
2023 Sports Emmys: ESPN's Maria Soares on How SportsCenter Continues to Evolve, Improve Over Time The studio show won the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show - Daily By Kristian Hern ndez, Senior Editor
Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 11:40 am
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Since 1979, ESPN has entertained and informed sports fans around the nation with more than 60,000 episodes of SportsCenter. Talent have come and gone, but this flagship show has withstood the test of time. Seen as the origin of all other sports shows, the four-letter network added another feather to its cap with the 2023 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show Daily.
At the ceremony, ESPN's Senior Vice President, Production and Content Strategy, Maria Soares, breaks down how the network is able to adapt and mold this legacy show to the current era of sports and the operations team that helps make every production go as smoothly as possible.
Those credited on the project included:
Executive Producers
Mark Gross, Robert King, Mike McQuade, Jack Obringer, Jimmy Pitaro, David Roberts, Maria Soares, Andy Tennant, Norby Williamson
Executive Editors
David Kraft, Lauren Reynolds
Senior Coordinating Producers
Jeff Bennett, Judson Burch, Johann Castillo, Amanda Gifford, Julie McGlone, Jose Morales
Coordinating Producers
Miguel Almeida, Paul Augeri, Kristie Blasi, Vin Cannamela, Patrick Caulfield, Aisha Chaney, Gustavo Coletti, Marissa Cucolo, Deryk Cumagun, Manuel De La Fe, Michael Epstein, Paul Gaeta, Robert Guijarro, Sarah Hart, Heath Henry, Carolyn Hong, Greg Jewell, Diego Longo, Fernando Lopez, Brian Martins, Raymond Necci, Jennifer Overman, Andrea Pelkey, Steve Peresman, Michael Protos, David Rose, John Totten, Barry Vigoda, Ben Webber, Matt Weeks
Supervising Producers
Jeff Ausiello, Scott Beaman, Michael Berggren, Brian Franey, Shari Greenberg, Ben Hobbs, Matt Jason, Zachary Jones, Jennifer Kocse, Michael Le'toile, Len Milano, Jeremy Papazoglou, Stacey Pressman, Jonathan Punko, Daniel Remin, Lauren Stowell, Joseph Verge, Cassandra Watson, Denny Wolfe, Brian Wood
Producers
Patrick Abrahams, Malinda Adams, Marco Alfandary, Evan Anderholm, Jesse Arendt, Dina Bailey, Jamila Baker, Joshua Blount, Joshua Bolander, Erik Bolanos, Tyrese Bolden, Madison Brightman, Seth Brody, Shavonne Burke, Christopher Burnette, Joseph Bushee, David Carabello, Chris Cardello, Megan Cassidy, Audrah Cates, Christopher Caudle, Adam Cheh, Christina Clancy, Abby Clopton, Greg Condas, Justin Daly, Kevin Davies, John Deaver, Paushawna Decordova-Boyd, Darren Demeterio, Eric Diaz, Stephen Didamo, Arthur Dolan, Joshua Drew, Tyler Drohan, Robbin Dunn, Trevor Ebaugh, Tom Engle, Zack Feldman, Navid Firoozabady, Shawn Fitzgerald, Tony Florkowski, Robert Galm, Adam Garfield, Jennifer Gode, Steven Gross, Jay Gruber, Patrick Hanrahan, Keith Hawkins, Katie Hennessey, James Holleran, Cj Holley, Vincent Johnson, Chris Kopas, Andrew Koritz, Joseph Kosa, Timothy Langlois, Bryan Larson, Jon Lavoie, Aaron Lee, Zuriel Loving, Eric Lundsten, Zach Mariner, Jason McCallum, Tom McKean, Kelly Millin, Rachel Minton, Chris Mitchell, Robert Morgan, Charles Moynihan, Michael Napolitano, Nick Pagliarulo, Marcus Patton, Michael Proia, James Quintong, Brandon Radcliffe, Scott Randall, Michael Ritz, Jesus Rodriguez, Elanna Rubenstein, Kevin Sanchez, Raajik Shah, Aaron Shea, Jourdan Shepard, Jessica Shobar, Michael Sneag, Eric Soderburg, Eduardo Souss, Lindsay Steckel, Aydan Strachan, Sam Strong, Mark Summer, Daniel Trejo-Serrano,Angela Trovato,AddisonWalton,KareemWhite,Andrew Wichman, Jim Witalka, Kenton Wong, Matthew Zampini
Feature Producers
Barry Abrams, Luis F. Aldea, Susan Ansman, Dan Arruda, Steve Buckheit, Zachary Budman, Jennifer Chafitz, Jon Fish, Miriam Greenfield, Scott Harves, Aaron Johnson, Michael O'Connor, Tory Zawacki Roy, Kris Schwartz, Joshua Vorensky
Coordinating Directors
Scott Favalora, Tyrone Frison, Marti Hanzlik
Directors
Brian Albon, Robert Bentley, Adam Brooks, Tommy Edwards, Javier Escalante, Kalyn Flockhart, Brian Kimberley, Rich Kvietkus, David Lefchak, Lauren Misko, Susan Molinsky, Rodney Perez, Chris Russano, James Ryan, Christopher Scott, Matthew Sellars, Waverly Smith
Associate Producers
Temitayo Anjou, AJjay Atayee, Darren Ayotte, Kyle Barry, Olivia Bellamy, Alejandro Berry, Reginald Blake, Dialidsa Bosa, Camille Bova, Joshua Boyd, Tyler Bradley, Vincent Coladonato, Ashley Colley, Carrie Comerford, Eitan Cramer, Cordell Cumming, Andrew Davis, Julio De Feudis, Samuel De La Cruz, Jose De Leon, Alex Denner, Brianna Dimaggio, Brian Dostaler, Eric Dowling, Sandarvis Duffie, Travis Feldhaus, Marcelo Figueroa, Champe Fisher, Joe Formisano, John Fornaro, Nicole Fox, Julia Freeman, Alex Gabriele, Ryan Garcia, David Gordon, Daniel Greco, Johnny Gutierrez, Harry Hawkings, Aliyyah Jackson, Jason Joseph, Kara Karpinski, Manish Kenkre, Kristine Kugler, Natalie Labumbard, Jennifer Lacroix, Richard Lawrence, Nick Licalzi, Harrison Marder, Leighton McClellan, Megan McMurray, Ryan Milowicki, Alex Nolen, Drake Pena, Sara Perlowitz, Andrew Porzio, Laura Ramirez, Ron Redden, Emma Reed, Alexander Sabato, Lee Singer, Jeremy Slone, Danielle Thea, Kyle Van Dam, Erika Vingiano, Sania White, Matthew Willis, Sterling Xie, John Zupon
Associate Directors
Dara Cooper, Molly Fallica, Raymond Garcia, Brian Jaskelewicz, Justin Klumpp, Kaley Lamarca, Joshua Laselva, Gina Lobosco, Taylor Maggiore- Neely, Blair Milko, Matthew Moss, JC Obringer, Brooke Robinson, Dan Sofranko, Earl Thigpen, Adan Vasquez, Jonathan Weaver
Reporters
John Barr, Jeremy Schaap
Editors
Todd Anderson, Michael Becker, Bryan Bishop, Tantus Branham, Josh De Leon, Mark Maynard, Lauren Vassallo
Stage Managers
Camila Cayere Diaz, Ryheam Trahan
Hosts
John Anderson, Matt Barrie, Ashley Brewer, Nicole Briscoe, Linda Cohn, Kevin Connors, Elle Duncan, Mich
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