Go Dodgers! Fox’s coverage of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers won the Emmy for outstanding live sports special: championship event at this year’s Sports Emmys. It was one of nine won by Fox/Fox Sports 1, second only to ESPN, which scored 10 Emmys at this year’s event.
Also at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, which took place on Tuesday, May 26, in New York, Fox’s Fox MLB: The 95th All-Star Game won for live sports special: non-championship event, and NBC’s Sunday Night Football for best live sports series. NBC’s Sunday Night Football was named outstanding live sports series, while Fox’s Major League Baseball: The American League playoffs were named outstanding sports playoff coverage.
Among other winners: Ernie Johnson (TNT | CBS) was named top studio host; Fox’s Alex Rodriguez beat out Charles Barkley, Mina Kimes, Candace Parker and others for outstanding sports personality: studio analyst; and NBC’s Mike Tirico won for play-by-play sports personality. Also, NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was named outstanding live sports series, and Fox’s Major League Baseball American League Playoffs won for outstanding sports playoff coverage.
CNN’s “Have I Got News For You” host Roy Wood Jr. hosted the Sports Emmy Awards, part of a three-night Emmy event held this week by NATAS. Wood’s co-star Amber Ruffin hosts the news categories of the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday, May 27, while their fellow “Have I Got News For You” star Michael Ian Black hosts the documentary categories of the News & Documentary Emmys on Thursday, May 28.
The Sports Emmys took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. This Sports Emmys eligibility period covers the calendar 2025 year.
The Sports Emmys’ 47 categories include Outstanding Live Special, Outstanding Studio Host, Event Analyst, and Emerging On-Air Talent, among others. ESPN, which earned 62 nominations (bolstered by programs including “E60”), led all outlets.
Ian Eagle (CBS Sports), Rich Eisen (NFL Network), NBA champion Dwight Howard, Brian Kenny (MLB Network), MLB Champion Pedro Martinez (TNT Sports), Colleen Wolfe (NFL Network), Nick Wright (Fox Sports), Andrés Cantor (Telemundo) and Pablo Torre (“Pablo Torre Finds Out”) were set to serve as presenters. Sports media executive Steve Bornstein received Lifetime Achievement honors.
Here are this year’s nominees and winners:
Outstanding Live Sports Special: Championship Event
WINNER: Fox MLB: World Series – Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers (Fox)
College Football Playoff: National Championship (ESPN [Two Circles])
The Masters (CBS)
NBA Finals (ESPN)
Super Bowl LX (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Live Sports Special: Non-Championship Event
WINNER: Fox MLB: The 95th All-Star Game (Fox)
151st Kentucky Derby (NBC | Peacock)
Monsters Funday Football (ESPN [Beyond Sports | Pixar | NFL])
NHL in ASL: 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series (NHL Productions)
NHL on ESPN: 4 Nations Face-Off (ESPN)
Outstanding Live Sports Series
WINNER: Sunday Night Football (NBC | Peacock)
Fox NFL (Fox)
Monday Night Football (ESPN | ABC)
Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli (ESPN [Omaha Productions])
Thursday Night Football (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios])
Outstanding Sports Playoff Coverage
WINNER: Fox MLB: The American League Playoffs (Fox | FS1)
College Football Playoff (ESPN)
Fox NFL: The NFC Playoffs (Fox)
NBC NFL Playoffs (NBC | Peacock)
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (CBS | TNT)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Host
WINNER: Ernie Johnson (TNT | CBS)
Rece Davis (ESPN)
Rich Eisen (NFL Network)
Scott Van Pelt (ESPN)
Laura Rutledge (ESPN)
Kate Scott (CBS | Paramount+)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Analyst
WINNER: Alex Rodriguez (Fox | FS1)
Charles Barkley (TNT)
Clark Kellogg (CBS | TNT)
Mina Kimes (ESPN)
Pedro Martinez (TNT)
Candace Parker (TNT | TBS)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Play-By-Play
WINNER: Mike Tirico (NBC | Peacock)
Joe Buck (ESPN)
Joe Davis (Fox | FS1 | NFL Network)
Ian Eagle (CBS | TNT | Netflix | Amazon)
Jim Nantz (CBS)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Event Analyst
WINNER: Greg Olsen (Fox | NFL Network)
Troy Aikman (ESPN)
Tom Brady (Fox)
Cris Collinsworth (NBC | Peacock)
Bill Raftery (CBS | TNT | Fox)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Sideline Reporter
WINNER: Tracy Wolfson (CBS | TNT)
Tom Rinaldi (Fox | FS1)
Holly Rowe (ESPN)
Laura Rutledge (ESPN)
Lisa Salters (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Emerging On-Air Talent
WINNER: Katie George (ESPN)
Andraya Carter (ESPN)
Jason Kelce (ESPN)
Matt Ryan (CBS | Paramount+ | Netflix)
Richard Sherman (Prime Video)
J.J. Watt (CBS)
