ESPN Earns Industry-Leading 63 Sports Emmy® Nominations

ESPN Earns Industry-Leading 63 Sports Emmy® Nominations

ESPN earned an industry-leading 63 nominations for the 47th Annual Sports Emmy^® Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced today. The total marks ESPN's 13th consecutive year leading the industry in Sports Emmy nominations. The nominations span content and accomplishments presented across ESPN platforms, including ESPN, ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, and the ESPN App. The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 26, at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.

ESPN's nominations are as follows:

ESPN's nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Live Sports Special: Championship Event

• College Football Playoff National Championship
• NBA Finals

Outstanding Live Sports Special: Non-Championship Event

• Monsters Funday Football
• NHL on ESPN - 4 Nations Face-Off

Outstanding Live Sports Series

• Monday Night Football
• Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli

Outstanding Sports Playoff Coverage

• College Football Playoff

Outstanding Edited Sports Special

• E60 - Paid to Play: Understanding College Sports in 2025
• Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

Outstanding Edited Sports Series: Hosted

• E60

Outstanding Sports Documentary: Long

• E60 - Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott

Outstanding Sports Documentary Series

• Believers: Boston Red Sox*

Outstanding Sports Documentary Series: Serialized

• Full Court Press*

Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Daily

• NBA Today
• NFL LIVE
• The Pat McAfee Show
• SportsCenter

Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Weekly

• College GameDay
• Monday Night Countdown

Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Limited Run

• College GameDay - College Football Playoff

Outstanding Sports Journalism

• E60 - Save: The Katie Meyer Story

Outstanding Sports Feature: Short Form

• College GameDay - Luckie
• College GameDay - A World Away

Outstanding Sports Feature: Long Form

• SC Featured: Love, Abby

Outstanding Interactive Experience: Sports

• SportsCenter for You

Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Event

• College Football Playoff National Championship

Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Studio

• College GameDay - College Football
• NFL Draft

Outstanding Sports Editing: Short Form

• NHL on ESPN - 4 Nations Face-Off: For Crest and Country
• NHL on ESPN - Stanley Cup Playoffs Opening Round: Devils vs. Hurricanes - Snap Shot

The Dick Schaap Outstanding Sports Writing Award: Short Form

• College GameDay - Choices - Lee Corso's Final Headgear Pick
• Wimbledon

Outstanding Sports Writing: Long Form

• E60 - Above the Tide: 20 Years After Katrina

Outstanding Music Direction: Sports

• Memphis to the Mountain*

Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Post-Produced

• Believers: Boston Red Sox*
• E60 - Above the Tide: 20 Years After Katrina

Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Event/Show

• Monsters Funday Football

Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Specialty

• Believers: Boston Red Sox*

Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction: Sports

• Monsters Funday Football

The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award

• College Football - POVORA Wireless Tilt Control CapCam
• TGL presented by SoFi - SmartPin Cam*

Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Sports

• ESPN Sports Forever*

Outstanding Public Service Content: Sports

• ESPN Take Back Sports Movement

Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Host

• Rece Davis
• Laura Rutledge
• Scott Van Pelt

Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Analyst

• Mina Kimes

Outstanding Sports Personality: Play-By-Play

• Joe Buck

Outstanding Sports Personality: Event Analyst

• Troy Aikman

Outstanding Sports Personality: Sideline Reporter

• Holly Rowe
• Laura Rutledge
• Lisa Salters

Outstanding Sports Personality: Emerging On-Air Talent

• Andraya Carter
• Katie George
• Jason Kelce

Outstanding Sports On-Air Personality in Spanish

• Carolina Guillén
• Fernando Palomo

Outstanding Sports Studio Show in Spanish

• Ahora o Nunca
• ESPN FC
• Fútbol Picante

Outstanding Sports Feature Story in Spanish

• María Llena Eres de Fuerza
• SC Reportajes: Rafael Campos