoff
ESPN | TNT
The National League Playoffs
Fox | FS1
NBA Playoffs on TNT
TNT
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
CBS | TNT
NFL Playoffs
NBC | Peacock
Outstanding Edited Event Coverage
Hey Rookie: Welcome To The NFL
ESPN [NFL Films]
NFL Draft: The Pick is In
The Roku Channel [NFL Films, Skydance Sports]
NFL Game Day All-Access
Super Bowl LIX
NFL YouTube [NFL Films]
NFL Turning Point
ESPN+ [NFL Films]
Scottie 24
PGA Tour YouTube [PGA TOUR Originals]
Outstanding Edited Special
E60
No Easy Victories: The 1994 New York Rangers
ESPN | ESPN+ [NHL]
Lap of Legends
AMC Network | Roku | BBC America [FCB New York, The Mill]
The 2019 Masters: A Sunday Unlike Any Other
CBS
SportsCenter
SC Special: The Harbaugh Brothers
ESPN
UFC Year of the Fighter
Georges St-Pierre
UFC Fight Pass [UFC]
Outstanding Hosted Edited Series
Club Shay Shay
The Volume
E60
ESPN
NFL Films Presents
FS1 [NFL Films]
Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
Peacock [HARTBEAT]
The Shop: UNINTERRUPTED
The Shop
Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage
2024 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend
OpTic Texas vs New York Subliners
Call of Duty League [ESL FACEIT Group, Activision Blizzard]
DOTA 2 Championships
The International 2024
DOTA 2 [Valve Corporation, PGL ESPORTS]
IEM Cologne 2024
Team Vitality vs NaVi
ESL Counter-Strike [ESL FACEIT Group]
LoL Worlds 2024 Grand Final
T1 Esports vs BiliBili Gaming
LoL Esports
VCT Champions 2024 Grand Final
Edward Gaming vs Team Heretics
Valorant Esports [Riot Games]
Outstanding Short Documentary
9066: Fear, Football and the Theft of Freedom
NFL Network
Comeback: A March Madness Story
truTV [Brand New World Studios]
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
In the Company of Heroes
NBC | Peacock
Through The Storm
NFL Network
The Turnaround
Netflix [Major League Baseball, Netflix, A Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios Production, Higher Ground, Breakwater Studios]
Outstanding Long Documentary
Las Amazonas de Yaxunah
ESPN Deportes
ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chief’s Clothing
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, DreamCrew Entertainment, North of Now, Fifth All in the Fifth Entertainment]
Giannis: The Marvelous Journey
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Improbable Media, Words + Pictures, NBA Entertainment]
The Lionheart
HBO | Max [Time Studios, Words + Pictures, Stardust Frames, XTR]
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Netflix [SK Global Entertainment, OBB Productions, MakeMake Entertainment, Avocados and Coconuts]
Outstanding Documentary Series
Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose
HBO | Max [Zipper Bros Films, Greg & Jeff Productions, Diamond Docs, Sutter Road Picture Company]
The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox
Netflix [Netflix, Meadowlark Films, MLB Studios]
Game 7
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Game 7 Films, Jersey Films 2nd Avenue, Words + Pictures]
In the Arena: Serena Williams
ESPN+ [ESPN, Religion of Sports, Nine Two Six Productions, 199 Productions]
UNTOLD
Netflix [UNINTERRUPTED, MakeMake, Propagate and Stardust Frames]
Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Netflix [Box to Box Films]
Full Court Press
ABC | ESPN+ [Omaha Productions, ESPN, Words + Pictures]
Hard Knocks
Offseason with the New York Giants
HBO | Max [Skydance Sports, NFL Films]
Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
Apple TV+ [SMUGGLER Entertainment, Pegsa Group, Apple]
The Money Game
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Campfire Studios, Axios Entertainment, Jersey Legends Productions]
Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly
College GameDay
ESPN
Fox MLB
Fox | FS1
Fox NFL Sunday
Fox | FS1
Inside the NBA on TNT
TNT
Thursday Night Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Studio Show – Daily
The Dan Patrick Show
Peacock
Good Morning Football
NFL Network
MLB Central
MLB Network
MLB Tonight
MLB Network
NFL Live
ESPN | ESPN2
Pardon The Interruption
ESPN [Rydholm Projects]
Outstanding Studio Show – Limited Run
College GameDay
College Football Playoffs
ESPN
Fox MLB: The Postseason
Fox | FS1
Inside the NBA Playoffs on TNT
TNT
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on TNT
TNT
Road to the Final Four
CBS | TNT
Outstanding Journalism
Fighting for Olympic Gold: Ukraine’s Athletes at War
Richard Engel Reports
NBC
The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses
FX | Hulu [Left/Right, The New York Times]
Pat Tillman: Life. Death. Legacy.
