The 26th Sports Emmy Awards honoring American sports coverage in 2004 were presented on May 2, 2005 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in the

Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at Time Warner Center in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orches ...

, New York City. The nominees were announced on March 9.

Nominations

''Winners are in bold

Outstanding Live Sports Special The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special has been awarded since 1976. It is awarded to a network for their coverage of one specific sporting event in a calendar year, which means it should not be confused with the award for Outsta ...

* Major League Baseball: Division Series (

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

) * 2004 Masters Tournament ( CBS) *

Super Bowl XXXVIII Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) ch ...

( CBS) *

2004 Wimbledon Championships The 2004 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on Grass court, grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 118th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and ...

(

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...

) * 2004 World Series ( FOX)

Outstanding Live Sports Series

* ''

ESPN Sunday Night Football ''ESPN Sunday Night Football'' is the ESPN cable network's weekly television broadcasts of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL) games. The first ESPN Sunday night broadcast occurred on November 8, 1987, while the last one aired on January ...

'' (

) * ''

INDY Racing League The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices o ...

'' ( ABC/

) * ''

MLB on Fox ''MLB on Fox'' (also known as ''Fox MLB'') is an American presentation of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by Fox Sports, the sports division of the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox), since June 1, 1996. The broadcaster has aired the W ...

'' ( FOX) * ''

Monday Night Football ''ESPN Monday Night Football'' (abbreviated as ''MNF'' and also known as ''ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC'' for simulcasts) is an American live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games currently airing on ESPN, ...

'' ( ABC)

Outstanding Live Event Turnaround

* The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (

) *

Great Outdoor Games ''Great Outdoor Games'' was a series of televised outdoor games created by ESPN. The program was cancelled in 2006. ''Great Outdoor Games'' individual events include: * Fishing Events ** Fly Fishing ** Freshwater Doubles * Sporting Dog Events ...

(

) * Special Edition Game of the Week: Sounds of the Game ( Ravens v. Jets) (

NFL Network NFL Network (occasionally abbreviated on-air as NFLN) is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Football League (NFL) and is part of NFL Media, which also includes NFL.com, NFL Films, NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NF ...

NFL Films NFL Productions, LLC, doing business as NFL Films, is the film and television production company of the National Football League. It produces commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries for and about the NFL, as well as ...

) *

2004 Tour de France The 2004 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 July, and the 91st edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Ant ...

( CBS) *

2004 World Figure Skating Championships The 2004 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany from March 22 to 28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Medal table Compet ...

( ABC)

Outstanding Edited Sports Special

* 2004 World Series Film (In HD/ MLB Productions) * 6 Days to Sunday ( CBS/

) * ESPN25: Then & Now (

) * Ironman Triathlon World Championship (

/Ironman Productions) * Manute Bol: Basketball Warrior 623-694-6172 (

NBA TV NBA TV is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regula ...

NBA Entertainment NBA Entertainment is the production arm of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and produces many NBA-related films including team championship videos and blooper and entertainment reels. Founded in 1982, it used to be associated with CBS/Fox ...

)

Outstanding Sports Documentary

* ''Favre 4-Ever'' ( FOX/

) * ''The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad: Stylianos Kryiakides, The Journey of a Warrior'' (

) * ''Hitler's Pawn'' ( HBO/Black Canyon Productions/Clear/Channel Entertainment Television) * ''Nine Innings From Ground Zero'' ( HBO/ MLB Productions) * ''Sports Illustrated: 50 Years of Great Stories'' (

)

Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology

* '' Beyond the Glory'' (

Fox Sports Net Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Mar ...

/ Asylum Entertainment) * '' ESPN25: The Headlines'' (

) * ''Fearless'' ( OLN/ Asylum Entertainment) * ''

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' is a monthly sports news magazine on HBO. Since its debut on April 2, 1995, the program has been presented by television journalist and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel. Overview Format Each episode consists of fou ...

'' ( HBO) * ''

SportsCentury ''SportsCentury'' is an ESPN biography television program that reviews the people and events that defined sports in North America throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Using stock footage, on-camera interviews, and photographs of their athletic l ...

'' (

ESPN Classic ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns 20%). The channel was originally la ...

)

Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly

* '' Fox NFL Sunday'' ( FOX) * '' Inside the NFL'' ( HBO) * '' MLB on Fox: Pregame Show'' ( FOX) * '' NASCAR on Fox / FX: Prerace Show'' ( FOX/ FX) * '' Sunday NFL Countdown'' (

)

Outstanding Studio Show – Daily

* '' Baseball Tonight'' (

) * '' The Best Damn Sports Show Period'' (

) * ''

Inside the NBA ''Inside the NBA'', branded for sponsorship purposes as ''Inside the NBA presented by Kia'', is the postgame show for '' NBA on TNT'' broadcasts. The program features host Ernie Johnson with analysts Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille ...

playoff shows'' ( TNT) * '' Outside the Lines Nightly'' (

) * ''

Pardon the Interruption ''Pardon the Interruption'' (abbreviated ''PTI'') is an American sports talk television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stor ...

