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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards

May 8, 2013  •  Post A Comment

Press release from NATAS, May 7, 2013:

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards at a special ceremony tonight at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Winners in 34 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Series, Sports Documentary, Studio Show, Promotional Announcements, Play-by-Play Personality and Studio Analyst were honored.

The awards were presented by a distinguished group of sports figures and television personalities including Cris Collinsworth (sports analyst for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football”); Ato Boldon (event analyst, NBC’s “XXX Summer Olympics”); Ernie Johnson (host of “Inside the NBA on TNT”); Greg Anthony (Turner/CBS College Basketball studio analyst); Harold Reynolds (MLB Network studio analyst); Greg Amsinger (studio host, MLB Network); Bill Ripkin (studio analyst for MLB Network’s "MLB Tonight”): Curt Menefee (host, “FOX NFL Sunday”); Erin Andrews (studio host, FOX College Football); Melissa Stark (host, NFL Network); Rich Eisen (Host, NFL Network “NFL Total Access” and “NFL GameDay Morning”); Lisa Salters (sideline report, ESPN); Tom Rinaldi (reporter, ESPN); Jeremy Schaap (reporter, ESPN); Ian Eagle (play-by-play announcer, CBS); Tracy Wolfson (reporter, CBS Sports); Wladimir Klitschko (professional boxer, former Heavyweight Champion); and Joe Namath (Super Bowl Quarterback & Professional Football Hall of Fame Member).

The Sports Emmy Award recipients were chosen by a Blue Ribbon Panel of industry peers. The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2012 calendar year.

A detailed listing of all awards is below as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP. A list of winners for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards is also available on the National Television Academy’s website at www.emmyonline.tv.

Winners by network group:

NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBC Sports Network, nbcolympics.com, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, Telemundo): 23
Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV): 7
HBO Sports: 6
ESPN (ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3D): 5
MLB Network: 3
CBS (Showtime, CBS Sports Network): 2
FOX Sports Media Group (FOX): 2
NFL Network: 2
YouTube: 1

Winners by individual network:

NBC: 10
HBO Sports: 6
NBC Sports Network: 4
ESPN: 3
MLB Network: 3
TBS: 3
TNT: 3
Bravo: 2
Fox: 2
MSNBC: 2
NBCOlympics.com: 2
NFL Network: 2
Telemundo: 2
CBS Sports Network: 1
CNBC: 1
ESPN 2: 1
ESPN 3D: 1
NBA TV: 1
Showtime: 1
YouTube: 1

THE WINNERS

The 34th Annual Emmy Awards for Sports

Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL

Super Bowl XLVI NBC

Executive Producers
Sam Flood, Mark Lazarus
Coordinating Producer
Fred Gaudelli
Producer
Dick Ebersol
Segment Producers
Charles Dammeyer, Ken Hirdt, Matthew Marvin
Replay Producers
Robert Hyland, Kaare Numme
Sideline Producer
Michele Froman
Director
Drew Esocoff
Associate Producers
Ryan Billie, Erin Bollendorf, Drew Devine, Wade Junco, Andrew Macchio, Ryan Meyers, Timothy Nelson,
Vincent Rao, Craig Rothberg, Julie Schwarz, Michael Seib, Shawanda Walker
Senior Associate Director
Charlie Vanacore
Associate Directors
Brigette Boginis, Pierre Moossa

Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SERIES

Sunday Night Football NBC

Executive Producers
Sam Flood, Mark Lazarus
Coordinating Producer
Fred Gaudelli
Segment Producers
Ryan Billie, Ken Hirdt
Replay Producer
Kaare Numme
Sideline Producer
Michele Froman
Director
Drew Esocoff
Associate Producers
Erin Bollendorf, Ryan Burke, Wade Junco, Andrew Macchio, Timothy Nelson, Ryan Pettys, Vincent Rao,
Michael Seib, Ron Vitrano
Senior Associate Director
Charlie Vanacore
Associate Director
Charles Dammeyer

