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The 42nd Sports Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), honoring the best in American sports television coverage in 2020. The winners were announced on June 8, 2021, via live-stream at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and other apps associated.
The nominations were announced on April 20, 2021, with ESPN being the network with more nominations with 41 and the Super Bowl LV being the most nominated program, with 11.
Winners and nominees [ ]
The nominees were announced on April 20, 2021.[1] Winners in each category are listed first, in boldface.[2] [3] [4]
Ernie Johnson Jr. , Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Host winner
Joe Buck , Outstanding Sports Personality/Play-by-Play winner
Nate Burleson , Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Analyst winner
John Smoltz , Outstanding Sports Personality/Sports Event Analyst winner
Michele Tafoya , Outstanding Sports Personality/Sports Reporter winner
Pilar Pérez , Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish winner
Programming [ ]
Personality [ ]
Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Host
Outstanding Sports Personality/Play-by-Play
Ernie Johnson Jr. (TNT )
Rich Eisen (NFL Network /Peacock /NBCSN /DIRECTV /B/R Live )
Rachel Nichols (ESPN )
Mike Tirico (NBC /NBCSN /Golf Channel )
Scott Van Pelt (ESPN )
Joe Buck (FOX /FS1 /NFL Network )
Mike Breen (ABC )
Mike Emrick (NBC /NBCSN )
Al Michaels (NBC )
Jim Nantz (CBS )
Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Analyst
Outstanding Sports Personality/Sports Event Analyst
Nate Burleson (CBS /CBS Sports Network /NFL Network )
Jay Bilas (ESPN /ESPN2 )
Kirk Herbstreit (ESPN )
Harold Reynolds (MLB Network )
Kenny Smith (TNT )
John Smoltz (FOX /FS1 /MLB Network )
Doris Burke (ESPN )
Cris Collinsworth (NBC )
Kirk Herbstreit (ESPN )
Jeff Van Gundy (ABC )
Outstanding Sports Personality/Sports Reporter
Outstanding Sports Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent
Michele Tafoya (NBC )
Erin Andrews (FOX /NFL Network )
Ken Rosenthal (FOX /FS1 )
Lisa Salters (ESPN /ABC )
Tracy Wolfson (CBS /CBS Sports Network )
Emmanuel Acho (FOX /FS1 )
Malika Andrews (ESPN )
Joe Davis (FOX /FS1 /NFL Network )
Andrew Hawkins (NFL Network )
Joshua Perry (Big Ten Network )
Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish
Pilar Pérez (ESPN Deportes )
Andrés Cantor (Telemundo )
Ernesto Jerez (ESPN Deportes )
Ana Jurka (Telemundo )
Adriana Monsalve (Univision /TUDN )
Mauricio Pedroza (ESPN Deportes )
Luis Omar Tapia (Univision /TUDN )
Technical [ ]
Outstanding Technical Team Event
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Super Bowl LV – Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (CBS )
College Football Playoff National Championship – Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (ESPN )
FOX NASCAR (FOX /FS1 ) ** The Masters (CBS )
NBA Bubble (ESPN /TNT /NBA)
College GameDay (ESPN )
2020 NFL Draft (ESPN /ABC /NFL Network )
FOX NASCAR (FOX /FS1 )
MLB Tonight (MLB Network )
The Super Bowl Today (CBS )
Outstanding Camera Work - Short Form
Outstanding Camera Work - Long Form
One Shot. – Catherine Aeppel and Johnny Schaer (RBTV )
The 146th Kentucky Derby – The Adjustment (NBC )
FOX NFL Sunday – Social Justice: Oyate’ un Ito’wapi – Pictures of My People (FOX )
Inside the NFL – Super Bowl LV (Showtime )
NFL GameDay Morning – Who Are We (NFL Network )
The Old World – A Mindtrip Through Europe – Toni Tillmann, Mathias Bergmann, Andreas Tillmann and Michael Tillmann (RBTV )
Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible (ESPN+ /ESPN )
Return to Earth: "The Series" (Outside TV )
Rising Phoenix (Netflix )
Tua (FOX )
Outstanding Editing - Short Forn
Outstanding Editing - Long Form
NBA on TNT – Mamba – Jack Bannon, Gibson Hazard and Brendan O’Connor (TNT )
Greatness Code (Apple TV+ )
NFL GameDay Morning – Who Are We (NFL Network )
NFL Total Access – Reality vs. Perception (NFL Network )
Sunday NFL Countdown – The Big Mo Show (ESPN )
Super Bowl LV – Stand by Me (CBS )
The Undefeated Presents The Stop – Living, Driving and Dying While Black Open (ESPN )
NFL 360 – The Gift of Gaba – John Orfanopoulos (NFL Network )
The Old World – A Mindtrip Through Europe (RBTV )
Rising Phoenix (Netflix )
The Scheme (HBO )
We Are the Champions (Netflix )
Outstanding Music Direction
Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction
Rising Phoenix – Daniel Pemberton , George Doman, Toni Hickman, Keith Jones (Netflix )
FOX NFL Sunday – Dawn of Venus/Jose Gonzalez Teardrop (FOX )
Super Bowl LV – Stand by Me (CBS )
Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story (HBO )
Yellow Brick Road (Golf Channel )
NASCAR Race Hub (FS1 )
2020 NBA All-Star Game on TNT – Something Beautiful (TNT )
National League Division Series – Cutouts (MLB Network )
The Shop : UNINTERRUPTED (HBO )
Super Bowl LV – Before Jackie (CBS )
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
Sunday Night Football (NBC )
FOX MLB (FOX /FS1 )
NASCAR on NBC – Playoffs (NBC )
NFL on CBS (CBS )
US Open Tennis (ESPN )
NASCAR 2020 : Under Pressure (MotorTrend )
Hard Knocks – Los Angeles (HBO )
NASCAR ALL IN: Battle for Daytona (MotorTrend )
The Old World – A Mindtrip Through Europe (RBTV )
The Playbook (Netflix )
Outstanding Live Graphic Design
Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design
NFC Wild Card Game – Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints (Nickelodeon )
College Football (ESPN /ABC )
FOX NFL (FOX /NFL Network )
MLB Tonight – Welcome Home (MLB Network )
Super Bowl LV (CBS )
Greatness Code – Emily Eckstein, Lauren Fisher, Orlando Salva, Vinnie Thomas (Apple TV+ )
NFL 360 – Sincerely, Q (NFL Network )
NFL on ESPN (ESPN /ABC )
Super Bowl LV – Before Jackie (CBS )
Women in Sports Vignette Series (CBS Sports Network )
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award Short Form
Outstanding Writing Award Long Form
National League Division Series – Cutouts – Greg Jennings (MLB Network )
FOX NFL Sunday – And Justice For All (FOX )
NFL Total Access – Reality vs. Perception (NFL Network )
PGA News Conference Show – Distance (ESPN )
SC Presents: 2020 – Heroes, History and Hope – Enough (ESPN )
NFL Films Presents – The Lumberman Quarterback – Garrett Fittizzi and Ty Schadt (FS1 )
The Arena on TNT – We Are Home (TNT )
Hard Knocks – Los Angeles (HBO )
Super Bowl LV – Before Jackie (CBS )
When New York Was One (FS1 )
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
MLB Network Showcase – Statcast 3D (MLB Network )
FOX NASCAR – The Racing Drone (FOX /FS1 )
FOX NFL – Megalodon (FOX )
MLB Postseason on tbs. – Base Cam (tbs )
Notre Dame Football – NBC HDR LUTs (NBC )
Multiple wins [ ]
Shows that received multiple nominations
Wins
Show
Network
2
NBA on TNT
TNT
NFC Wild Card Game
Nickelodeon
NFL 360
NFL Network
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
HBO
Rising Phoenix
Netflix
Sunday Night Football
NBC
Super Bowl LV
CBS
Nominations by Network
Wins
Network
7
TNT
6
ESPN
5
FS1
4
NFL Network
3
CBS
ESPN Deportes
FOX
HBO
MLB Network
NBC
2
Netflix
Nickelodeon
Red Bull TV
YouTube
Multiple nominations [ ]
Shows that received multiple nominations
Nominations
Show
Network
11
Super Bowl LV
CBS
9
NFL 360
NFL Network
7
E:60
ESPN
4
Fox NASCAR
FOX , FS1
Fox NFL Sunday
FOX
NFL Total Access
NFL Network
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
HBO
Rising Phoenix
Netflix
SC Featured
ESPN , ESPN2 ESPN.com , ESPNews
3
NBA All-Star Game on TNT
TNT
FOX NFL
FOX , NFL Network
Greatness Code
AppleTV+
Inside the NBA
TNT
MLB Tonight
MLB Network
The Old World – A Mindtrip Through Europe
RBTV
The Undefeated Presents
ESPN
2
Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible
ESPN+ , ESPN
College GameDay
ESPN
FOX MLB: The Postseason
FOX , FS1 ,FoxSports.com , MLB Network
Hard Knocks
HBO
National League Division Series
MLB Network
NBA on TNT
TNT
NFC Wild Card Game
Nickelodeon
NFL Films Presents
FS1
NFL GameDay Morning
NFL Network
NFL on CBS
CBS
República Deportiva
Univision , TUDN
SC Presents: 2020 – Heroes, History and Hope
ESPN
SC Reportajes
ESPN Deportes
Sunday NFL Countdown
ESPN
Sunday Night Football
NBC , Peacock
The 146th Kentucky Derby
NBC
The Masters
CBS
The Playbook
Netflix
The Scheme
HBO
The Shop: UNINTERRUPTED
HBO
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
NBC , NBCSN ,Olympic Channel
We Are the Champions
Netflix
Yellow Brick Road
Golf Channel
Nominations by Network
Nominations
Network
41
ESPN
27
NFL Network
26
FOX
22
CBS
19
FS1
17
TNT
15
NBC
13
HBO
10
MLB Network
9
Netflix
8
ESPN Deportes
6
ABC
NBCSN
5
RBTV
TUDN
Univision
4
Telemundo
YouTube
3
Apple TV+
CBS Sports Network
ESPN+
Golf Channel
Peacock
Showtime
2
DIRECTV
ESPN.com
ESPN2
Hulu
MotorTrend
Nickelodeon
Outside TV
UFC Fight Pass
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