THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS THE 27th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY AWARDS Olympic Producer Bud Greenspan takes the Lifetime Achievement Award August Busch IV and the Busch Family Honored for Contributions New York, NY – May 1, 2006 – Winners of the 27th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were announced tonight by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a special ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. More than 1,100 leading sports broadcasters, athletes and executives attended the star-studded ceremony. The awards were presented by a distinguished group of sports figures and television personalities including: veteran sportscaster Bob Costas (HBO’s “CostasNow” and host of NBC Olympics coverage); sports commentator Cris Collinsworth (HBO’s “Inside the NFL”); veteran sports broadcaster and HBO boxing commentator Jim Lampley; sports commentator Mary Carillo (HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”); sports anchor Stuart Scott (ESPN’s “SportsCenter”); sports anchor Chris Fowler (ESPN’s “College GameDay”); ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap; sports commentator John Saunders (ABC Sports and ESPN’s “Sports Reporters”); veteran NBA play-caller Mike Breen (NBA on ABC and ESPN); sideline reporter Sam Ryan (College Football on ABC Sports); sports announcer Joe Buck (FOX Sports NFL and MLB); FOX Sports NFL analyst Howie Long; FOX Sports analyst and NFL Hall of Famer Troy Aikman; FOX Sports analyst Tim McCarver; sports broadcaster James Brown (“FOX NFL Sunday”); play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson (NCAA and NFL on CBS); CBS sportscaster Armen Keteyian; NBC sportscaster Jimmy Roberts; sideline reporter Craig Sager and TNT’s NBA studio analyst Charles Barkley. One of the highlights of the evening was the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to Bud Greenspan, recognized as one of the foremost writer/producer/directors of sports films who has impacted decades of Olympic coverage. Greenspan has just completed filming his ninth Official Olympic Film this winter in Torino. His films have received seven Sports Emmy Awards, and he has been inducted into the U. S. Olympic Hall of Fame. August Busch IV, President, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. accepted a Special Commendation for decades of extraordinary contributions to the sports television by the Busch family. Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is one of the world's largest corporate sports sponsors and advertisers. The company is the official beer sponsor of Major League Baseball and 26 MLB teams, 28 NFL teams, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, NASCAR, the U.S. Olympic Committee and more than 3,000 annual sporting events ranging from professional to local grassroots programs. Under Busch IV’s direction, Anheuser-Busch is the exclusive alcohol advertiser on many of the most watched sporting events in the world, including the Super Bowl, the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. American Airlines and Grass Valley, A Thomson Brand, are official sponsors of the 27h Annual Sports Emmy Awards. Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal is the exclusive magazine partner. The Sports Emmy Award recipients were chosen by a Blue Ribbon Panel of their peers from over 700 entries in 28 categories. The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2005 calendar year. The Sports Emmys are given to sports broadcasters and industry professionals in such categories as: Live Special, Live Series, Studio Show - Weekly, Studio Host, Play-by-Play, Studio Analyst and Event Analyst. For the first time this year, a Sports Emmy Award will be presented for Outstanding Sports Content on Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms such as the Internet, cell phones, PDAs and other devices. A breakdown of the Awards by broadcast and cable entities as tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, New York, follows: HBO 6ESPN24CBS1HBO/NBC1FOX5ABC3ESPN Classic1USA1ESPN4TNT2ESPN.com1 A complete list of winners follows and is also available on-line at www.emmyonline.org. The National Television Academy is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, Creative Arts, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering/Advanced Media and Business & Financial Reporting. Excellence in Primetime programming and international programming is recognized by its affiliate, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.   Regional Emmys are given in 19 regions across the United States. Beyond awards, the National Television Academy has extensive educational programs including National Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public.  