Outstanding LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND

Games of the XXX Olympiad NBC

Executive Producer
Jim Bell
Head of Production
Bucky Gunts
Coordinating Producer
Molly Solomon
Senior Producers
Brian Brown, Rebecca Chatman, Peter Diamond, Dick Ebersol, Sam Flood, Joe Gesue, John Gilmartin,
Carol Larson, Mark Lazarus, Mark Levy, John McGuinness, David Michaels, Brian Orentreich, Tom Roy,
Gary Zenkel
Producers
Matthew Allen, Erik Barnhart, Mark Bellotti, Todd Benjaminson, Charles Bottitta, Jr., Peter Breen, Wally Bruckner,
Allan Brum, James Carr, Rick Clifford, Aaron Cohen, Michael Cohen, Judith Colonna, Rick Cordella, Bruce,
Cornblatt Vincent Costello, Tom Davidson, Jackie Decker, Israel DeHerrera, Richard Diamond, Cathy Driscoll,
Clare Duffy, Mary Beth Duffy, Rob Dustin, Willie Ebersol, Yiannis Exarchos, Joel Felicio, John Felling, Daniel
Fleschner, Joshua Freedenberg, John Fritsche, Michele Froman, David Gabel, James Gallagher, Fred Gaudelli,
David Gibson, Alex Gilady, Lena Glaser, Jack Graham, Lee Ann Gschwind, Sara Harrison, Susan Heffernan, Jorge
Hidalgo, Mel Hundley, Robert Hyland IV, Spencer Julien, Vivian Kim, William Kunz, Tony Lanni, Brian
Longenecker, Paul Lucey, Colin Macaulay, Michael Marcarello, Brian Matthews, William Matthews, Jr., Steve
Mayer, David Paul Mazza, Paula McHale,John Miller, Michael Molinari, Elena Nachmanoff, Ken Neal, Jennifer
Nickell, Elyse Noonan, Kaare Numme, Robert Pardo, Phil Parrish, Philip Pollicino, Elizabeth Riley, Manolo
Romero, Michael Roth, Rob Sawyer, Ami Schmitz, Anne Sexton, Michael Shames, Lana Sherman, Jennie
Silverstein, Howard Singer, Jeffery St. Arromand, James Thompson,Eli Velazquez, Jim Walton, Jr., Seth Winter, Brian Zwolinski
Feature Producers
John Alperti, Asia Berkley Mape, Jay Blackman, Matthew Casey, Sheila Conolly, Maria Harutunian, Stephanie
Himango, Joie Jacoby, Britt Kahn, Jeff Monty, Paul Palowski, William Rapaport, Kristen Rocky, Douglas Safchik,
Andrew Schutzman, Mason Seay, Marcela Serrano, Marin Skific, Peter Steep, Ben Tishler, Haralambos Vasilopulos, Laurie
White, Christian Winters
Directors
Kelly Atkinson, Jr., Andy Barsh, Elizabeth Donovan, Drew Esocoff, Douglas Grabert, Marc Greenstein, Scott Katz,
Joseph Martin, Robert Melick, Pierre Moossa, Andrew Rosenberg, Michael Sheehan, Jeffrey Simon, Jason Wald
Associate Producers
Seth Abbey, Audrey Arbeeny, Allison Ashenofsky, Liz Ballard, Amy Bass, Kirsten Begg-Swider, Michael Benjamin, Erin Bollendorf,
Marissa Boyajian, Cari Brodsky, Paul Bronsteader, David Brown, Kevin Brown, Richard Buffington, Ryan Burke, Nigel Carreiro,
Nicholas Cassanova, James Castelluccio, Joanne Chiang DeHerrera, Laura Chicchetti, Victoria Chien, Elizabeth Ciezsko, Lee
Clements, Liz Collins, Kate Collinsworth, Ryan Conklin, David Cook, Taylor Costas, David Delfino, Sarah Deming, Drew Devine,
Joshua Dodd, Chris Dow, Amanda Doyle, Nicholas Eisenberg, Michael Eisenstein, Beth Ely, Aaron Feldstein, Lindsey Felling,
Kyle Ferguson, Scott Flato, Zachary Fox, Adam Freifeld, Belinda Gemelli, Shelly Gepfert Grant, Kristen Gerringer, Courtney
Gilmartin, Brian Gilmore, Rebecca Gitlitz, Jenny Glazer, Ryan Goldberg, Sam Goldberg, Alexander Goldberger, Janelle Gonzalez,
Brett Goodman, Patricia Gounardes, Nicole Grabert, David Grindley, Philip Guidry, David Gulotta, Katherine Gunts, Jean Hall, Eric
Hamilton, Lindsay Hirdt, Adam Holzman, Benjamin Horwitz, John Howe, Greg Hughes, Ikenna Iheoma, Lyndsay Iorio, Emma
Jade, Jeff Jastrow, Greg Jennings, Lacee Johnson, Freddie Joyner, Scott Karpen, Jason Katz, Jason Kleinman, Keenan Koss,
John Kruchok, Robert Landau, Craig Lau, Kristen Layden, Suzanne Lee, William Lee, Tara Levine, Melissa Lonner,
Abigail Lorge,
Andrew Macchio, Gavin Macrine, Christopher Maguire, Adam Marinelli, Earl Marshall, Thomas Matthews, Christopher McCloskey,
Leslie McDonald, Kevin McHale, Colleen Medina, Allison Melangton, Jon Miller, Matthew Millson, Kevin Monaghan, Valentine
Moossa, Katie Morgan, Michael Morrell, Glenn Morris, Will Moss III, Kelly Mullens Brown, Katherine Munro, Margaret Murphy,
Walter Murphy, Michael Murray, Timothy Nelson, Sean O’Connell, Ally Oleynik, Laura Olsziewski, John Oyster, John Padovano,
Associate Producers (continued)
Maria Pagano, Daniel Palla, Rob Penner, Nicole Pepperman, Mike Pithey, Kevin Pivor, David Polk, Thomas Popple, James
Pritting, Brendan Rayder, Leslie Reader Mazvinsky, Lana Reimer Vogel, Beret Remak, Brady Ricci, John Rothelisberger,
Michael Rothman, Jaime Sasso, Lindsay Schanzer, Adam Schmenk, Julie Schwarz, Thomas Seeley, Scott Seery, Rachel Segal,
Michael Seib, Lauren Sher, Daniel Sichel, Miki Singh, Ryan Sirgiovanni, Jaqueline Smith, John Smith, Nikki Spetseris, Eli
Spielman, Andrea Stewart, Louise Story, Matt Stroup, Jeff Stuart, Christopher Taylor Shaut, Matt Thelen, Samantha Thomas,
Hilary Thornton, Martin Thorstensson, Alex Tint, Elizabeth Turkevich, Farra Ungar, Michael Unger, Kaitlin Urka, Ron
Vaccaro, Kailin Vandevelde, Patricia Vega, Josh Veltrie, Jessica Wade, Adam Wald, Dean Walker, Shawanda Walker,
James Watson, Jesse Wesp, Paige Westin, Ruthie Wittenberg, Ken Woo, Chris Yip, Mark Young
Operations Producers
Sal Arnone, James Ellis, Kenneth Goss, Laura Klein, Michael Meehan, Joseph Stein
Associate Directors
Jay Altmeyer, Betsy Aronin, Megan Bagnulo, Scott Barke, Brigette Boginis, Lori Brooks, Jeffrey Burriesci, Kyle Carney,
Stefani Cohen, Charles Dammeyer, Lea Darley, Ro Das, Art Durazo, Christopher Ebert, Richard Ellis, Brian Fahey,
Judy Farinet, Steve Farrell, Joseph Friedman, James Gallagher, Robert Gately, Debra Gelman, Christopher Gray,
Lauren Hall, Cathie Hunt, Jason Jacquette, Andrew Kirsner, Tim Kowalski, Stacy Kweder, Bob Lalwani, Tracey Levine,
Michael Lewis, Matthew Marvin, Holly McClure, Jennifer Morrison, Mary Muzina, Steven Napolitani, Fran O’Connell,
Richard O’Connor, Sean O’Gara, Geoff Ostella, Laura Ouziel Mack, Zoe Pike, Ann Rogerson, Peter Shakkour, Donald
Slouffman, Lisa Smith, Scott Solky, Steve Stetz, Dominick Tringali, Christian Trinidad, Yvonne Wagoner, Wayne
Wilson, Kalen Wright

