ESPN, XXIII Olympic Winter Games on NBC Lead Way as 40th-Annual Sports Emmy Nominations Are Unveiled

ESPN, XXIII Olympic Winter Games on NBC Lead Way as 40th-Annual Sports Emmy Nominations Are Unveiled Crowded Wensel Award race celebrates 5G, HDR with Dolby Atmos, and much more By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 4:48 pm

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On Wednesday, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) unveiled its nominees for the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards.

Leading the way for network groups, ESPN (which includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews, SEC Network, and WatchESPN) tallied an impressive 56 nominations with NBC Sports (NBC, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Telemundo, CNBC, MSNBC, NBCOlympics.com, The Olympic Channel, and USA) raking in 38 nominations of its own. CBS Sports (CBS, CBS Sports Network) with 27 noms, FOX (FOX, FS1, and FOXSports.com) with 25 noms, and HBO Sports with 16 noms wrapped up the top five.

The XXIII Winter Olympics is the most celebrated individual event heading into this year's Sports Emmys. The NBC family pulled in 12 nominations for its various efforts around the Games from PyeongChang, South Korea. Super Bowl LIII also brought eight nominations to CBS, while the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first men's FIFA World Cup for FOX earned the network five noms.

Some familiar faces will battle it out to take home the biggest award of the night: the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Special. NBC/Golf Channel's coverage of the 2018 Tour Championship, ESPN's efforts at the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship, FOX's production of The 114th World Series, NBC's operation at The 150th Belmont Stakes, and CBS at Super Bowl LIII are all in the running for this year's statue.

The race for the coveted George Wensel Technical Achievement Award is an intriguing and crowded one, as well. The line-to-gain pylon cam deployed by ESPN College Football, a single stream HDR with Dolby Atmos from a Notre Dame football game produced by NBC, a 5G workflow at U.S. Open golf by FOX, K Zone 3D on ESPN MLB coverage, the ESPN ACES system used at U.S. Open tennis by ESPN, and the Raptor Smartglasses deployed at the Tour de France from NBC are all deserving nominations of innovative efforts that advanced the industry technologically this year.

The Sports Emmys award ceremony will take place at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on May 20. Until then, take a look at the complete list of all the nominees of the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards HERE, but here's a few of the major awards honoring some of the best in operations, production, and digital innovation:

THE GEORGE WENSEL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ESPN College Football: Line-to-Gain Pylon Cam (ESPN/ABC/SEC Network)

Major League Baseball on ESPN: K Zone 3D (ESPN/WatchESPN)

Notre Dame Football: Single Stream HDR with Atmos (NBC)

Tour de France: Raptor Smartglasses (NBC/NBCSN)

US Open Tennis Championship: ESPN ACES System (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN3)

USGA on FOX: U.S. Open 5G (FOX/FS1)

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL

2018 PGA Tour: 2018 Tour Championship (NBC/Golf Channel)

2019 College Football Playoff National Championship: Clemson Tigers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (ESPN)

The 114th World Series: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (FOX)

The 150th Belmont Stakes (NBC)

Super Bowl LIII: New England Patriots vs. Los Angeles Rams (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES

Golf Channel on NBC (NBC)

Major League Baseball on ESPN (ESPN)

NFL on CBS (CBS)

SEC on CBS (CBS)

Sunday Night Football (NBC)

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE IN SPANISH

2018 Copa Mundial de la FIFA (Telemundo)

2018 MLS Cup: Atlanta United vs. Portland Timbers (UniMas)

2018 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (ESPN Deportes)

Copa Libertadores 2018 Final: River Plate vs. Boca Juniors (Telemundo)

Liga MX La Gran Final Torneo Apertura: Cruz Azul vs. Am rica (Univision/Univision Deportes)

OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF COVERAGE

2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX (FOX/FS1)

AFC Championship: New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs (CBS)

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV)

NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four: Louisville vs. Mississippi St & Notre Dame vs. Connecticut (ESPN2)

SEC Championship Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Georgia Bulldogs (CBS)

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE

2018 College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN)

The 100th PGA Championship (CBS/CBS Sports Network)

Super Bowl LIII (CBS)

U.S. Open Tennis Championship (ESPN)

XXIII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA)

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO

2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX (FOX/FS1)

College GameDay (ESPN)

MLB Tonight (MLB Network)

Super Bowl LIII (NFL Network)

XXIII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA)

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK

Being Serena (HBO [Endeavor Content])

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cleveland Browns (HBO [NFL Films])

North of Nightfall (DIRECTV [Red Bull Media House/Freeride Entertainment])

XXIII Olympic Winter Games: Always Start with the Dreams (NBC)

Zion (Netflix [Bindery Films])

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT AUDIO/SOUND

The 102nd Indianapolis 500 (ABC)

MLB on FOX (FOX/FS1)

NASCAR on FOX (FOX/FS1)

NFL on CBS (CBS)

Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN)

XXIII Olympic Winter Games (NBC)

OUTSTANDING LIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN

2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX (FOX/FS1)

Major League Baseball on ESPN (ESPN)

NFL Draft (ESPN/ABC)

The Super Bowl Today/Super Bowl LIII (CBS)

XXIII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC)

OUTSTANDING TRANS-MEDIA SPORTS COVERAGE

2018 FIFA World Cup on FOX (FOX/FS1/FOXSPORTS.COM)

Premier League (NBC/NBCSN)

The 100th PGA Championship (PGA.com)

The Match: Tiger vs. Phil (B/R Live)

XXIII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/ NBCOlympics.com)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL INNOVATION

Ashe '68: 360-Degree Sand Animation (SI TV [C

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