Sports Emmy Awards

The Sports Emmy Awards are Emmy Awards that are given away for coverage of sports. The awards ceremony takes place every Spring, usually sometime in the last two weeks in April or the first week in May, and is held on a Monday night in New York City. Awards are given away for live sporting events, weekly sports series, and they are also given to broadcasters. The awards are all given away at one ceremony, unlike the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which hold a "Creative Arts" ceremony in which Emmys are given to behind-the-scenes personnel.

History

The first Emmy for sports coverage was handed out at the second annual Primetime Emmys in 1950, where KTLA, a local television station in California, won for coverage of pro wrestling. Another Los Angeles-based station, KNBH, won the award the next year for their coverage of Los Angeles Rams (now St. Louis Rams) football. At the seventh Emmys in 1955, NBC became the first major network to win a Sports Emmy for its series, the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports.

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1950 - KTLA - California - Pro wrestling - Los Angeles - KNBH - Los Angeles Rams - St. Louis Rams - Football - 1955 - NBC - Gillette Cavalcade of Sports

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In 1979, an Emmys exclusively for sports coverage was held for the first time at the Rainbow Room in New York City. Winners included legendary golf announcer Jack Whitaker, and CBS for The NFL Today. The ninth annual Sports Emmy Awards were held on July 13, 1988, and became the first Sports Emmys to be televised. The hosts that year were actors Alan Thicke and Joan Van Ark. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, at the time, a frequent guest on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman, did a performance. The live telecast was syndicated nationwide by Raycom Sports. Robert Klein hosted in 1989, and Dennis Miller hosted in 1991, a Sports Emmys that was broadcast by ESPN.

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1979 - Rainbow Room - Golf - Jack Whitaker - CBS - The NFL Today - July 13 - 1988 - Actor - Alan Thicke - Joan Van Ark - Comedian - Jerry Seinfeld - Late Night with David Letterman - Raycom Sports - Robert Klein - 1989 - Dennis Miller - 1991 - ESPN

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Winners at recent Sports Emmys include Bob Costas, Joe Buck, Al Michaels, Joe Morgan, and Cris Collinsworth.

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Bob Costas - Joe Buck - Al Michaels - Joe Morgan - Cris Collinsworth

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