Outstanding PLAYOFF COVERAGE

National League Championship Series FOX

Cardinals vs. Giants
Executive Producers
John Entz, Randy Freer, Ed Goren, David Hill, Eric Shanks
Coordinating Producers
Judy H. Boyd, Mike Santini
Senior Producer
Bill Brown
Producers
Ethan Kleinberg, Larry Lancaster, Carol Langley, Pete Macheska
Feature Producer
PT Navarro
Senior Videotape Producer
Janice Casazza
Directors
Mark Deaver, Bill Webb
Associate Producers
Bryce Beloff, Steve Bichimer, Andy Cavanaugh, Keith Costas, Brian Dwyer, Rory Fugazy, Anthony Jimenez, Mark
Mason, Moses Massena, Nate Purinton, Matt Saldana, Matt Small, Kevin Stewart, Michael Stricoff, Brian Wilkins,
Wes Zientek
Operations Producers
Jim Bernard, Flavia Bowen, Fred King, Scott Lembke, Robert Mincieli, Jack Simmons, Susan Stone
Associate Directors
Bryan Biederman, Bryan Fennessey, Nicholas Juliano, Tom Shaffery, Aaron Stojkov
AND
NBA Playoffs TNT
Executive Producer
Jeff Behnke
Senior Producer
Howard Zalkowitz
Producers
Mike Burks, Scott Cockerill, Tom Heitz, Rodney Vaughn
Creative Producers
Craig Barry, Drew Watkins
Directors
Lonnie Dale, Renardo Lowe, Richard Russo, Howard Singer, Suzanne Smith
Associate Producers
James Glenn, Craig Murray, Casey Richards, Kyle Wells
Associate Directors
Bert Bondi, Shawn Gerchicoff, Dave Olshaske, Bill Proctor

Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL

One Heartbeat CBS Sports Network

Executive Producers
David Berson, Harold Bryant
Senior Coordinating Producer
Stephen Karasik
Producers
Aaron Cohen, Peter Radovich, Jr.
Associate Producers
Mike Api, Lindsey Felling, Carrie Hubbard, Jim Karabin, Jonathan Katz, Patrick Moreau, Ben Nygaard,
Raymond Tsang
Associate Director
Gareth Hughes

Outstanding SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Namath HBO

NFL Films

Executive Producers
Rick Bernstein, Howard Katz, Steve Sabol
Senior Coordinating Producers
Patrick Kelleher, Ross Ketover
Producers
Keith Cossrow, Joseph M. Lavine
Creative Director
Bill McCullough
Segment Producer
Ryan Kelly
Associate Producers
Zachary Heinzerling, Andrew Morreale, Brian Murphy, Tiffany Oshinsky, Ouisie Shapiro, David Stiles
Operations Producers
Holly Peterman, Kelly Viseltear

Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SERIES / Anthology

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

Executive Producer
Rick Bernstein
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin
Coordinating Producer
Tim Walker
Senior Producers
Kirby Bradley, Joe Perskie
Producers
Lisa Bennett, Maggie Burbank, Chapman Downes, Josh Fine, Michael Tolajian
Associate Producers
Stuart Ash, Ultan Byrne, Tres Driscoll, Max Gershberg, Nisreen Habbal, Naimah Jabali-Nash, Michael Long, Zehra
Mamdani, Andrew Morreale, Beret Remak, Jake Rosenwasser, Brett Teal, Spencer Wilking
Operations Producers
Kenneth Clausen, Josh Wolman

Outstanding STUDIO SHOW – WEEKLY

Inside the NFL Showtime

CBS / NFL Films

Executive Producers
Harold Bryant, Stephen Espinoza, Howard Katz, Sean McManus, Steve Sabol
Senior Coordinating Producers
Patrick Kelleher, Ross Ketover
Coordinating Producers
Stephen Karasik, Peter Radovich, Jr.
Senior Producers
Adam Ryan, Bob Ryan
Videotape Producers
Gareth Hughes, Peter Shakkour
Segment Producers
Bob Angelo, Charlie Askew, Paul Camarata, Jeff Cameron, Keith Cossrow, Dave Douglas, Garrett Fittizzi, Julia
Harmon, Gareth Hughes, Elizabeth Jerry, Ryan Kelly, Jeff Larsen, Steve Lucatuorto, Nick Mascolo, Paul Monusky,
Digger O’Brien, David Plaut, Erik Powers, Zeus Quijano, Gerry Reimel, Margaret Ruffing-Morris, Jeremy Saidel, Todd
Schmidt, Steve Seidman, Angela Torma, Bennett Viseltear, Chris Weaver, James Weiner, John Weiss
Director
Lisa Greenberg
Associate Producers
Dave Brodsky, Leah Harper, Vin Licata, Jawn Morales, Ben Nygaard, Tiffany Rutkin, Peter Schrager, Mark Young