'' (

) * ''

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is a daily sports news television program that serves as the flagship program and brand of American cable and satellite television network ESPN. The show covers various sports teams and athletes from around the world and o ...

'' (

)

Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host has been awarded since 1993. The award is given to an on-air personality that hosts a pregame or postgame show, or gives news during event coverage, but does not commentate on the ...

Mary Carillo Mary Carillo (born March 15, 1957) is an American sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is an analyst for ''Tennis on NBC'' and a reporter for NBC Olympic broadcasts. Career Tennis Carillo played on the women's professiona ...

(

) *

Bob Costas Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019. He has received 28 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games from 19 ...

(

/ HBO) *

Bryant Gumbel Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's '' Today''. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hosted ...

( HBO) *

Greg Gumbel Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946) is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments for CBS Sports (most notably, the National Football League and NCAA basketball). The older brother of news and sportscaster Brya ...

( CBS) * Dan Patrick (

)

Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play

* Joe Buck ( FOX) *

Dick Enberg Richard Alan Enberg (January 9, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of an approximately 60-year career, he provided play-by-play of various sports for several radio and television networks, including ...

( CBS) * Jim Lampley ( HBO) *

Al Michaels Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster currently working as the play-by-play announcer for '' Thursday Night Football'' on Prime Video and in an emeritus role for NBC Sports. He has worked on n ...

( ABC) *

Jim Nantz James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has ancho ...

( CBS)

Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst

* Cris Collinsworth ( HBO) *

Michael Irvin Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former professional football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 2007, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of F ...

(

) *

Howie Long Howard Matthew Moses Long (born January 6, 1960) is an American sports analyst and former professional football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons as a defensive end, spending his entire career with the Raider ...

( FOX) * Harold Reynolds (

) *

Steve Young Jon Steven Young (born October 11, 1961) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccane ...

(

)

Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst

* Cris Collinsworth ( FOX) *

John Madden John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, who he led to eight pl ...

( ABC) *

Tim McCarver James Timothy McCarver (born October 16, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from to , most prominently as a member of the St. Louis Cardina ...

( FOX) *

Johnny Miller John Laurence Miller (born April 29, 1947) is an American former professional golfer. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s. He was the first to shoot 63 in a major championship to win the 1973 U.S. Open, and he ran ...

(

) *

Joe Morgan Joe Leonard Morgan (September 19, 1943 – October 11, 2020) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Colt .45s / Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, ...

(

)

Outstanding Technical Team Remote

* ''

'' ( ABC) * ''

'' (

) * ''ESPN2 College Football Behind the Scenes'' (

ESPN2 ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially fo ...

) * ''

NASCAR on Fox ''NASCAR on Fox'', also known as ''Fox NASCAR'', is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races produced by Fox Sports and have aired on the Fox television network in the United States since 2001. Speed, a motorsports-focused cable channel ...

'' ( FOX) * X Games X (

/ ABC)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio

* '' FOX NFL Sunday'' ( FOX) * '' MLB on Fox: Pregame Show'' ( FOX) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (

) * '' This is SportsCenter'' (

)

Outstanding Camera Work

* '' Inside the NFL'' ( HBO) * Ironman Triathlon World Championship (

/Ironman Productions) * Road to the

( CBS/

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - The Games Come Home Tease (

)

Outstanding Editing

* ''Favre 4-Ever'' ( FOX/

) *

Presents on

- Michael Zagaris NFL Films (

) * ''Nine Innings From Ground Zero'' ( HBO/ MLB Productions) * Phil Simms All-Iron Team ( CBS) * '' Wimbledon on NBC'' -

Patrick Stewart Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who has a career spanning seven decades in various stage productions, television, film and video games. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actors ...

Tease and Closing Thoughts (

) * X Games X - Open, Features, Roll-out (

/ ABC)

The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award

* '' ESPN25: The Headlines - Sept. 11 Attacks Shut Down Sports'' (

) * '' FOX NFL Sunday - Frank's Picks'' ( FOX) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - The Games Come Home (

) * '' Wimbledon on ESPN2 - No Rectangles in Nature Feature'' (

) * '' Wimbledon on ESPN2 - Wimbledon Reflections ~ written by

'' (

)

Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics

* ''Favre 4-Ever'' ( FOX/

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - The Games Come Home (

) * ''Hitler's Pawn'' ( HBO/Black Canyon Productions/Clear/Channel Entertainment Television) * ''Nine Innings From Ground Zero'' ( HBO/ MLB Productions) *

- STOMP Teases and Bumps ( ABC)

Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound

(

) * '' HBO / HBO PPV World Championship Boxing'' ( HBO) * ''

MLB on FOX ''MLB on Fox'' (also known as ''Fox MLB'') is an American presentation of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by Fox Sports, the sports division of the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox), since June 1, 1996. The broadcaster has aired the W ...