Outstanding Sports On-Air Personality In Spanish
WINNER: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
Andrés Cantor (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
Carolina Guillén (ESPN)
Fernando Palomo (ESPN)
Sammy Sadovnik (MLS Productions)
Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage
WINNER: 4 Nations Face-Off: Unveiled (NHL Productions [NHL Productions | Radan Films | NHLPA])
NFL Game Day All Access: Super Bowl LX (YouTube [NFL Films])
Official Film of the 2025 Masters (CBS)
Road To The Super Bowl (NBC [NFL Films])
UFC The Walk: Topuria vs Oliveria (UFC)
Outstanding Edited Sports Special
WINNER: Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special (ESPN)
E60: Paid to Play – Understanding College Sports in 2025 (ESPN)
The Hall of Fame Knocks Class of 2026 (NFL Network)
The Madhouse – NASCAR’s Return Into Bowman Gray Stadium (FS1 [Fox Sports Films | NASCAR Studios])
Welcome to the NHL: Meet The Prospects (NHL Productions)
Outstanding Edited Sports Series: Hosted
WINNER: E60 (ESPN)
Eli Manning Presents: The Undercovers – Baker Mayfield | Justin Jefferson | Micah Parsons (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Range Media | Ten Till])
NFL Films Presents (FS1 [NFL Films])
Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
TNT Sports Conversations (TruTV)
Outstanding ESports Championship Coverage
WINNER: 2025 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend – OpTic Texas vs Vancouver Surge (ESL FACEIT Group)
2025 Apex Legends Global Series Championship (ESL FACEIT Group)
League of Legends Worlds 2025 Final – T1 Esports vs KT Rolster (LoL Esports [Riot Games])
VALORANT Champions 2025 Grand Final – NRG vs Fnatic (Valorant Esports [Riot Games])
Outstanding Sports Documentary: Short
WINNER: Final Finishers (East 89th St Productions [Tribeca Studios | Bluff Road Films])
Home Turn (NASCAR Productions [Bluefoot Entertainment])
NFL Explained: Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (NFL Media Group)
NFL Films Presents: The Arctic Challenge (FS1 [NFL Films])
The Shuffle (HBO Max [NFL Films])
Outstanding Sports Documentary: Long
WINNER: Champions Of The Golden Valley (Olympics.com [XTR Studios | Sturgefilm | Tideshift | Optimist | Taleem])
Butterfly in a Blizzard (Bracing For Impact, LLC [Flagship Independent | Big Lift Media])
Clemente (The History Channel [Vinegar Hill | Uninterrupted | Vantage Pictures | Cookie Jar & a Dream Studios | APX Content Ventures | The History Channel])
E60: Southpaw – The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott (ESPN)
Elway (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Omaha Productions | MakeMake Productions])
Surviving Ohio State (HBO Max [Sports Illustrated Studios | 101 Studios | Smokehouse Pictures])
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series
WINNER: Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Unrealistic Ideas])
Alex vs ARod (HBO Max [Religion of Sports])
Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Unanimous Media | NBA Entertainment | Jersey Legends (a division of Authentic Studios)])
America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN [Religion of Sports | Artists Equity])
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series: Serialized
WINNER: Quarterback (Netflix [NFL Films | Omaha Productions | 2PM Productions])
Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues (Whisper TV [Religion of Sports])
The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (Netflix [One Potato Productions | Boardwalk Pictures])
Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix [Box to Box])
Full Court Press (ESPN [ESPN | Omaha Productions | Words + Pictures])
WWE: Unreal (Netflix [Omaha Productions | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | WWE])
Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Daily
WINNER: NFL Live (ESPN)
First Things First (FS1)
NBA Today (ESPN)
The Pat McAfee Show (ESPN)
SportsCenter (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Weekly
WINNER: College GameDay (ESPN)
Inside the NBA on TNT (TNT)
Monday Night Countdown (ESPN)
The NFL Today (CBS)
Thursday Night Football (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios])
Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Limited Run
WINNER: Road to the Final Four (CBS | TNT)
College GameDay – College Football Playoff (ESPN)
Football Night in America: NFL Postseason (NBC | Peacock)
Fox MLB: The Postseason (Fox | FS1)
Inside the NBA Playoffs on TNT (TNT)
Outstanding Sports Journalism
WINNER: Save: The Katie Meyer Story (E60 [ESPN])
Aspiration: Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
Kobe: The Making of a Legend (CNN Originals)
What Is Riley Gaines Hiding?: Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
Outstanding Sports Feature: Short Form
WINNER: Behan Strong — NCAA March Madness (CBS)