Outstanding STUDIO SHOW – DAILY

MLB Tonight MLB Network

Executive Producers
Mark Loomis, Tony Petitti
Senior Coordinating Producers
Bruce Cornblatt, Dave Patterson, Mike Santini
Coordinating Producers
Marc Caiafa, Mitch Green, Fred King, Michael Konner, Chris Mallory, Bryan Meyers, Chris Pfeiffer, Marc Weiner
Senior Producers
Rich Ciancimino, Daniel Coldwell, Will Folger, Douglas Jaclin, Ethan Kleinberg, Jim Thornby, Jed Tuminaro
Producers
John Barnes, Andrew Brenner, Mark Capalbo, Richard Isakow, Dan Komyati, Martin Montalto, Maleek Ndile,
Christopher Roenbeck, AJ Whitfield
Segment Producers
Marc Adelberg, Sanford Appell, Patrick Armstrong, William Cope, Ben Friedfeld, Annie Gottlieb, Micah Karg, Sean
Loughlin, Premier Maldonado, Daniel Presser, Nate Purinton, Jason Roy, Richard Savino, Nicholas Steger, James
Urban, Jonathon Wenk, Justin White
Coordinating Director
Mark Deaver
Directors
Lucas Altman, Richard Beczynski, Johnathan Evans, Dave Hagen, Tom Healy, Bryan Hennessey, Jay Kincaid,
Jason Lobb, John Moore, Michael Sheehan, Gregory Stern, Michael Torello
Associate Producers
Ashley Allen, Erik Altano, Dan Amsinger, Elsa Anzano, Michael Ardizzone, Chris Arnowich, Carmine Arpaia, Matthew
Baker, Andrew Batti, Andrew Baumhor, Bryce Beloff
, Michael Benjamin, Steve Bichimer, Ron Bishow, David Blattman, Chris
Bonetti, Tom Bornkamp, Christopher Bracey, Avery Brookes, Dimitri Browne, Anthony Brucale, Nick Buffum, Chris Burns, Chase
Butler, Derek Callahan, Dom Campana, Josh Chaplin, Matthew Ciancimino, Jack Cognetta, James Cole, Chris Collins, Kevin
Cooper, Andrew Cooper-Leary, Keith Costas, Michael DeJong, Ryan Dever, Mike Dooley, Brian Dwyer, Jon Fazio, Josh
Feigenbaum, Tony Ferraiolo, Matt Finkel, Natalie Finkelstein, Lorraine D. Fisher, Noel Fogelman, Anthony Ford, Tim Fryer, Arnold
Fucci, Rory Fugazy, Brian Gallagher, Sean Gelman, Karl George, James Glynn, Ken Gold, Jason Goldberg, Steve Goldberg, Alan
Goldstein, Michael Graham, Tyler Graham, Jacqui Gray, Belinda Green, Mark Grillo, Art Guglielmo, Ian Harmand, BJ Harring,
Adam Helfgott, Gina Hemphill, Mark Hennig, Nick Hesketh, Jeff Heyman, David Hinrichs, Jesse Hutchinson, Sean Hyland, Matt
Jacobson, Michael Jankolovits, Eric Janssen, Elizabeth Jerry, Anthony Jimenez, Kevin Jingeleski, William V. Joel, Christopher Kirk,
David Koplik, Mark Kraus, Jon Kreitler, Jordan Levinson, JD Lindberg, Marissa Lombardi, Thomas Loughran, Joel Louis-Ferdinand,
Evan Lubell, Alex Lupica, Matt Marini, Moses Massena, Marc Matcham, David Matz, Max Mautner, Daniel McAvoy, Lauren
McCaffrey, Kristin McCall, Jeremy McCarthy, John McVey, Herlentz Mesidor, Justin Mintzes, Justin Misano, Brandon Moye,
Andrew Murphy, Brian Murphy, James Murphy, Jessica Nadeau, Michael Napolitano, James Nolan, Craig Nordquist, Nick Novielli,
John O’Malley, Mathew Parlapiano, Steve Passaro, Mike Pielech, Jordan Rebimbas, Andrew Reich, Ian Ritter, Steven Rodriguez,
Ralph Ross, Brian Sales, Merav Savir, Chris Scalzo, Stephanie Scarpulla, Matt Schiavone, Amelia Schimmel, Jack Schneider,
Dave Scordato, James Serratore, Alex Shapiro, Scott Slotkin, Matt Small, Ryan Smith, Scott Sokol, Deana Speck, Scott Spinelli,
Kevin Stewart, Michael Stricoff, Ian Theodoridis, Nolan Ticer, Michael Treanor, Luke Uttaro, Ernesto Valverde, Marci Villanueva,
John Welch, Brendan Werner, Brian Wilkins, Jakub Wisniewski, Michael Wolan, Bobby Yan, Brian Yu, Eric Zeleznik, Wes Zientek
Operations Producers
Mary Beck, C.J. Bottitta, E. Tab Butler, Andy Butters, Brad Cheney, Patti Fallick, Brent Fisher, Mark Haden, Mark
Henry, Robert McGlarry, Robert Mincieli, Brian Perkins, Jacob Soto, Susan Stone, Karen Whritner
Associate Directors
Camp Childers, Bryan Fennessey, Kerry Jackson, Nicholas Juliano, Keith Kielty, Michael Kim, Margaret Murphy,
Lauren Reilly, Bruce Schein, Michael Sober

Outstanding SPORTS JOURNALISM

E: 60 ESPN2

Beitar Jerusalem
Executive Producers
Vince Doria, Andy Tennant
Coordinating Producers
Michael Baltierra, Ben Houser
Feature Producer
Beein Gim
Associate Producers
Joel Edwards, Joshua Edwards, Hillary Horgan, Tim Horgan, Nava Mizrahi, Bill Roach, Tim Spero
Reporter
Jeremy Schaap

Outstanding SHORT FEATURE

NFL GameDay Morning NFL Network

Immaculate Remembrance

Executive Producers
Steve Bornstein, Mark Quenzel, Eric Weinberger
Coordinating Producers
Tom Brady, Brad Lockhart
Senior Producers
Aaron Cohen, Kevin Shaw
Producer
Jim Fabio
Associate Producers
Philip Guidry, Joby Joy, Zach Posner, Nick Vartanian

Outstanding LONG FEATURE

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO

Steve Gleason: Tragic Hero
Executive Producer
Rick Bernstein
Senior Coordinating Producer
Nick Dolin
Coordinating Producer
Tim Walker
Senior Producer
Joe Perskie
Producer
Chapman Downes
Associate Producers
Stuart Ash, Spencer Wilking
Reporter
Jon Frankel

Outstanding OPEN / TEASE

NBA on TNT TNT

All-Star Game Tease

Executive Producer
Craig Barry
Creative Director
Drew Watkins
Associate Producers
Dirk Detweiler, Evan McIntosh, Zeus Morand
Senior Editors
Matthew Lucas, Eric Lund
Editor
David Johnson

Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE

Red Bull Stratos: Space Jump YouTube

Red Bull Media House
Executive Producers
Scott Bradfield, Werner Eksler, Charlie Rosene
Senior Producers
Scott Gillies, Claude Ruibal
Supervising Producers
Karin Bock-Leitert, Jochen Sterrer
Producers
David Brooks, Tim Katz, Jay Nementh, Madeline Zeringue
Director
Phil Olsman
Associate Producers
Matthias Leister, Scott Lewers, Eileen O’Neil, Thomas Reidel, Robert Scanlon, Jacqueline Voss, Anna Wolferman
Associate Director
Jason Gaedke

Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS PROGRAMMING

Games of the XXX Olympiad NBCOlympics.com

Countdown to London

Executive Producers
Jim Bell, Mark Lazarus, Gary Zenkel
Coordinating Producers
Rick Cordella, David Gabel, Joe Gesue, Brett Goodman, Mark Levy
Senior Producers
Brian Brown, Eric Hamilton, Phil Parrish
Supervising Producers
Tom Davidson, Matt Stroup
Producers
Matthew Allen, Jack Felling, Brian Gauthier, Paul Palowski, Nikki Spetseris, Jim Thompson
Associate Producers
Liz Ballard, Marc Buono, Joanne Chiang-DeHerrera, Cathy Driscoll, Nicholas Eisenberg, Lindsay Schanzer, Karl
Woitach

Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS PROGRAMMING SHORT FORMAT

Sport Science ESPN

Executive Producers
John Brenkus, Murray Oden, Mickey Stern
Senior Coordinating Producer
Victor Vitarelli
Coordinating Producer
Ursula Pfeiffer
Supervising Producer
Annie Tang
Producer
Dr. Cynthia Bir
Associate Producers
Eli Baldrige, Brent Dones, Jeff Hernandez, Teryn Hoagland, Kevin Lo, Rick Mace

Outstanding Sports Personality – STUDIO HOST

Bob Costas NBC / NBC Sports Network

Outstanding Sports Personality – PLAY-BY-PLAY

Al Michaels NBC

Outstanding Sports Personality – STUDIO ANALYST

Charles Barkley TNT / NBA TV

Outstanding Sports Personality – SPORTS EVENT ANALYST

Cris Collinsworth NBC

Outstanding Sports Personality – SPORTS REPORTER

Pierre McGuire NBC / NBC Sports Network
AND
Tom Verducci MLB Network / TBS

Outstanding TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE

Winter X Games 2012 ESPN3D

Technical Supervisors
Jeff Barnett, Jeff Barnett, Greg Blanton, Don Burkhart, Chris Calcinari, Kevin Cleary, Jack Coffey, Paul DiPietro, DJ
Driscoll, Gianfranca Focareta, Kristen Gruca, Erin Habersack, Rand Joseph, Jodi Markley, Patricia Mattero, Edward
McKenna, Alex Milton, Pete Moran, Ne Neang, Joe Rainey, Stephen Raymond, Henry Rousseau, Brian Sanders,
Severn Sandt, Colleen Shaffer, Jeff Werner, Adam Whitlock, Larry Wilson, John Winders
Technical Directors
Paul Druchniak, Roy Garray, Seth Madway
Electronic Camera Persons
Dave Anderko, Dave Anderko, Erik Barone, Erik Barone, Ken Barsamian, Ken Barsamian, Nick Bee, Mike Bird,
Darrin Burnworth, Scott Caldwell, Mario Calleros, Gillian Crowell, Damian Doucette, Steve Gall, John Graham, Eric
Grubb, Patrick Hally, Robert Hayton, Wade Hewitt, Bruce Hull, Alex Irvin, James Johnson, Rick Johnson, Trent
Kamerman, Keith Keller, Rob Kimmons, John Kosmo, Doug Kowalczyk, Brian Lavalle, Rob Lawrence, Lance
Mayers, Bo McWilliams, Anthony Melfi, Raymond Moffat, Marty Muzik, Reid Nelson, Sean O’Halleran, Scott O’Shea,
Craig Peterschmidt, Al Pierce, Jeffry Scharig, Mike Scherlis, Gary Scrip, John Senese, Richard Serna, Scott Shaule,
John Sherrill, Gus Sims, Tim Stevens, Jeff Sutch, Mike Treber, Mark Willard
Graphics Operators
Ben Nelson, Craig Robins, Peter Smith
Lighting Director
Rob Murdock
Senior Audio Engineers
Jason Blood, Jeff Bratta, Florian Brown, Jesse Heimlich, Steve Kaura, Dana Underhill
Audio Assistants
Tim Bischof, Andre
Carabajal, Kevin Clark, Bruner Dyer, Tres Getchel, Joel Groeblinghoff, Scott Leffler, Melinda
Mazo, Shawn Peacock, Rich Rahner, Sean Weathersby, Dan Weaver, Ryan Zainc
Digital Replay Operators
Robert E. Borts, Sam Edminson, Clayton Ethredge, Dave Gallatin, John Grabowski, David Gray, Alicia Herzog, Dave
Iskowitz, Thomas Meegan, Curtis Menzel, Brad Walker, Tracy Wilder
Senior Maintenance Engineers
John Battaglia, Robert Brunelli, Patrick Campbell, Austin Ellsworth, Stephan Emrich, Marco Griffin, Cesar Guevara,
Bruce Ingram, Adam Johnson, Bob Kromko, Josh Mellinger, Joseph Metzger, David O’Connell, Andrew Parris, Justin
Phelps, Mike Pope, Dave Purcell, Jeff Rios, Nick Romano, Zackary Rosser, Dave West, Derrick Whittington
Video Engineers
Steve Alpert, Matt Andrew, Ryan Andrews, Mike Azzalini, Lazarus Bancroft, Xavier Chavez, Dee Gall, Mark Grant,
Albert Hutagalung, Kelsey Kilbury, Daihan Lee, Joshua Lermon, Justin Maita, Doug McGee, Roger McNally, Scott
Milinkov, Frank Nunez, Todd Parsons, Dean Pearson, Jan Perkins, Michael Peterson, Ryan Rodriguez, Jason
Shank, Natalie Sigmon, Paul Smith, Hunter Stephens, Craig Stevens, Joseph Stovcsik, Jeff Svenby, Miles
Throckmorton, Paul Tobyansen, Jason Tuska, Phil Walker, Brian Wampler, Bradley Wintleman

