30th Sports Emmy Awards

30th Sports Emmy Awards
30th Sports Emmy Awards
Date	April 27, 2009
Location	Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City

DateApril 27, 2009

LocationFrederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City

The 30th Sports Emmy Awards were presented on April 27, 2009 in the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The nominees were announced on April 2.^[1]

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Outstanding Live Sports Special	Outstanding Live Sports Series
2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship, NBC NASCAR on FOX - Daytona 500, FOX Super Bowl XLII, FOX Wimbledon Gentlemen's Final, NBC X Games XIV, ESPN	NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC College Football on ESPN, ABC Monday Night Football, ESPN NASCAR on TNT, TNT NASCAR on FOX, FOX
Outstanding Live Event Turnaround	Outstanding Edited Sports Special
Games of the XXIX Olympiad, NBC 2008 Bassmaster Classic, ESPN2 2008 Tour de France, CBS 2008 World Series of Poker: Final Table, ESPN Inside the PGA Tour, Golf Channel The Deutsche Bank Championship, PGA Tour Productions	Calzaghe-Jones 24/7, HBO 2008 Beijing Paralympics, NBC 2008 Ironman World Championship, NBC The Greatest Game Ever Played, ESPN Varsity Rivals, CBS
Outstanding Sports Documentary	Outstanding Sports Series/Anthology
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football, HBO Big Ten Short Stories - Friends of Jaclyn Special Edition, Big Ten Network Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed, HBO Jose Canesco: Last Shot, A&E The Streak, ESPN2	De La Hoya-Pacquiao 24/7, HBO America's Game: The Missing Rings, NFL Network Baseball's Golden Age, FSN HBO Boxing: Countdown Shows, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO Road to Redemption, ESPN Sport Science', FSN
Outstanding Studio Show, Weekly	Outstanding Studio Show, Daily
Inside the NFL, CBS/Showtime College GameDay, ESPN Football Night in America, NBC FOX NFL Sunday, FOX Monday Night Countdown, ESPN Sunday Night Countdown, ESPN	Inside the NBA, TNT Baseball Tonight, ESPN MLB Postseason Studio, TBS Outside the Lines First Report, ESPN Pardon the Interruption, ESPN
Outstanding Sports Journalism	Outstanding Short Feature
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Horse Slaughter: Running for Their Lives, HBO E:60 - Gymnastics Abuse, ESPN Outside the Lines - Concerns in Happy Valley, ESPN Outside the Lines - O.J. Mayo's Inner Circle, ESPN Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - NFL Stadium Drinking, HBO	2008 NCAA Basketball on CBS - Jason Ray Feature, CBS E:60 - The Power of One - Adam Bender, ESPN Outside the Lines - John Challis, ESPN Outside the Lines - Roller Derby Revival, ESPN Outside the Lines - Touching Them All, ESPN
Outstanding Long Feature	Outstanding Open/Tease
Outside the Lines - Richard Jensen, ESPN 2008 NCAA Basketball on CBS - Final Four - Zambia's Hope Feature, CBS Outside the Lines - Kick for Nick, ESPN Outside the Lines - Louis Mulkey, ESPN	NFL on FOX - Super Bowl XLII - Perfection, FOX ESPN NASCAR - Indianapolis 500, ABC Games of the XXIX Olympiad: The Clock of Their Lives, NBC NBA All-Star Game - Chris Rock All-Star Tease, TNT Saturday Night Football - Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys, NFL Network
Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage	Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming
Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beyond the Broadcast, NBCOlympics.com/NBC Sports NASCAR.com Race Buddy, NASCAR.com NBA League Pass Broadband, NBA.com NBA.com - TNT OverTime 2008 All-Star Saturday, NBA.com NFL Sunday Ticket Experience, DIRECTV NFL.com LIVE: Thursday and Saturday Night Football, NFL.com	Sport Science, FSN Amazing Sport Stories, FSN Ring Life, HBO.com/HBO Sports YouTube Baby, ESPN.com
Outstanding New Approaches - Sports Programming - Short Format
No Love Lost, ESPN.com Anatomy of a Play, NFL Network/NFL.com Back on Topps, BackOnTopps.com/The Tornante Company/El Chopper Quatro Mayne Street, ESPN.com NFL Ultimate Audio on NFL.com, NFL Network/NFL.com Outside the Ropes, PGATour.com/PGA Tour Productions

Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host	Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play
Bob Costas, NBC/HBO Bryant Gumbel, HBO Chris Berman, ESPN Ernie Johnson, Jr., TNT/TBS James Brown, CBS/Showtime	Jim Nantz, CBS Al Michaels, NBC Dan Hicks, NBC Joe Buck, FOX Mike Emrick, NBC
Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst	Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst
Terry Bradshaw, FOX Tom Jackson, ESPN Cris Collinsworth, NBC/Showtime/CBS/HBO John Kruk, ESPN Steve Mariucci, NFL Network	Cris Collinsworth, NFL Network/NBC Doug Collins, TNT John Madden, NBC Johnny Miller, NBC Ron Jaworski, ESPN Tim McCarver, FOX

Outstanding Technical Team Remote	Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Games of the XXIX Olympiad, NBC Red Bull Air Race World Series, FSN 2008 Winter X Games, ESPN/ABC ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN ESPN NASCAR, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 NASCAR on FOX, FOX	ESPN NASCAR, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Games of the XXIX Olympiad, NBC MLB Postseason, TBS Sport Science, FSN Sunday NFL Countdown, ESPN
Outstanding Camera Work	Outstanding Editing
Games of the XXIX Olympiad - The Clock of Their Lives, NBC 2008 Masters Tournament, ESPN 2008 NCAA Basketball on CBS - Final Four - Zambia's Hope, CBS Amazing Sports Stories, FSN Calzaghe-Jones 24/7, HBO Quest for the Cup, VOOM	Calzaghe-Jones 24/7, HBO Amazing Sports Stories - Joe Jenette: The Fighter Who Refused to Quit, FSN Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Olympic Profiles, NBC Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Remember the Titans, NBC NBA on TNT, TNT The Wimbledon Championships, ESPN
The Dick Schaap Writing Award	Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
NBA on TNT, TNT Baseball's Golden Age, FSN British Open, TNT De La Hoya-Pacquiao 24/7, HBO FOX NFL Sunday - Super Bowl XLII - Perfection, FOX NFL Films Presents: Lost in Confetti, NFL Network	NFL on CBS, CBS 2008 Masters Tournament - Open, ESPN E:60 - Homeless Hoops, ESPN ESPN Sunday Night Baseball - Final Game at Yankee Stadium - Opening Tease, ESPN Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Dallas Cowboys, HBO NFL on CBS - AFC Championship Game Tease, CBS
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound	Outstanding Post Produced Audio/Sound
NFL on FOX, FOX ESPN NASCAR, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Games of the XXIX Olympiad, NBC MLB on FOX, FOX NASCAR on FOX, FOX	Calzaghe-Jones 24/7, HBO Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Dallas Cowboys, HBO MLB '08: An Epic Season - Wireless, ESPN Road to the Super Bowl, FOX
Outstanding Graphic Design	Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
Sport Science, FSN E:60 - 2008 Season, ESPN Games of the XXIX Olympiad, NBC MLB on FOX, FOX NBA on ABC - 2008 NBA Finals, ABC/ESPN Super Bowl XLII/FOX NFL Sunday, FOX	NFL on CBS - AFC Championship Game Tease, CBS Amazing Sports Stories, FSN 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, ABC/ESPN Sport Science, FSN The Seacret Game, ESPN Classic
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award	Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Institutional
Virtual Playbook/Augmented Reality, ESPN ESPN Axis, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNews ESPN NASCAR, ABC/ESPN2 Games of the XXIX Olympiad - NBC's Three Screens Olympics (Beijing & at Home), NBC	MLB All-Star Game 2008 - Raftors, FOX 2008 Fantasy Football - Blues, NFL Network ESPN Monday Night Football - Is it Monday Yet? - Alarm Clocks, Customers, Cubicles, ESPN NBA Playoffs on TNT - Terrence Howard Tease, TNT This is SportsCenter - More Hips, Conditioning Coach, Explosive Speed, ESPN
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Episodic
2009 Winter Classic, NBC/NHL NASCAR on FOX 2008 - Engine City, FOX 2008 NFL Training Camp - In Rhythm, NFL Network/NFL.com ESPN Monday Night Football - Is it Monday Yet? - Customers, Cubicles, Class, ESPN NBC Sunday Night Football - Kick-Off Weekend - Manning Brothers, NBC

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