We have the winners of the 47th annual Sports Emmy Awards, which were handed out at Tuesday night’s ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan.
Roy Wood Jr., who co-hosts CNN’s Have I Got News for You, hosted the show, produced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, that honored excellence in sports television coverage from 2025.
The Sports Emmys presented its 2026 lifetime achievement award to longtime sports media and entertainment executive Steve Bornstein, who joined ESPN in its infancy in 1980 and became its president and CEO a decade later.
The ceremony featured presenters from across the sports community, including: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo), Ian Eagle (CBS Sports), Rich Eisen (NFL Network), Scott Graham (NFL Films), New York Sirens athlete Elle Hartje, NBA Champion Dwight Howard, Brian Kenny (MLB Network), MLB Champion Pedro Martinez (TNT Sports), Mark Shapiro (TKO Group Holdings), Jonathan Scott (TNT Sports), Jenny Taft (FOX Sports), Pablo Torre (Pablo Torre Finds Out), Colleen Wolfe (NFL Network), Nick Wright (FOX Sports).
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“In an era defined by endless content and increasingly individualized media consumption, sports television remains one of the few experiences that still consistently brings people together in real time,” said NATAS President and CEO, Adam Sharp. “Tonight we honor the extraordinary professionals whose talent, creativity and innovation bring those dramatic victories, enduring heartbreaking defeats to life.”
Here are the winners of the 2026 Sports Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Live Sports Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC / Peacock)
Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Weekly: College Game Day (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Daily: NFL Live (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Personality: Play-By-Play: Mike Tirico
Outstanding Studio Host: Ernie Johnson (TNT / CBS)
Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent: Katie George
Outstanding Studio Analyst: Alex Rodriguez
Outstanding Event Analyst: Greg Olsen (Fox / NFL Network)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve Bornstein, former CEO of the NFL Network
Outstanding Live Sports Special: Championship Event: Fox MLB: World Series (Fox)
Outstanding Live Sports Special: Non-Championship Event: Fox MLB: The 95th All-Star Game (Fox)
Outstanding Sports Playoff Coverage: Fox MLB: The American League Playoffs (Fox / FS1)
Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage: 4 Nations Face-Off: Unveiled (NHL Productions / Radan Films / NHLPA)
Outstanding Edited Sports Special: Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Outstanding Edited Sports Series: Hosted: E60 (ESPN)
Outstanding ESports Championship Coverage: 2025 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend (ESL Faceit Group)
Outstanding Sports Documentary: Short: Final Finishers (East 89th St Productions / Tribeca Studios / Bluff Road Films)
Outstanding Sports Documentary: Long: Champions of the Golden Valley (Olympic Channel / XTR Studios / Sturgefilm / Tideshift / Optimist / Taleem)
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series: Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Prime Video / Unrealistic Ideas)
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series: Serialized: Quarterback (Netflix / NFL Films / Omaha Productions / 2PM Productions)
Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Limited Run: Road to the Final Four (CBS / TNT)
Outstanding Sports Journalism: Save: The Katie Meyer Story (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Feature: Short Form: Behan Strong (CBS)
Outstanding Sports Feature: Long Form: Tim Green – A Voice Reclaimed (FS1 / NFL Films)
Outstanding Sports Open/Tease: America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix / Skydance Sports / NFL Films / Stardust Frames Productions)
Outstanding Interactive Experience: Sports: Fan Optionality on Prime Video (Prime Video)
Outstanding Digital Innovation: Sports: World of Red Bull in Apple Immersive (Red Bull Media House / Apple)
Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Event: FOX MLB: World Series — Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers (Fox / FS1)
Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Studio: NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Short Form: The Harder Choice — The 126th Army-Navy Game (CBS)
Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Long Form: I Skied Down Mount Everest (Red Bull Media House / East Studio)
Outstanding Sports Editing: Short Form: 4 Nations Face-Off: For Crest and Country (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Editing: Long Form: Celtics City (HBO Max / Ringer Films / Words + Pictures / Left/Right / NBA Entertainment)
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Sports Writing Award: Short: Wimbledon — Jeffrey Sarokin (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Writing: Long Form: In Season with the NFC East — Hard Knocks — Gerry Reimel (HBO Max / NFL Films)
Outstanding Music Direction: Sports: Home Turn – Daytona Beach, FL (NASCAR Studios / Bluefoot Entertainment)
Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Live Event: Fox MLB (Fox / FS1)
Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Post-Produced: Hard Knocks — Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (HBO Max / NFL Films)
Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Event/Show: NBA on NBC & Peacock (NBC / Peacock)
Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Specialty: Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN / Religion of Sports / Artists Equity)
Outstanding Studio Or Production Design/Art Direction: Sports: The NFL Today — The Virtual Time Machine: Rebuilding the Legacy of The NFL Today (CBS)
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: Fox MLB: The Postseason (MLB / Fox Sports / Bolt6 / Virtual Eye)
Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Sports: Unforgettable Awaits — 2025 NBA Finals (NBA Entertainment / Translation)
Outstanding Public Service Content: Sports: Champion — Super Bowl LX (NFL / 72andSunny / Morton Jankel Zander, Inc.)
Outstanding Sports On-Air Personality In Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo / Universo / Peacock)
Outstanding Sports Studio Show In Spanish: ESPN FC (ESPN)
Outstanding Sports Feature Story In Spanish: Los Coloores del Istmo (Mundo Originals / Mundo NFL / Sway / Cobra Films)