Outstanding TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO

Games of the XXX Olympiad NBC / Bravo / MSNBC /

NBC Sports Network / Telemundo
Technical Supervisors
Amy Acton, Christopher Francis Adams, Terry Adams, Susan Aglietti, John Allamby, John Arvelo, Richard Assenzio,
Nicole Barbier, James Benjamin, Anna Berg, Craig Andrew Bernstein, Marsha Bird, James Bostrom, John Bracco,
Stacy Brady, Ken Breitenstein, Joanne Brentnall, Peter Brosnan, Martin Cabelly, Linda Calabrese-Kane, Timothy
Canary, Tessa Capodice, Roe Castagna, Lillian Candida Cereghino, Alina Chaban, Robert Jay Chaney, Joanne
Chiang, Sean Christmas, Edward M. Cohen, Catherine Crowther, Steven Joseph Cuneo, Steven Daurio, Christopher
Bennett Davies, Timothy De Kime, Cathy Dear, Robert Dixon, Michael Brian Donoghue, Thomas Duff, Derek Ehmen,
James Ellis, Christina Fenaroli, Frank Fernandez, Roberto Fernandez, Stuart Flanigan, Traci Flohr, Errol J..
Foremaster, John Fritsche, Marissa Gidez, Ronald Gnidziejko, Edward Ira Goldberg, Hilary Goldberg, Kenneth Goss,
Peter Grinter, Anne Grotefeld, Grahame Hadden, Kathryn Hagon, Maryellen Hauslaib, Michael Horgan, Charles
Jablonski, Keith Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jacqueline Jamison, Darryl Jefferson, John Christian Jorgensen, Frank
Keffas, Ann Keith, Jill Kemp, Robert Douglas Kiraly, Laura Klein, Ingrid Klipp, Adrian Kotiga, Richard Langwell, Craig
Lau, David Lazecko, Ilya Livshits, James Arthur Long, Brian Longenecker, William Nicholas Lorenz, Christopher
Robert Lubbers, Matthew Charles Maresco, Michael Edward Mathews, David Paul Mazza, Allison McAllister, Lane
McFarland, Michael McGrath, Michael Meehan, Andrew Michaels, James Deerfoot Miles, Kathleen Mosolino, Lucy
Muldoon, Johnna Susette Neugent, Bic Nguyen, Susan Notaro, Christopher Oliver, Ramon Ortiz, Atila Ozkaplan,
Richard Palestri, John Pastore, Philip William Paully, David Kent Peters, Gary Peterson, Julian Phillips, Thomas
Popple, Dave Powell, Sarah Racho, Randall Raddatz, Vincent Rao, Judith Rodriquez, Les Rothenberg, Henry Rubin,
Harry Vincent Ryan, Rory Ryan, Robert Sanders, Thomas Allen Saylor, Mary Beth Scalici, David Schafer, Julianne
Schoenfeld, Ryan Soucy, George Spence, George William James Stockton, Susan Stogel, James Stuart, Timothy
Stumpp, Christina Tanaka, Erik Tesauro, Ian Trombley, Kregg Van Meter, Ian Woods, Laurie Zelnick
Technical Directors
Renee Amro, Steve Cimino, Mike Cross, William DiGiovanni, Regina DiMaiuta, Walter Dresch, Stephanie Hasiotis,
James Johnson, Preston Lawyer, Leonardo Machado, Gilbert Muro, Roberto Rios, Val Rostkowski, Barry Sprague,
John Sullivan, Brian Zeitchick, Sebastian Zeplien
Electronic Camera Persons
Louisa Abreu, Richard Armstrong, Joe Biello, John Biggins, Vincent Bove, Julie Brenckle, Kenneth Cavalli, Samson
Chan, Pascal Charpentier, Jonathan Ciccone, Gareth Davies, Joseph Debonis II, Eric Eisenstein, Jason Fellows, Joe
Ferlic, Richard Fox, Jr., Manuel Gutierrez, Steve Jambeck, Scott Kilian, Joseph Klimovitz, Enid Lambert, Gary Levens,
Salvatore Livia Jr, William McGill, John Murphy, Todd Palladino, Monique Payne, Scott Phelps, John Pinto, Gary
Traverso, James Wachter, Price Wetherill, Donald Wormley, Anna Zeidman, Matt Zeidman
Video Controls
Frank J. Ahrens, Kurt Albinson, Joseph John Alvaro, Thomas Arsenault, Gregory Aull, Dennis Belcher, Eric Adam
Berman, Kamal Bhangle, Richard J. Boisits, Mark Boshnack, Oliver Bosill, Rory Brennan, Ronald James Brevot,
Robert James Bucaro, Ronald Buchwald, Joel Budnick, Stuart Burton, Stephen Frans Calafato, Raymond Peter
Calamera, Ralph Caliendo, Kevin Callahan, Edward Capon, Gregory Michael Carder, Gregory Arthur Catanzariti,
Michael Catapano, Jeremy Cavanagh, Glenn Corbett, Charles Costa, George Coulter, Brian Cox, Richard Gordon
Crutwell, Christopher Cuddihy, Hugues D’alton, Stephen Darnaud, Michael DeSouza, Jason Michael Deutsch, Danielle
DiStefano, Thomas A. Drewke, Fernando M. Dullavin, Richard Lewis Eilers, Gary Frazier, Jarrett Frazier, Rene
Gagnon, Alexandre Gallico, John Anthony Geiger, Rafic Ghoogassian, Zbigniew Gierczak, Nancy Jane Giordano,
Dana Dillin Goodwin, Matthew Adam Green, Frank Grisanti, William Haller, Adam David Harding, Carl Henry, Paul
