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STAMFORD, Conn. – April 6, 2022 – NBC Sports earned 31 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2021, highlighted by nominations for its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, NFL, NASCAR, and golf.
The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Highlights of NBC Sports’ nominations:
- The Games of the XXXII Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan, garnered the second-most nominations of any program with 10;
- Sunday Night Football -- primetime television’s No. 1 show -- was nominated again for Outstanding Live Sports Series, which it has won 11 times in the past 13 years;
- NBC Sports received two nominations in the Outstanding Live Sports Special category for its presentations of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and Super Bowl LVI;
- The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award nomination for the Friends & Family production element during the Tokyo Olympics;
- Mike Tirico was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Host category for the third consecutive year;
- Al Michaels was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play category, an award he has won seven times;
- Cris Collinsworth, winner of 16 Sports Emmys throughout his career, was nominated in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Analyst category for the fourth consecutive year;
- Michele Tafoya, a four-time winner of the Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter Emmy, was nominated for the 10th time in the 10-year history of the category;
- Andrés Cantor (Telemundo), winner of three Sports Emmys, was nominated for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish, along with Telemundo Deportes colleagues Miguel Gurwitz and Ana Jurka.
NBC Sports earned a total of 31 nominations, including five nominations for Peacock, one nomination for GOLF Channel and six nominations for Telemundo.
The complete list of NBC Sports nominations are as follows:
- Outstanding Live Sports Special: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Live Sports Special: Super Bowl LVI (NBC/Peacock)
- Outstanding Live Sports Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage: Road To The Super Bowl (NBC)
- Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized: Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts (Peacock)
- Outstanding Studio Show – Daily: The Dan Patrick Show (Peacock)
- Outstanding Studio Show – Daily: The Rich Eisen Show (Peacock)
- Outstanding Studio Show – Limited Run: Golf Central Live From The PGA Championship (GOLF Channel)
- Outstanding Interactive Experience – Event Coverage: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Mike Tirico (NBC)
- Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Rich Eisen (Peacock/NBCSN/NFL Network/DirecTV/B/R Live)
- Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Al Michaels (NBC)
- Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst: Cris Collinsworth (NBC)
- Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter: Michele Tafoya (NBC)
- Outstanding Technical Team Event: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Super Bowl LVI Pregame Show (NBC)
- Outstanding Camera Work – Short Form: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: A Vision as One/The Best of U.S. (NBC)
- Outstanding Editing – Short Form: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Titans (NBC)
- The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form: The 149th Open Teases (NBC)
- Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: NASCAR on NBC (NBC/NBCSN)
- Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (NBC/USA Network/CNBC/MSNBC/NBCSN)
- The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Friends & Family (NBC)
- Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Imagine (NBC)
- Outstanding Public Service Announcement/Campaign: #WeThe15 (NBC/Twitter/Facebook/YouTube)
- Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Telemundo)
- Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Sunday Night Football (Telemundo)
- Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish: Nos Vemos en el Podio (Telemundo)
- Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo)
- Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo)
- Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Ana Jurka (Telemundo)
A complete list of nominees is available at https://theemmys.tv/.
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