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The Emmy Goes To...
CBS
Won More Trophies, But Fox Captured More Big Ones.
By
George Stahl
NEW
YORK (AQB)--CBS, thanks to its Olympic coverage, went home Wednesday
night with the most Sports Emmys (nine), but Fox's NFL team helped
the network capture more of the prestigious awards at the 20th Annual
Sports Emmy Awards.
However,
the star of the night was an Ol' Hoss who doesn't even broadcast
games anymore. ABC's former college football announcer, Keith Jackson,
garnered the Emmy for best play-by-play announcer, moments after
receiving the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award.
"I
don't know if I deserve this, but I'll take it," the septuagenarian
said about the play-by-play Emmy. Past
recipients of his lifetime achievement award include Jim McKay,
Curt Gowdy and Pat Summerall.
Fox
NFL Sunday took the triple crown in the studio categories, garnering
best studio show, best studio host (James Brown) and best studio
analyst (Cris Collinsworth, his second in a row). Fox's top NFL
color man, John Madden, won the best analyst Emmy for the 12th time.
Of
CBS' nine wins, seven were related to Olympic programming. The host
of the 1998 Winter Olympics from Nagano, Japan, had entered the
evening with the most nominations (30).
HBO
tied Fox for the second-most wins by getting eight Emmys, including
three for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, one for its Babe
Ruth documentary and one for its Sugar Ray Robinson documentary.
NBC,
which had the second-most nominations (19), won five Emmys, including
the biggest surprise of the night. The network's NBC Golf Tour
captured best live sports series, beating out stalwarts such as
ABC's college football, ESPN and Fox's baseball coverage and the
NBA on NBC.
"I
never thought I'd see the day that golf would win an Emmy,"
NBC executive producer Tom Roy said.
Fox's
broadcast of the game in which Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run
won for best live sports special.
After
NBC's five Emmys were ESPN2 with three and then ESPN, ABC, CNBC
and Outdoor Life Network with one each.
The
winners were chosen by a panel of their peers from more than 600
entries in 27 categories and areas. A list of the winners and nominees
appears below.
1998
Sports Emmy Nominees/Winners
(Winners in
bold)
Outstanding
Sports Personality/Studio Host
- Bryant Gumbel
- HBO
- Chris Berman
- ESPN/ABC
- Dan Patrick
- ESPN
- Greg Gumbel
- CBS
- James
Brown - FOX
- Jim Nantz
- CBS
Outstanding
Sports Personality/Play-by-Play
- Al Michaels
- ABC
- Bob Costas
- NBC
- Dick Enberg
- NBC
- Joe Buck
- FOX
- Keith
Jackson - ABC
Outstanding
Sports Personality/Studio Analyst
- Clark Kellogg
- CBS
- Craig James
- CBS
- Cris
Collinsworth - FOX/HBO
- Howie Long
- FOX
- Pete Vecsey
- NBC
Outstanding
Sports Personality/Sports Event Analyst
- Doug Collins
- NBC
- John
Madden - FOX
- John McEnroe
- CBS/NBC/USA
- Johnny Miller
- NBC
- Tim McCarver
- FOX
Outstanding
Live Sports Special
- MLB
on FOX: McGwire's 62nd Home Run Game - FOX
- Pepsi 400
at Daytona - TNN (World Sports Enterprises)
- Super Bowl
XXXII - NBC
- The Daytona
500 - CBS
- The Race
for the Triple Crown - 1998 Belmont Stakes - ABC
Outstanding
Live Sports Series
- ABC's College
Football - ABC
- Major League
Baseball on ESPN - ESPN
- MLB on FOX
(Baseball) - FOX
- NBA on NBC
- NBC
- NBC
Golf Tour - NBC
Outstanding
Live Event Turnaround
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS - CBS
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on TNT - TNT
- The Goodwill
Games - CBS
- U.S. Gymnastics
Championships - NBC
- Wimbledon
1998 on NBC - NBC
Outstanding
Edited Sports Special
- A
Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back - HBO (Downtown Community
TV Center)
- Gateway to
Glory: A Preview of the XVII Olympic Winter Games - CBS
- Ironman Triathlon
World Championship - NBC (World Triathlon Corporation)
- Replay! The
History of the NFL on TV - ESPN-Classic (NFL Films)
- The Ultimate
Road to the Final Four - CBS
Outstanding
Edited Sports Series/Anthologies
- CBS Sports
Spectacular - CBS
- Goin' Deep