'' ( FOX) * ''

'' ( FOX)

Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound

2004 Indianapolis 500 The 88th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was part of the 2004 IndyCar Series season and the ninth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Buddy Rice won the po ...

- The Chase Tease ( ABC) * '' NBA on TNT Thursdays - Opening Game, All-Star Game & Trick Daddy Teases'' ( TNT) * Special Edition Game of the Week: Sounds of the Game ( Ravens v. Jets) (

) *

- STOMP Teases ( ABC)

Outstanding Graphic Design

* '' ABC's College Football'' ( ABC) * '' ESPN25'' (

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (

)

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction

* ''

'' - Teases ( ABC) * ''

- Studio Set'' (

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Studio Set (

) *

- STOMP Teases and Bumps ( ABC)

The George Wensel Outstanding Innovative Technical Achievement Award

* ''

'' - Pass Track (

) * '' PGA Tour on CBS''; '' U.S. Open Tennis Championships on CBS''; ''

NFL on CBS The ''NFL on CBS'' is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that are produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States. The network has aired NFL game telecasts si ...

'' - SwingVision ( CBS) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Virtual Flags (

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Stromotion (

)

Outstanding Sports Journalism

* ''

- Paradise Lost: The St. Bonaventure Scandal'' ( HBO) * ''

- Greyhound Deaths'' ( HBO) * ''

- Sport of Sheikhs'' ( HBO)

Outstanding Short Feature

* The 2004

Belmont Stakes The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over 1.5 miles (2,400 m). Colts and geldings carry a weight of ; fillies carry . The race, nickname ...

Smarty Jones Smarty Jones (February 28, 2001) is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and came second in the Belmont Stakes. Background Born at Fairthorne Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the horse was ...

(

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Women of the Games (

) * The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Pyrros Dimas (

) * Ironman Triathlon World Championship - Sarah Reinertsen (

/Ironman Productions) *

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...

Sunday -

Payne Stewart William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won eleven PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane acci ...

Family ( USA/PGA Tour Productions) * '' The Super Bowl Today - NFL Quarterbacks'' ( CBS)

Outstanding Long Feature

* The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - A Defining Sunday: 1984, Los Angeles: The First Olympic Women's Marathon (

) *

Presents on

- Derrick DeWitt (

) * ''

- Westminster Dog Show'' ( HBO) * ''

- Rainbow Man'' (

) * ''

- Ben Comen'' (

)

Outstanding Open/Tease

* The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - The Games Come Home Tease (

) *

- The Chase Tease ( ABC) * ''

- The Bengals Return to MNF Tease'' ( ABC) *

- Marcel Tease ( CBS) *

- STOMP: Ladies & Dance Tease ( ABC)

Sports Lifetime Achievement Award

Chet Simmons Chester Robert "Chet" Simmons (July 11, 1928 – March 25, 2010) was a television executive. He worked at ABC Sports, NBC Sports and ESPN, and was the first Commissioner of the USFL. From 1957 to 1964, he helped build ABC Sports into a leader in ...

, former President of

NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its ...

and

Most wins

;By network * NBC – 8 * HBO – 6 * ESPN – 5 * CBS – 3 * FOX – 3 * ABC – 2 * ESPN2 – 1 ;By program * '' The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad'' – 5 * ''

'' – 2 * ''

'' – 2

Most nominations

;By network * ESPN – 28 * NBC – 23 * FOX – 18 * ABC – 17 * HBO – 17 * CBS – 12 * NFL Network – 4 * ESPN2 – 3 * TNT – 2 * FOX Sports Net – 2 * ESPN Classic – 1 * FX – 1 * In HD – 1 * NBA TV – 1 * OLN – 1 * USA – 1 ;By program * '' The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad'' – 14 * ''

'' – 5 * ''

'' – 4 * '' ESPN25'' – 4 * ''

'' – 4 * ''

'' – 3 * ''Favre 4-Ever'' – 3 * '' FOX NFL Sunday'' – 3 * '' Ironman Triathlon World Championship'' – 3 * ''Nine Innings From Ground Zero'' – 3 * ''

'' – 2 * ''Hitler's Pawn'' – 2 * ''

Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...

'' – 2 * '' Inside the NFL'' – 2 * ''

'' – 2 * '' MLB on Fox: Pregame Show'' – 2 * ''

NASCAR on FOX ''NASCAR on Fox'', also known as ''Fox NASCAR'', is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races produced by Fox Sports and have aired on the Fox television network in the United States since 2001. Speed, a motorsports-focused cable channel ...

'' – 2 * '' NBA on TNT'' – 2 * ''

Presents on

'' – 2 * ''Special Edition Game of the Week: Sounds of the Game ( Ravens v. Jets)'' – 2 * ''

'' – 2 * '' Wimbledon on ESPN2'' – 2 * '' Wimbledon on NBC'' – 2 * '' X Games X'' – 2

References

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Sports Emmy Awards The Sports Emmy Awards, or Sports Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Sports E ...