E60
ESPN
Scam Dunk
Uninterrupted’s Real Stories of Basketball
A&E [UNINTERRUPTED, My Entertainment]
Second Wind: The Boomer and Gunnar Esiason Story
E60
ESPN
Outstanding Short Feature
Caeleb & The Critic
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
Father and Sons – The Freddie Freeman Story
Fox MLB: World Series
Fox
For Trazzy
Golf Central Live From The PGA Championship
Golf Channel
Uncle Joe
College GameDay
ESPN
What If
Thursday Night Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Long Featur
A Bond Beyond Baseball
MLB Tonight
MLB Network
#Freetez
NFL 360
NFL Network
SC Featured: Pete’s Legacy
SportsCenter
ESPN
SC Featured: The 6-Year Plan
SportsCenter
ESPN
Tennis can be my medicine.
Tennis Channel Live
Tennis Channel [TC Studios]
Outstanding Open/Tease
Fatherhood
The 124th US Open
NBC | Peacock
Gloves – The Story of Phil Pritchard and the Stanley Cup
NHL on ESPN
ESPN
Land of Stories
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
Meet Team USA x Beyoncé
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
UEFA Champions League: A New Era
CBS | UEFA
Outstanding Interactive Experience
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
Invisible Disabilities
ESPN.com
LIV Golf 2024 Season
Any Shot Any Time
LIV GOLF X
Pat Tillman – The Battle Within
ESPN.com
Thursday Night Football
Black Friday Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Digital Innovation
Fox Sports | COSM
COSM
Fox | Fox Sports Digital
Lap of Legends
AMC Network | Roku | BBC America [FCB New York, The Mill]
NFL on NBC
Madden NFL Cast
NBC | Peacock
NHL on ESPN
NHL in ASL
ESPN+
Noche UFC
Immersive 360 Experience
ESPN+
Thursday Night Football
TNF Prime Vision: Sky Cam Overlays
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Personality/Studio Host
Scott Hanson
NFL Network | Peacock
Ernie Johnson
TNT | tbs
Kate Scott
CBS | CBSSN | Paramount+ | Golazo Network
Mike Tirico
NBC | Peacock
Scott Van Pelt
ESPN | ESPN2 | ABC
Outstanding Personality/Play-by-Play
Mike Breen
ABC
Joe Davis
Fox | FS1
Ian Eagle
CBS | TNT | Netflix
Noah Eagle
NBC | Peacock
Mike Tirico
NBC | Peacock
Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst
Charles Barkley
TNT | tbs
Nate Burleson
CBS
Ryan Clark
ESPN | ESPN2 | ABC
Kirk Herbstreit
ESPN
Daniel Orlovsky
ESPN | ESPN2 | ABC
Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst
Troy Aikman
ABC | ESPN
Peyton Manning
ESPN2
Greg Olsen
Fox
Bill Raftery
CBS | TNT | Fox
John Smoltz
Fox | FS1
Outstanding Personality/Sideline Reporter
Jenny Dell
CBS
Kaylee Hartung
Prime Video | NBC
Tom Rinaldi
Fox | FS1
Holly Rowe
ESPN | ESPN+ | ABC
Lisa Salters
ESPN | ABC
Tracy Wolfson
CBS | TNT
Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Prime Video
Jason Kelce
ESPN | ESPN2 | ABC
Nick Saban
ESPN
Richard Sherman
Prime Video
Jay Wright
CBS | TNT
Outstanding Technical Team Event
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
The Masters
CBS
Noche UFC
UFC 306 at Riyadh Season: O’Malley vs Dvalishvili
ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Silent House Group]
Super Bowl LIX
Fox
2024 US Open
ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPN+ | ABC
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Fox NFL
Fox
Fox SOCCER
Palace
Fox | FS1
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
NFL Draft
ESPN | ABC
Thursday Night Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Camera Work – Short Form
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Caeleb & The Critic
NBC | Peacock
The 150th Kentucky Derby
NBC | Peacock
NFL Films Presents
The Silent Super Bowl
FS1 [NFL Films]
NFL Films Presents
Shots of the Year
FS1 [NFL Films]
NFL on ESPN
Divisional Round: In the Air Tonight
ESPN | ABC
UEFA Champions League: A New Era
CBS | UEFA
Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form
Anytime
Red Bull TV [Red Bull Media House, Anthill Films]
