31st Sports Emmy Awards explained

31st Sports Emmy Awards
Date:	April 26, 2010
Location:	Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
Previous:	30th
Next:	32nd

The 31st Sports Emmy Awards were presented on April 26, 2010 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Awards

Programs

Outstanding Live Sports Special	Outstanding Live Sports Series
Super Bowl XLIII, NBC MLB on FOX: The World Series, FOX NBA Playoffs on TNT, TNT Stanley Cup Finals, NBC The Breeder's Cup World Championship, ESPN The Indianapolis 500, ABC	NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC College Football on CBS, CBS Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN, ESPN NASCAR Summer Series on TNT, TNT The PGA Tour on CBS, CBS
Outstanding Live Event Turnaround	Outstanding Edited Sports Special
Inside the Headsets - The 25th All Star Race, SPEED 2009 Bassmaster Classic, ESPN2 2009 Tour de France, CBS/Versus Inside the PGA Tour - The Deutsche Bank Championship, PGA Tour Entertainment The 2009 World Series of Poker Final Table, ESPN	24/7 - Mayweather-Marques, HBO 2009 Ironman World Championship, NBC America's Game - The 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Network Incident at Candlestick, MLB Network Josh Hamilton: Resurrecting the Dream, MLB Network
Outstanding Sports Documentary	Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
Assault in the Ring, HBO Sports Ted Williams, HBO Sports The Legend of Jimmy the Greek, ESPN The Lost Son of Havana, ESPN Deportes Without Bias, ESPN	Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals, HBO Sports 24/7 - Pacquiao-Hatton & Pacquiao-Cotto, HBO Sports 30 for 30, ESPN , ESPN2 NFL Films Presents, NFL Network
Outstanding Studio Show, Weekly	Outstanding Studio Show, Daily
College GameDay, ESPN FOX NFL Sunday, FOX Inside the NBA on TNT, TNT Inside the NFL, CBS/Showtime MLB Network's Studio 42 with BOB Costas, MLB Network	Pardon the Interruption, ESPN Inside the NBA on TNT, TNT MLB Tonight, MLB Network Outside the Lines First Report, ESPN SportsCenter, ESPN
Outstanding Sports Journalism	Outstanding Short Feature
- Wanted: Fugitive, ESPN2 Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Back in Bellaire, HBO Sports Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Survivor, HBO Sports Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - The Inside Man, HBO Sports Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - The Swim Gap, HBO Sports	Inside the NFL - Fighting for #62 - The Nick Reardon Story, CBS/Showitme - Glory Days]], ESPN2 - Seeing is Believing, ESPN2 Inside the NFL, CBS/Showitme Sounds of the Year, NFL Films NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Willie's Full Court, CBS NFL Films Presents - One Shot, NFL Network
Outstanding Long Feature	Outstanding Open/Tease
- Catfish Hunters, ESPN2 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - The Magic of J-Mac, CBS - Coach, ESPN2 Outside the Lines - Andy Murray, ESPN Outside the Lines - Carry On, ESPN Outside the Lines - Pushing the Limits, ESPN	College Football on CBS - Army-Navy Game, CBS MLB Postseason on TBS, TBS NBA All-Star Game on TNT, TNT NBA Playoffs on TNT - Game of Kings, TNT 2009 Masters Tournament, CBS
Outstanding New Approaches Sports Event Coverage	Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming
CBS Mobile NCAA March Madness on Demand, CBS Mobile NFL RedZone, NFL Network NFL Sunday Ticket Experience on DirecTV, DirecTV PGA Championship on TNT, PGA.com and Mobile Turner Sports, TNT/PGA.com Sunday Night Football Extra, NBCSports.com	Super Bowl MVPs, ESPN.com Cubed, FOXsports.com NFL Weekly Countdown, NFL Network/NFL.com On the Fringe - Fighting For Their NFL Lives, NFL.com Unspeakable, ESPN.com
Outstanding New Approaches - Sports Programming - Short Format
Countdown to Vancouver, NBCOlympics.com Red Bull - New Year. No Limits., RedBull/USA.com Replay: Easton/Phillipsburg, Fox Sports Net Ring Life, HBO.com Sincerely, Lou, ESPN.com