Hines, Danon Hinty, Andrew Hope, Christian Jakob Hummes, Matthew Ianniello, Bryan Jones, Gerald Kaminitz, Steven Chan-Ho Kang, Judith Kiraly, Paul Anthony Kopcienski, Seth Krassner, Steve Lebeau, John LoBello, James
Andrew Markus, Thomas Marrin, Nicholas Masalonis, Michael Peter Masek, Serafino Paul Mazza III, Scott Meglemre,
Frederick Mello, David Alan Murphy, Rachel Nameny, Robert Natoli, Theodore Natoli, Gabriel Nucci, James Oakley,
Ira Oser, Eugene Palamartschuk, Michael Keith Pappas, Daniel Patrick, Edwin Paulsen, Jr., Albert Pica, Dave Powell,
Graham Rendell, Matthew Joseph Rotante, Richard Russo, Francis Sabatino, Francis Sabatino, Michael Sarno,
Bradford A. Sauro, Alex Semidey, Frank Snell, David Steinberg, Aaron Stevens, Christopher James Swan, Ryan Tapp,
Sascha Tischer, Antonio Torres, Sefer Turk, Rick William Ulmer, Jasper Veldhuis, Jeffrey Vinton, Lisa Vucci, Toby
Warren, Kenneth Yee, Lukas Zahas, David Zeller, Ping Zhang, Benedict Zilinskas
Graphics Operators
Laurence Altshuler, Edward Barton, Susan Bennett, Jonathan Berry, Ian Bonilla, Kyle Bruno, Matthew Celli, Art Cole,
Linda Connal, Rich Cutrone, Andrew Dobish, Layne Dornstein, Bruce Fallini, Lisa Hanson, Roger Haughie, Shawn
Hendrickson, Zach Horn, Borys Jarymovych, Chris Jones, Catherine Krebs, Lori Lafazan, Michelle Lippitt, Jennifer
Lorentz, Margaret Mack, Monica Meachem, Mike Peluso, Stephanie Pistone, Filip Prochazka, Victor Ruano Guerrero,
Eric Say, John Schleef, Ann Smith, Terence Smith, Dana Stefenson, Gregory Stern, Mark Stroming, Ronald Tocci,
Jeannemarie Tracey, Taul Brad White, Craig Wilkie, Neil Wright, Alberto Zayas
Lighting Directors
Geoff Amoral, Steven Brill, Nathaniel Galen, Trevor Gooch, George Gountas, Daniel Kelley, Michael Mustica, Sheryl
Wisniewski
Senior Audio Engineers
Joseph Aebig, Timothy Carroll, Lawrence Cirillo, Nils DeKorte, Nuno Duarte, Andrew Errichiello, Scott Gootman, Fred
Hedemark, David Levens, Charles Moore, Robert Palladino, Victor Pardo, Rand Pekich, Jayson Polansky, Frank
Puma, Gary Rotta, Joseph Shalhoup, Darren Silcock, Steven Singer, Daniel Skevington, David Swanson, Jeffrey
Toone, James Twomey, Peter Walker, Fred Zeller
Audio Assistants
Kate Abline, Brock Adams, Kim Allen-Butler, Robert Butler, Bob Charlap, Edward Chick, Perry Clark, Erin Crain,
Christopher Gamble, Robert Gilmart
in, Rickey Hayes Jr, Martin Jaclot, Jeff Kalvin, Kenneth Kidston, Michael Kimball,
Anthony Kremer, Joseph Leible, Joseph Leo, Drew Levinson, John Patrick Martin, Lindsay McConnell, Christopher
McKevitt, David McKinnon, Anthony McManus, Christopher Papas, Jared Parfaite, Tim Persinko, Martin Powers, Trish
Reilly, Matthew Rifino, David Rindone, Edward Ruotolo, Seth Shapiro, Kevin Shea, Robert Streeter, Alan Strusser,
William Taylor, Peter Yianilos
Digital Replay Operators
Vincent Accardi, Michael Allen, Jacqueline Amador, Carl Anthony, James Ash, Ishwar Bachan, Martin Bell, Chad
Bergacs, Francisco Bido, Brett Blau, Joseph Bonanno, Brad Buckwalter, Robert Caldwell, Rob Campbell, Justin Cece,
Frances Cimino, Joseph Colvin, Anthony Curcio, Adrian Davis, Brian Delventhal, David DeNoon, William Driscoll,
Susan Dyke, Scott Feinstein, John Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Flynn-Ryan, John Paul Franco, Ralph Fusca, Maggie
Gallegos, Brian Gauthier, Josh Glaser, Joshua Glaze, Erin Hagopian, William Heafy, Elizabeth Heeden, Howard
Hirsch, Anthony Innarelli, Robert Ionta, David Ketterling, Andrew Kingery, Matthew Klose, Meredith Kramer, James
Lockridge, Mike Long, Timothy Mamaril, Mike Mauro, Donna McCarthy, Charmaine McDonald, Robert McMahon,
Michael McManus, Christopher Moore, Max Negin, James O’Farrell, Charles Parks, Phil Parrish, Christopher Pendy,
Richard Picardo, Vance Piccin, Rachel Pillar, Ronnie Plotkin, Harry Rimmer III, Raymond Rivera, Deborah Marie
Robertson, Daniel Rogers, Tami Ruddy, Tom Ryan, Richard Schloman, Jason Schmidt, Paul Scrabo, Michael Shore,
John Shultis, Lamont Smith, Robert Soehl, Jr., Jaclyn Spirer, Alan Spy, Lloyd Stacey, Anthony Stasi, Jr., Joanne
Stathis, Howard Suss, Howard Tate, Irene Trullinger, David Varga, Don Vermeulen, Croce Verrochi, Fernando Villegas,
Steven Vogel, Matthew Weber, Robert Weir, George White, Karl Woitach, Trina Wright, David Zarkower