All Heart — Fox CFB: Big Noon Kickoff (Fox)
Faces Forever Young — World Figure Skating Championships (NBC | Peacock)
Just Getting Started — Fox CFB: Big Noon Kickoff (Fox)
Luckie — College GameDay (ESPN)
RJ — Fox MLB: The Postseason (Fox)
A World Away — College GameDay (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Feature: Long Form
WINNER: Tim Green – A Voice Reclaimed — NFL Films Presents (FS1)
Chuskit & Saldon: Frozen Dreams of Ladakh (Olympics.com [XTR Studios])
Girl Climber (Red Bull Studios [Louder than Eleven])
Imillaskate: The Cholita Skaters of Bolivia (Optimist [Pachamama Sabia])
Ride With Me — Golf Central Live from The Open (Golf Channel)
SC Featured: Love, Abby — SportsCenter (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Open/Tease
WINNER: America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
America’s Game — Super Bowl LX (NBC | Peacock)
Brick by Brick — Fox IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
The Harder Choice — The 126th Army-Navy Game (CBS)
Nerves at Augusta National — The Masters (CBS)
Outstanding Interactive Experience: Sports
WINNER: Fan Optionality on Prime Video (Prime Video Sports [Prime Video | Amazon MGM Studios])
NASCAR Driver Cam on HBO Max (HBO Max)
The NBA Experience on Peacock (Peacock)
NHL in ASL (NHL Productions)
SportsCenter For You (ESPN [WSC Sports | Google])
Outstanding Digital Innovation: Sports
WINNER: World of Red Bull in Apple Immersive (Red Bull Media House, NA [Apple])
MLB App in XR (MLB)
NFL on NBC Madden NFL Cast (Peacock)
Prime Insights (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios])
VIP — Yankee Stadium (Apple TV [SoHi Media])
Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Event
WINNER:Fox MLB: World Series – Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers (Fox | FS1)
College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN)
Fox IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox | FS1)
The Masters (CBS)
Super Bowl LX (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Studio
WINNER: NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios)
College GameDay – College Football (ESPN)
Fox NFL (Fox)
NFL Draft (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Short Form
WINNER: The Harder Choice / The 126th Army-Navy Game (CBS)
Brick by Brick — Fox IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
151st Kentucky Derby (NBC | Peacock)
A Parisian Rhythm with Omar Sy — Roland-Garros on TNT Sports (TNT | TruTV)
Silent Super Bowl — NFL Films Presents (FS1 [NFL Films])
Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Long Form
WINNER: I Skied Down Mount Everest (Red Bull Media House GmbH [East Studio])
America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Unrealistic Ideas [Amazon MGM Studios | Unrealistic Ideas])
Raise The Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football (Heroes & Fables [NFL Films | Skydance Sports | Prime Video Sports | Tampa Bay Buccaneers])
Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills — Hard Knocks (HBO Max [NFL Films])
Outstanding Sports Editing: Short Form
WINNER: 4 Nations Face-Off: For Crest and Country — NHL on ESPN (ESPN)
The Bay — NBA All-Star on TNT (TNT)
Brick by Brick — IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
It’s Time — NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT (TNT)
A Parisian Rhythm with Omar Sy — Roland-Garros on TNT Sports (TNT | truTV)
Stanley Cup Playoffs Opening Round: Devils vs Hurricanes – Snap Shot (NHL on ESPN [ESPN])
Outstanding Sports Editing: Long Form
WINNER: Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
American Thunder: NASCAR at Le Mans (NASCAR Studios [Amazon MGM Studios | NASCAR Studios])
America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
Butterfly in a Blizzard (Bracing For Impact, LLC [Flagship Independent | Big Lift Media])
Saquon (NFL Films [Amazon MGM Studios | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | Expanded Media | LBI Entertainment | Vision26 Studios])
We Beat the Dream Team (TNT | HBO Max [USA Basketball | NBA Entertainment | Blue Ox Films])
WWE: Unreal (Netflix [Omaha Productions | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | WWE | Netflix])
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Sports Writing Award: Short Form
WINNER: Wimbledon (ESPN)
Brick by Brick — IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
Choices – Lee Corso’s Final Headgear Pick — College GameDay (ESPN)
It’s Time — NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT (TNT)
151st Kentucky Derby (NBC | Peacock)
In Motion and Memory — IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
Outstanding Sports Writing: Long Form
WINNER: In Season with the NFC East — Hard Knocks (HBO Max [NFL Films])
Above the Tide: 20 Years After Katrina — E60 (ESPN)
Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
Going Inside (TNT)
