NBC Sports Group Garners 42 Sports Emmy Award Nominations

STAMFORD, Conn. – March 24, 2015 – NBC Sports Group earned 42 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2014, highlighted by 15 nominations for its coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia – the most of any single program this year – and 12 nominations for its NFL coverage.

The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Winners will be announced by the Academy on Tuesday, May 5, at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.

Highlights of NBC Sports Group’s nominations:

NBC Sports Group’s 42 nominations are the most it has ever received in a Winter Olympic year, and rank second among all media companies;

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Sochi Games received 15 nominations, the most for any single program;

Sunday Night Football – primetime television’s No. 1 show – was nominated again for Outstanding Live Sports Series, which it has won a record six times in a row (2008-13);

Super Bowl XLIX and the 146th Belmont Stakes were nominated for Outstanding Live Sports Special, and Super Bowl XLIX received four total nominations;

26-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas (NBC) received two nominations, including Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host;

Mike "Doc" Emrick (NBC), a two-time Emmy Award-winner for Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play, and Dan Hicks (NBC/Golf Channel), received nominations in the category;

Cris Collinsworth (NBC) who has won six consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst, was nominated again in the category;

Michele Tafoya (NBC), a two-time winner of the Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter Emmy in the award’s three years (2011 & 2013), was nominated again in the category;

Andres Cantor (Telemundo), who won an Emmy last year in the first-ever Spanish-language categories, was nominated again for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish.

All of NBC Sports Group’s national television networks – NBC (33), NBCSN (7), and Golf Channel (2), as well as Spanish-language networks Telemundo (3), and mun2 (2)/NBCUniverso (1) – received nominations. NBCOlympics.com also received two nominations.

The complete list of NBC Sports Group nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Live Sports Special: Super Bowl XLIX – Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots (NBC)

Outstanding Live Sports Special: 146th Belmont Stakes (NBC)

Outstanding Live Sports Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC)

Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage: Ironman World Championship (NBC)

Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage: NFL Turning Point (NBCSN)

Outstanding Playoff Coverage: NFL Playoffs – AFC Wild Card & AFC Divisional (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Documentary: Payne (Golf Channel)

Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly: Football Night In America (NBC)

Outstanding Long Feature: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story (NBC)

Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage: The XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBCOlympics.com)

Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – As the Athletes Experienced Them (NBCOlympics.com)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Bob Costas (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Mike Emrick (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Dan Hicks (NBC/Golf Channel)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst: Cris Collinsworth (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter: Michele Tafoya (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Team Remote: The XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Football Night In America (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Premier League (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio: The XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBC)

Outstanding Camera Work: Ironman World Championship (NBC)

Outstanding Short Form Editing: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Profiles of the XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBC)

Outstanding Short Form Editing: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Remember The Titans (NBC)

Outstanding Long Form Editing: Notre Dame: Reborn (NBC)

Outstanding Long Form Editing: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Long Way Home: The Jessica Long Story (NBC)

Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Lokomotiv (NBC)

Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Winter’s Theatre (NBC)

Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound: The XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC)

Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Winter’s Theatre (NBC)

Outstanding Live Graphic Design: Sunday Night Football (NBC)

Outstanding Live Graphic Design: Super Bowl XLIX (NBC)

Outstanding Live Graphic Design: The XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN/CNBC/USA/MSNBC)

Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction: The XXII Olympic Winter Games (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction: Sunday Night Football – Waiting All Day For Sunday Night Open (NBC)

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction: Sunday Night Football – Waiting All Day For A Super Bowl Fight Open (NBC)

The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: The XXII Olympic Winter Games – Maximum Access (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: NBC Sports – Best Seat (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish (Cobertura Sobresaliente de Deportes en Vivo y en Español): Futbol Estelar – La Gran Final – Leon vs. Pachuca (Telemundo)

Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish (Cobertura Sobresaliente de Deportes en Vivo y en Español): Futbol Estelar – Premier League Championship Sunday (Telemundo/mun2)

Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish (Cobertura Sobresaliente de Deportes en Vivo y en Español): NASCAR Toyota 120 (mun2)

Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish (Cobertura Sobresaliente de Deportes en Vivo y en Español): Super Bowl XLIX – Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots (NBCUniverso)

Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Andres Cantor (Telemundo)

A complete list of nominees is available at www.emmyonline.org.

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