Personalities

Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host	Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play
Bob Costas, NBC Sports/MLB Network James Brown, CBS Bryant Gumbel, HBO Sports Chris Fowler, ESPN Ernie Johnson, TNT/TBS	Jim Nantz, CBS Sports Mike Breen, ABC Joe Buck, FOX Mike Emrick, NBC Al Michaels, NBC Mike Tirico, ESPN
Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst	Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst
Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN Charles Barkley, TNT Tony Dungy, NBC Al Leiter, MLB Network Howie Long, FOX	Cris Collinsworth, NBC Sports Jon Gruden, ESPN Jim Kaat, MLB Network Tim McCarver, FOX Phil Simms, CBS Jeff Van Gundy, ABC

Technical

Outstanding Technical Team Remote	Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Red Bull Air Race World Championship, FSN ESPN Monday Night Football, ESPN NASCAR on ESPN, ESPN NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC	MLB Tonight, MLB Network 2009 NFL Draft, ESPN ESPN Pit Studio & Tech Garage, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 FOX NFL Sunday Special from Afghanistan, FOX SportsNation, ESPN2
Outstanding Camera Work	Outstanding Editing
24/7 - Pacquiao-Cotto, HBO Sports 2009 Ironman World Championship, NBC Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals, NBC Inside the NFL, Showtime NFL Shots of the Year, NFL Films The Iditarod 2009, Versus	24/7 - Mayweather-Marquez, HBO Sports 2009 Ironman World Championship, NBC Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals, NBC NASCNAR Cup Season in Review, ESPN2 NBA on TNT, TNT 24/7 - Pacquiao-Hatton, HBO Sports
The Dick Schaap Writing Award	Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
24/7 - Pacquiao-Hatton, HBO Sports 2009 Open Championship - Turnberry, Scotland, ABC Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN, ESPN2 Horse Racing on ESPN, ESPN NBA Playoffs on TNT, TNT Wimbledon Primetime, Tennis Channel	Ted Williams, HBO Sports 2009 Masters Tournament, ESPN 2009 MLB All-Star Game of FOX, FOX NBA on TNT, TNT Truth in 24, FX
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound	Outstanding Post Produced Audio/Sound
NASCAR on FOX, FOX MLB on FOX, FOX NBC Golf Tour, NBC NFL on FOX, FOX	Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals, HBO Sports Inside the NFL, CBS/Showtime Sounds of the Year, NFL Films NASCAR on FOX, FOX NBA on TNT, TNT Truth in 24, FX
Outstanding Graphic Design	Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
MLB Tonight, MLB Network SportsNation, ESPN2 , ESPN2 Red Bull - New Year. No Limits., ESPN Red Bull Air Race World Championship, FSN Winter X Games XIII, ESPN	MLB Tonight, MLB Network ESPN's NFL Monday Night Football, ESPN Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN, ESPN2 SportsNation, ESPN2 The Indianapolis 500, ABC USA vs. Costa Rica Soccer - 2010 FIFA World Cup on ESPN, ESPN
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award	Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Institutional
US Open Tennis - Flomotion, CBS Ballpark Cam, MLB Network EA Sports Virtual Playbook Remote - NBA and College Gameday, ESPN Enhanced Digital Recreation/Reenactment, MLB Network	2009 Football Season Never Ends - Run, NFL Network 2009 MLB All-Star Game - Magnet, FOX 2009 NASCAR on ESPN - Feel Your Heart Race - Start 'Er Up; Wrecks; Numbers, ESPN Full Color Football - History of the AFL, Showtime One Game Changes Everything, ESPN This is SportsCenter, ESPN Paul Revere; Arnold Palmer; Machine, O Positive
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Episodic
24/7 Jimmie Johnson Race to Daytona - Ultrabland, HBO 2009 NASCAR on FOX - Underground, FOX 2010 NHL Winter Classic, NBC Every Second Counts - Look Up, One Second, Rivalry, Versus NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC

References

Web site: 31st Sports Emmy Awards nominees . . 2010-03-18 . 2010-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612220331/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/sports_31st_nominees.html . 2010-06-12 . dead .
Web site: 31st Sports Emmy Awards winners . . 2010-04-26 . 2010-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612201602/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/sports_31st_winners.html . 2010-06-12 . dead .