The Superdome At 50 — NFL Films Presents (FS1 [NFL Films])
Outstanding Music Direction: Sports
WINNER: Home Turn: Daytona Beach, FL (NASCAR Studios [Bluefoot Entertainment])
Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East (HBO Max [NFL Films])
Memphis to the Mountain: Acclimatization | Elevation (Andscape [Sender Films])
NCAA Final Four: San Antonio – Unwritten Reimagined (CBS [Sony Music])
NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT: It’s Time (TNT)
Surviving Ohio State (HBO Max [Sports Illustrated Studios | 101 Studios | Smokehouse Pictures])
Thursday Night Football (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])
Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Live Event
WINNER: Fox MLB (Fox | FS1)
Apple TV: Friday Night Baseball (Apple TV [MLB Network])
Fox NASCAR (Fox | FS1)
Fox NFL (Fox)
Sunday Night Football (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Post-Produced
WINNER: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (HBO Max [NFL Films])
Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN [ESPN | Religion of Sports | Artists Equity])
Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Unrealistic Ideas [Amazon MGM Studios | Unrealistic Ideas])
E60: Above the Tide – 20 Years After Katrina (ESPN)
Earnhardt: Dale (Imagine Documentaries [Amazon MGM Studios | Imagine Documentaries | Everyone Else | NASCAR Studios | Dirty Mo Media])
NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT: It’s Time (TNT)
Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Event/Show
WINNER: NBA on NBC & Peacock (NBC | Peacock)
Fox NFL (Fox)
Monsters Funday Football (ESPN [Beyond Sports | Big Studios | Pixar])
NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])
Thursday Night Football (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])
Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Specialty
WINNER: Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN [ESPN | Religion of Sports | Artists Equity])
MLB Now Open (MLB Network)
NFL on CBS: The Evolution of the Big Head – Merging Human Artistry with AI Innovation (CBS)
NFL Slimetime (Nickelodeon)
WWE: Unreal (Netflix [Omaha Productions | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | WWE | Netflix])
Outstanding Studio Or Production Design/Art Direction: Sports
WINNER: The NFL Today: The Virtual Time Machine – Rebuilding the Legacy of The NFL Today (CBS)
Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
Fox NFL Sunday: Case of the Missing Best Team | The Dynasty Blueprint | The Waiting Room (Fox)
Monsters Funday Football (ESPN [Beyond Sports | Big Studios | Pixar])
NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])
NFL Slimetime (Nickelodeon)
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
WINNER: Fox MLB: The Postseason – UmpCam AR Strike Zone System (MLB | Major League Baseball [Fox Sports | Bolt6 | Virtual Eye])
College Football – POVORA Wireless Tilt Control CapCam: Stabilized CapCam with Remote Tilt Control (ESPN [Povora])
Fox IndyCar: Augmented Reality (Fox | FS1)
The Last Crescendo – The 4th Judge: First-Ever AI Power Boxing Judge (DAZN)
TGL Presented by SoFi: SmartPin Cam (ABC | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPN+)
2025 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo – AIQ: Where Data Meets Dirt (Teton Ridge)
Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Sports
WINNER: Unforgettable Awaits – 2025 NBA Finals (Warner Brothers Discovery)
City of Fury – Fatal Fury in Times Square (BigTime Creative Shop [Truffle])
ESPN Sports Forever (ESPN | ESPN+ [Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners | ESPN Creative Studio | Division7 | The Herd])
Fastest Racing on Earth — Fox IndyCar (Fox | FS1 | FS2 | Fox News | Fox Business | BTN | Deportes | [Special Group | Biscuit Filmworks | Cabin Edit | Eleven Sound | Ethos | Pariah | New Math])
Milan-Cortina Olympics on NBC & Peacock (NBC | Peacock)
NBA on NBC & Peacock (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Public Service Content: Sports
WINNER: Champion – Super Bowl LX (National Football League [72andSunny | Morton Jankel Zander, Inc.])
ESPN Take Back Sports Movement (ESPN)
Line ‘Em Up (JOAN Creative [JOAN Studios])
Notre Dame: What Would You Fight For? (NBC | Peacock)
Outstanding Sports Studio Show In Spanish
WINNER: ESPN FC (ESPN)
Ahora o Nunca (ESPN)
Fútbol Picante (ESPN)
Linea de 4 (Univision | TUDN)
Premier League Extra (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
Rumbo Al Mundial (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
Outstanding Sports Feature Story In Spanish
WINNER: Los Colores del Istmo — Mundo Originals (Mundo NFL [SWAY | Cobra Films])
Atxa Delgado — Mundo Originals (Mundo NFL [SWAY | Cobra Films])
Greenland: Venezia (ESPN)
María Llena Eres de Fuerza (ESPN)
SC Reportajes: Rafael Campos — SportsCenter (ESPN)
Source: variety.com