Outstanding CAMERA WORK

Outside the Lines ESPN

Breaking the Silence

Camerapersons
Mike Bove, Jesse Edwards, Joel Edwards, Joshua Edwards, Bill Roach

Outstanding EDITING

24/7 HBO

Pacquiao-Marquez 4

Editors
Brad Buckwalter, Jeff Fisher, Andrew Romero
The Dick Schaap WRITING AWARD
Games of the XXX Olympiad NBC
Measure & Motion
Writers
Brian Brown, Joe Gesue

Outstanding MUSIC COMPOSITION / DIRECTION / LYRICS

Namath HBO

NFL Films

Composer
David Robidoux
Arrangers
Scott Anderson, Steve Moseley, Paul Taylor

Outstanding Live Event AUDIO / SOUND

NASCAR on FOX FOX

Audio Engineers
Fred Aldous, Ben Altopp, Leonard Batson, Kevin Callahan, Nicholas Cap, Mike Copeland, Linal Getchell, Barbara
Hanford, Larry Hildreth, George Kemper, Anthony LoMastro, MeiLing Loo, Kevin McCloskey, Steve Onuska, Allen
Slansky, Garrett Sullivan, Harry Chip Weaver, Mark Williams, Doug Wilson

Outstanding Post Produced AUDIO / SOUND

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins HBO

NFL Films

Audio Engineers
Vince Caputo, Scott Carter, Paul Flinton, Steve Guercio, Frank Hamilton, Christian Loaiza, Jerry Mahler, Rich
Markowitz, Andrew Miller, Steve Moseley, Willie O’Bryan, Geoff Pawlikowski, Paul Pizzica, Mark Ricci

Outstanding GRAPHIC DESIGN

MLB Network Division Series MLB Network

The Scrapbook

Senior Graphic Designer
Miguel Oldenburg
Graphic Designers
Steve George, Premier Maldonado, Kaitlin Rose

Outstanding PRODUCTION DESIGN / ART DIRECTION

NCAA March Madness tbs

Brackets Everywhere

Senior Creative Director
Craig Barry
Creative Director
Drew Watkins
Art Director
Daniel Smith
Production Designers
Deaton Bell, Scott Bramlett, James Glenn, David Johnson, Matthew Lucas, Eric Lund, Evan McIntosh, Jordan
McMonagle, Craig Murray, Chris Vining, Chad Watkins
The George Wensel TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Games of the XXX Olympiad NBC / Bravo / CNBC / MSNBC /
NBC Sports Network / NBCOlympics.com / Telemundo
The Multi-Screen Olympics
Innovators
Chip Adams, Terry Adams, David Allamby, Craig Berstein, Eric Blacker, John Bracco, Kevin Callahan, Timothy
Canary, Alberto Chiavazza, Steven Joseph Cuneo, Errol J.. Foremaster, David Gabel, Brian Gilmore, Ronald
Gnidziejko, Matthew Green, Eric Hamilton, Clarence Hau, Darryl Jefferson, John Christian Jorgensen, Robert
Douglas Kiraly, Craig Lau, Jennifer Leung, William Nicholas Lorenz, David Mazza, Paul Mazza, Jim Miles, Albert
Pica, Harry Vincent Ryan, Stephen Sabonjohn, Thomas Allen Saylor, Ali Shujaat, Sascha Tischer

Outstanding SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT- INSTITUTIONAL

It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports ESPN

Shake On It, The Name, Born Into It Wieden + Kennedy
Executive Producers
Chris Brush, Carol Kruse, Aaron Taylor
Supervising Producers
Kevin Kirksey
Producers
Jeff Gonyo, Brian Harmer, Angelo Mazza, Anna Rogers, Ben Shield
AND
NCAA March Madness tbs
Brackets Everywhere
Executive Producer
Craig Barry
Senior Producer
Drew Watkins
Producers
Deaton Bell, James Glenn, Craig Murray
Associate Producers
David Johnson, Evan McIntosh, Jordan McMonagle, Daniel Smith, Chad Watkins

Outstanding SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT – EPISODIC

A Football Life NFL Network

Life Story NFL Films

Executive Producers
Steve Bornstein, Howard Katz, Mark Quenzel, Steve Sabol, Eric Weinberger
Senior Coordinating Producers
Patrick Kelleher, Ross Ketover
Supervising Producers
Chris Barlow, Keith Cossrow
Producers
Bob Angelo, Paul Camarata, Dave Douglas, Peter Frank, Greg Frith, Ryan Kelly, Nick Mascolo, Paul Monusky,
Digger O’Brien, Erik Powers, Chip Swain, Bennett Viseltear, James Weiner, John Weiss, Neil Zender
Associate Producers
Lawrence Randall, Kelly Viseltear

Summary of winners by network:

NBC (10)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 4
Cris Collinsworth …………………………………………………………….. 1
Bob Costas ……………………………………………………………………… 1
Pierre McGuire ……………………………………………………………….. 1
Al Michaels ………………………………………………………………………. 1
Sunday Night Football ……………………………………………………. 1
Super Bowl XLVI ……………………………………………………………… 1
HBO (6)
Namath ………………………………………………………………………….. 2
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ……………………………………… 2
24/7 …………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins ……. 1
NBC Sports Network (4)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 2
Bob Costas ……………………………………………………………………… 1
Pierre McGuire ……………………………………………………………….. 1
ESPN (3)
It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports …………………………………………………… 1
Outside the Lines …………………………………………………………….. 1
Sport Science …………………………………………………………………. 1
MLB NETWORK (3)
MLB Network Division Series ……………………………………………… 1
MLB Tonight …………………………………………………………………….. 1
Tom Verducci ………………………………………………………………….
1
TBS (3)
NCAA March Madness …………………………………………………… 2
Tom Verducci …………………………………………………………………. 1
TNT (3)
Charles Barkley ……………………………………………………………….. 1
NBA on TNT ……………………………………………………………………… 1
NBA Playoffs ……………………………………………………………………. 1
Bravo (2)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 2
FOX (2)
NASCAR on FOX ……………………………………………………………… 1
National League Championship Series …………………………… 1
MSNBC (2)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 2
NBCOlympics.com (2)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 2
NFL NETWORK (2)
A Football Life ………………………………………………………………….. 1
NFL GameDay Morning …………………………………………………… 1
Telemundo (2)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 2
CBS Sportsnetwork (1)
One Heartbeat………………………………………………………………… 1
CNBC (1)
Games of the XXX Olympiad …………………………………………… 1
ESPN2 (1)
E: 60 …………………………………………………………………………………. 1
ESPN 3D (1)
Winter X Games 2012 ………………………………………………………. 1
NBA TV (1)
Charles Barkley ……………………………………………………………….. 1
SHOWTIME (1)
Inside the NFL ………………………………………………………………….. 1
YouTube (1)
Red Bull Stratos: Space Jump …………………………………………. 1

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