- FOX Sports Net
- NFL Films
Presents - ESPN2 (NFL Films)
- Outside The
Lines - ESPN
- Real
Sports with Bryant Gumbel - HBO
Studio
Shows
- FOX
NFL Sunday - FOX
- SportsCenter
- ESPN
Sports
Journalism
- Real Sports
with Bryant Gumbel (Desert Dump; Armen Keteyian, reporter)
- HBO
- Real
Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Diamond Buck$; Armen Keteyian, reporter)
- HBO
- Real
Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Winning at all Costs; Sonja Steptoe,
reporter) - HBO
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS (Nancy & Tonya; Harry Smith, reporter)
- CBS
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS (Yelena) - CBS
Features
- NFL
Films Presents (Steve Mariucci) - ESPN2 (NFL Films)
- Real Sports
with Bryant Gumbel (John Daly - One Day at a Time; Bryant Gumbel,
reporter) - HBO
- The Olympic
Show (Sammy Lee) - CNBC
Opens/Closes/Teases
- FOX
NFL Sunday (NYC Invasion: Open) - FOX
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS (Opening Day: Tease) - CBS
- The
NFL Today (Thanksgiving Day: Tease) - CBS
- The NFL Today
(Week 1: Open) - CBS
Technical
Team Remote
- SpeedWorld
- ESPN
- Winter X
Games - ESPN/ESPN2
- X
Games - ESPN/ESPN2
Technical
Team Studio
- NFL Draft
- ESPN/ESPN2
- ABC's NFL
Monday Night Blast - ABC
- The
1998 Olympic Winter Games on CBS - CBS
Film
Cinematographers
- ABC's NFL
Monday Night Blast - ABC
- Inside
the NFL - HBO (NFL Films)
- Ironman
Triathlon World Championship - NBC (World Triathlon Corporation)
- Road to the
Super Bowl (XXXII) - Syndicated (NFL Films)
Electronic
Camerawork
- Gateway to
Glory: A Preview of the XVII Olympic Winter Games (Mongolian
Athlete Feature) - CBS
- The
1998 Olympic Winter Games on CBS (A Look at Nagano) - CBS
- The
Olympic Show (Hicham El Guerrouj Feature) - CNBC
- The Olympic
Show (John Godina Feature) - CNBC
Film
Editors
- Babe
Ruth - HBO (Black Canyon Productions)
- Gateway to
Glory: A Preview of the XVII Olympic Winter Games (A Look at
Nagano Feature) - CBS
- Ironman Triathlon
World Championship - NBC (World Triathlon Corporation)
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS (Close) - CBS
Writing
- ABC's Wide
World of Sports (British Open Tease/Belmont Stakes Tease; Jim
McKay, writer) - ABC
- Gateway
to Glory: A Preview of the XVII Olympic Winter Games (Janet
Lynn Feature; Brian Brown, writer) - CBS
- NBC
Golf Tour (Dick Enberg, writer) - NBC
- SportsCenter
(Bob Ley, writer) - ESPN
- Wimbledon
1998 on NBC (Dick Enberg, writer) - NBC
Music
Composers/Directors/Lyricists
- Arnold Palmer:
Golf's Heart and Soul - The Golf Channel
- Babe Ruth
- HBO (Black Canyon Productions)
- Gateway to
Glory: A Preview of the XVII Olympic Winter Games (Dare to
Dream) - CBS
- Sugar
Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
- HBO
- The Breeders
Cup - NBC
Live
Event Audio Sound
- MLB
on FOX (Baseball) - FOX
- NHL on FOX
(Hockey) - FOX
- SpeedWorld
- ESPN
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS - CBS
Post-Produced
Audio Sound
- Inside the
NFL - HBO (NFL Films)
- MLB
on FOX (Baseball) Pregame Show - FOX
- NFL
Films Presents - ESPN2 (NFL Films)
- Road to the
Super Bowl (XXXII) - SYNDICATED (NFL Films)
Graphic
Design
- ABC's NFL
Monday Night Blast (Bio Blast) - ABC
- The
1998 Olympic Winter Games on CBS - CBS
Production
Designer/Art Director
- The 1998
Goodwill Games on TBS - TBS
- The
1998 Olympic Winter Games on CBS - CBS
Innovative
Technical Achievement Award
- Discover
Stars on Ice (GoCam) - NBC
- NFL
on CBS (HDTV Broadcast) - CBS
- NFL Sunday
Night Football (1st and 10) - ESPN
- 1998
Olympic Winter Games on CBS (3D Graphics)-CBS
Individual
Achievement
- Raid
Gauloises: Race Across Ecuador (Duncan Smith - Adventure Race
Host) - Outdoor Life Network
- The 1998
Olympic Winter Games on TNT (Hilary Lindh POV Camera & Commentary
on Downhill Course) - TNT
Program
Achievement
- Babe Ruth
- HBO (Black Canyon Productions)
- My Sergei
- CBS
- The
1998 Olympic Winter Games (The Great Zamperini Feature)
- CBS
- Vietnam
Long Time Coming - NBC (Sports Illustrated TV /World Team Sports
& Kartemquin Films/Long Shot Films)
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