Giannis: The Marvelous Journey
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Improbable Media, Words + Pictures, NBA Entertainment]
The Lionheart
HBO | Max [Time Studios, Words + Pictures, Stardust Frames, XTR]
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Netflix [OBB Pictures, MakeMake, SK Global Entertainment, Avocados and Coconuts]
The Turnaround
Netflix [Major League Baseball, Netflix, A Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios Production, Higher Ground, Breakwater Studios]
Outstanding Editing – Short Form
Black Friday Open: The Goat
Thursday Night Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Gloves – The Story of Phil Pritchard and the Stanley Cup
NHL on ESPN
ESPN
Land of Stories
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
Sunday Night Football
NBC | Peacock
Walk with the Greats: The Heroes of Daytona
Fox NASCAR: RACEDAY
NASCAR on Fox YouTube [NASCAR Studios]
What If
Thursday Night Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Editing – Long Form
FLY
National Geographic [Reel Peak Films, Impact Partners, National Geographic Documentary Films, Chicago Media Project, Shark Island Productions, Candescent Films]
#Freetez
NFL 360
NFL Network
Giannis: The Marvelous Journey
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Improbable Media, Words + Pictures, NBA Entertainment]
The Lionheart
HBO | Max [Time Studios, Stardust Frames, XTR, Words + Pictures]
Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience
ESPN | ESPN+ [ESPN Films, Bluefoot Entertainment, Fresh Features]
The Dick Schaap Writing Award – Short Form
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Closing Essay
NBC | Peacock
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Land of Stories
NBC | Peacock
Kyle Brandt Series
CBS
NBA Playoffs on TNT
Up is Where Dreaming Begins
TNT
Sunday Night Football
NBC | Peacock
The 124th US Open
Fatherhood
NBC | Peacock
Outstanding Writing – Long Form
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Prime Video [NFL Films, SMAC Productions, V Seven Productions]
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
In the Company of Heroes
NBC | Peacock
Giannis: The Marvelous Journey
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Improbable Media, Words + Pictures, NBA Entertainment]
Hard Knocks
In Season with the AFC North
HBO | Max [NFL Films]
Outstanding Music Direction
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Prime Video [NFL Films, SMAC Productions, V Seven Productions]
The Lionheart
HBO | Max [Time Studios, Words + Pictures, Stardust Frames, XTR]
Noche UFC: For Mexico, For All Time
ESPN+ [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Silent House Group, Q Department]
Super Bowl LIX
Hold My Hand
Fox
The Turnaround
Netflix [Major League Baseball, Netflix, A Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios Production, Higher Ground, Breakwater Studios]
Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event
Fox MLB
Fox | FS1
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
NHL on ESPN
ABC | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPN+
NHL Winter Classic on TNT
Chicago
TNT
Sunday Night Football
NBC | Peacock
Outstanding Audio/Sound – Post-Produced
Fox NFL Sunday
The QB Whisperer: You Bloom Where You’re Planted
Fox
If You Had The Keys To A Formula 1 Car For A Day…
Red Bull TV [Red Bull Media House, Red Bull Media House North America, Creative Embassy, Markus Krug]
In the Arena: Serena Williams
ESPN | ESPN+ [Religion of Sports, Nine Two Six Productions, 199 Productions]
The Lionheart
HBO | Max [Time Studios, Stardust Frames, XTR, Words + Pictures]
Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience
ESPN | ESPN+ [ESPN Films, Bluefoot Entertainment, Fresh Features]
Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show
College Football Playoffs
