Today, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced ESPN earned an industry-leading 59 nominations for the 44th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards, marking the 10th straight year that ESPN has led the industry. ESPN’s 59 nominations include work presented on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, SEC Network, and the ESPN App. Winners will be awarded live and in-person on Monday, May 22, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
A complete list of ESPN’s nominations is as follows:
Live Series
Monday Night Football (ESPN)
Saturday Night College Football (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Edited Event Coverage
Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL – The 2022 NFL Draft (ESPN)*
Welcome to the NHL: 2022 NHL Draft (ESPN+, NHL Network)*
Edited Special
SC Featured: White Men Can’t Jump – 30th Anniversary Special (ESPN+)
Hosted Edited Series
E60 (ESPN)
Eli’s Places (ESPN+)*
Studio Show – Weekly
College GameDay (ESPN)
Monday Night Countdown (ESPN)
Studio Show – Daily
NFL Live (ESPN)
Pardon the Interruption (ESPN)
SportsCenter (ESPN)
Studio Show – Limited Run
Postseason NFL Countdown (ESPN)
Outstanding Journalism
E60 Qatar’s World Cup (ESPN)
E60 Remember the Blue and Yellow (ESPN, ESPN+)
E60 The Survivor: The Remarkable Life of Shaul Ladany (ESPN)
Short Feature
College Game Day (ESPN)
Sunday NFL Countdown (ESPN)
Long Feature
Betsy & Irv (ESPN+)
SC Featured: Mind Over Matter (ESPN)
SC Featured: Seams to Heal (ESPN)
Open/Tease
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship – “Of Grit and Glory” (ESPN)
US Open – “I Was Here” (ESPN)
Interactive Experience – Event Coverage
College Football Playoff National Championship MegaCast (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, SEC Network, ESPN Deportes, ESPN App, ABC)
Interactive Experience – Original Programming
NHL on ESPN – Ovechkin 800 (ESPN.com)
Digital Innovation
McEnroe vs. McEnroe (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+)*
Personality/Studio Host
Rece Davis (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Scott Van Pelt (ESPN)
Personality/Play-by-Play
Mike Breen (ABC)
Joe Buck (ESPN)
Chris Fowler (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Personality/Studio Analyst
Jay Bilas (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Ryan Clark (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Personality/Event Analyst
Peyton Manning (ESPN2, ESPN+)
Personality/Reporter
Molly McGrath (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Holly Rowe (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Lisa Salters (ESPN, ABC)
Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent
Andraya Carter (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, SEC Network)
Robert Griffin III (ESPN)
Eli Manning (ESPN2, ESPN+)
JJ Redick (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
Technical Team Event
Monday Night Football (ESPN)
Technical Team Studio
College GameDay (ESPN)
NFL Draft (ESPN, ABC)
Editing Short – Form
Monday Night Football Teases (ESPN, ABC)
Outside the Lines – “Without You” (ESPN)
Writing – Short Form
Outside the Lines – “Without You” (ESPN)
Writing – Long Form
E60 – The Survivor: The Remarkable Life of Shaul Ladany (ESPN)
Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War (ESPN)*
Music Direction
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship – “Of Grit and Glory” (ESPN)
Audio/Sound – Live Event
US Open (ESPN)
Graphic Design – Event/Show
NBA on ESPN (ESPN, ABC)
George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
NHL Broadcasts – Digitally Enhanced Dasher Boards (ESPN, ABC, TNT, TBS, NHL Network)*
Studio Show in Spanish
SportsCenter (ESPN Deportes)
Feature Story in Spanish
SC Reportajes: Arraigado (ESPN Deportes)
SC Reportajes: The Real Deal (ESPN Deportes)
Un Tren a Qatar (ESPN Deportes)
On-Air Personality in Spanish
Carolina Guillén (ESPN Deportes)
Pilar Pérez (ESPN Deportes)
*External entry airing on an ESPN network.