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 AnniversarySpecial (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.