ESPN [Two Fresh Creative, Tendril]
Fox SOCCER
Palace
Fox | FS1
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC |Peacock | USA | CNBC | E! | NBCOlympics.com | Telemundo | Universo | Golf Channel
Noche UFC
UFC 306 AT RIYADH SEASON NOCHE UFC: O’MALLEY vs DVALISHVILI
ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Silent House Group, Silent Partners Studio]
Thursday Night Football
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Graphic Design – Specialty
In the Arena: Serena Williams
DISNEY+ | ESPN+ [Religion of Sports, Nine Two Six Productions, 199 Productions]
NBA All-Star on TNT
Borg-Warner Talking Heads
TNT
NBA on TNT
Unforgettable
TNT
2024 NFL Draft
2024 NFL DRAFT OPEN
NFL Network
Noche UFC
For Mexico, For All Time
ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Nexus Studios, BLINK Studios]
Super Bowl LIX
Coach Jimmy Johnson
Fox [VFX, Engine Room Hollywood]
Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction
Fox SOCCER
Palace
Fox | FS1
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock
2024 NHL Draft
ESPN [NHL, NobiousPro, Gravity, Sphere]
Noche UFC
UFC 306 AT RIYADH SEASON NOCHE UFC: O’MALLEY vs DVALISHVILI
ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Silent House Group, Nexus Studios, BLINK Studios]
Super Bowl LIX
The Huddle
Fox
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Immersive Audio at Scale
NBC | Peacock
NFL Live
StatusPro Visualizer – VR Technology
ESPN
NHL Big City Greens Classic | Simpson’s Funday
Football | NBA Dunk the Halls
Modified Character Scaling
ESPN2 | ESPN+ [Beyond Sports, Hawk-Eye]
OptiMotion
OptiMotion
CBS
2024 PGA Tour
Drone AR
CBS | NBC [PGA TOUR]
Thursday Night Football
AI Feature Latency
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios]
Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Full Court Press – Presented by State Farm: Inner Baller
Full Court Press
ESPN [FINN STUDIOS]
The Heist II
NBA In-Season Tournament on TNT | ESPN
NBA on TNT YouTube [Barking Owl, Rare Medium, Pretty Bird, Blacksmith]
Jingle Hoops: Regifted
NBA on Christmas Day 2024
ABC | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPN+ [Rare Medium, Passion Pictures, Squad 47]
The Toast
2024 NBA Finals
Twitch | YouTube | ESPN | ESPN App | Twitter [Hungry Man Productions, Barking Owl, Rare Medium, Parliament Productions]
Usyk Vs Fury Reignited
TNT
DAZN [Riff Raff Films]
Outstanding Public Service Content
Letter to My Father: Zeke Thomas
CBS
NFC Championship
Somebody
Fox [72andSunny, Park Pictures, NFL]
Notre Dame Football
What Would You Fight For?
NBC
Super Bowl LIX
Flag 50
Fox [72andSunny, NFL, Eagle Eleven Productions, Inc]
Youth Flag Football
“Let’s Play”
NFL Network | NFL Media
Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish
Fuera de Juego
ESPN+
Fútbol Central
Univision | TUDN
Juegos Olímpicos Paris 2024
Telemundo | Universo
Sunday Night Football
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock
Zona Mixta
Telemundo
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish
Greenland
San Francisco
ESPN Deportes | ESPN+
Juegos Olímpicos Paris 2024
Hermanos Limardo: Lazos de Acero
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock
Juegos Olímpicos Paris 2024
Momentos Que Marcan
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock
Juegos Olímpicos Paris 2024
“El Niño”
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock
Mundo NFL Originals
Bayron Matos: Orgullo de Los Mina
Mundo NFL [Cinema Giants, Remezcla]
SportsCenter
SC Reportajes: MI NOMBRE ES DANY GARCIA
ESPN Deportes | ESPN+
Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish
Andrés Cantor
Telemundo
Rolando Cantú
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock
Miguel Gurwitz
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock
Mauricio Pedroza
ESPN Deportes | ESPN+
Pilar Pérez
ESPN2 | ESPN Deportes