For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.org. Contact: Cheryl Daly cdaly@emmyonline.tv 212-484-9446 OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL: THE WINNER IS: * 134th British Open Championship on TNT TNT Executive Producer Jeff Behnke Senior Producer Chris Carmody Coordinating Director Lenny Daniels Producers Mark Loomis, David Winner Directors Paul Davies, Steve Fiorello, Jim Jennett Segment Producers Matt Arden, Craig Barry Associate Producers Tom Heitz, Matt Kane, Rich O'Connor Associate Directors C.J. Bottitta, Zoe Pike OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES: THE WINNER IS: * NASCAR on FOX FOX Executive Producers Ed Goren, David Hill Senior Producer Bill Brown Producers Neil Goldberg, Richie Zyontz Directors Artie Kempner, Rich Russo Pit Producers David Blatt, Pam Miller Operations Producers Jim Bernard, Jack Simmons, John Ward Feature Producers Don Bui, Gary Lang, Bill Richards Associate Producers Kevin Clark, Zac Fields, Judy Hoang, Jacob Jolivette, Kari Kloster, Chris Long, Fran Morison Associate Directors Janice Casazza, Marcy Kempner, Barry Landis, Derek Manning, Charles McDonald, Greg Scoppettone OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND: THE WINNER IS: * Best of Winter X Games Nine ABC ESPN Productions Executive Producers Jed Drake, Mark Quenzel, Mark Shapiro, Norby Williamson Senior Coordinating Producers Rich Feinberg, Jamie Reynolds Producers Tom Archer, Jamie Dean, Phil Dean, Chuck Diehl, Linda Fabian, Neil Goldberg, Josh Hoffman, Rico Labbe, Steve Lawrence, Annette Leisure, Mike Little, Pam Miller, Phil Orlins, Harrington Telford, Esther van Huystee, Jeff Wilkov Directors Ralph Mole, Jay Mullan, Rick Paiva, Conrad Piccirillo Associate Producers Steve Ackels, Patricia Anyaso, Ben Cerny, Jerry Daniels, Caroline Davis, Jim Gaiero, Andy Green, Scott Gustafson, Kelly Hambleton, Matt Leach, Heather Lombardo, Joe McCoy, Julie McGlone, Jeff Monty, Steve Reintjes, Jen Vanderbilt Associate Directors Kathleen Guidone, Derek Mobley, Jenny Nickell, Amy Smolens OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL: THE WINNER IS: * CostasNOW - David Robinson: A Man in Full HBO Executive Producers Rick Bernstein, Ross Greenburg Coordinating Producer Nick Dolin Senior Producer Bruce Cornblatt Segment Producer Brian Hyland Associate Producer William Driscoll OUTSTANDING SPORTS DOCUMENTARY: THE WINNER IS: * Rhythm in the Rope ESPN2 Executive Producers Michael Antinoro, Mark Shapiro Senior Coordinating Producer Bob Chesterman Senior Producer Johnson McKelvy Producer Phil Parrish Director Samson Chan Associate Producers Kerri Johnson, Jeff Sarokin Associate Director John Romeo OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SERIES / ANTHOLOGY: THE WINNER IS: * SportsCentury ESPN Classic Executive Producers John Dahl, Jodi Markley, Judy Plavnick Coordinating Producer Mary Jo Kinser Producers Vin Cannamela, Rob Cowen, Tim Cremin, Scott Henry, Michael Husain, Jason Joly, Marc Kinderman, Stu Kirshenbaum, Matt Mays, Kyle Meek, Chip Rives, Frank Saraceno, Larry Schwartz, Scott Siebers, Pat Smith, Steve Weintraub Associate Producers Temitayo Anjou, Joe Carmody, Tom Costello, Arunima Dhar, Brian Dockter, Sue Friedmann, Tim Harmon, Aaron Johnson, Tom Picard OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - WEEKLY: THE WINNER IS: * Inside the NFL HBO Executive Producer Rick Bernstein Executive Producer – NFL Films Steve Sabol Senior Producer Brian Hyland Coordinating Producer David Harmon Coordinating Producer – NFL Films Ross Ketover Senior Coordinating Producer – NFL Films Patrick Kelleher Co-Producers – NFL Films Paul Camarata, Bob Ryan Director Michael Sheehan Operations Producer Jason Cohen Feature Producers Lewis Black, Bruce Cornblatt, Lance Crouther, Brian Lockhart, Jeff Monty, Wanda Sykes, Christine Wilt Segment Producer Thomas Huffine Segment Producers – NFL Films Dave Douglas, Peter Frank, Adam Ryan, Bob Smith, Jamil Smith, James Weiner Associate Producers John Bowman, Ultan Byrne, Lenny Davidowitz, William Driscoll, Elliot Kalb, Peter King OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - DAILY: THE WINNER IS: * Inside the NBA - Playoffs TNT Executive Producer Jeff Behnke Senior Producers Tim Kiely, Howard Zalkowitz Coordinating Director Lenny Daniels Producer Chris Carmody Director Steve Fiorello Segment Producers Craig Barry, Drew Watkins Associate Producers Jim Allen, Lori Brooks, Maceo Grant, Matt Kane, Matt Mosteller, Jeff Neubarth, Michael Pierce, Brian Pinelli, Krista Saponara, Keenan Thomas, Alvin Whitney Associate Directors Jeremy Levin, Tom Squashic, Kalen Wright OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO HOST: THE WINNER IS: * Bob Costas HBO / NBC OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – PLAY-BY-PLAY: THE WINNER IS: * Joe Buck FOX OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO ANALYST: THE WINNER IS: * Cris Collinsworth HBO OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – SPORTS EVENT ANALYST: THE WINNER IS: * John Madden ABC OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE: THE WINNER IS: * NASCAR on FOX: Daytona 500 FOX OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO: THE WINNER IS: * NBA Draft ESPN OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK: THE WINNER IS: * Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story ESPN2 Red Line Films Cameraperson Peter Franchella OUTSTANDING EDITING: THE WINNER IS: * PGA Tour Sunday USA Kevin Hall PGA Tour Productions Editor Jeffrey Ross THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD: THE WINNER IS: * SportsCenter ESPN Finding Bobby Fischer Writer Jeremy Schaap OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION / DIRECTION / LYRICS: THE WINNER IS: * World Figure Skating Championships ESPN Teases, Bumps and Rollout ABC Sports Composers Edvin Marton, Deeji Mincey, Boris Zelkin OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT AUDIO / SOUND: THE WINNERS ARE: * HBO World Championship Boxing HBO Sound / Audio Mark Barbuti, Dan Feliz, Randy Flick, Paul J. Hoggatt, Lloyd Jacobsen, Art Reilly, Joe Thomas * NASCAR on FOX FOX Sound / Audio Fred Aldous, Ben Altopp, Eric Anderson, Robert Charlap, Jeff Cohen, Tim Denmark, Barbara Hanford, Dave M. Hill, Keith C. Hooks, Marvin Kale, Lynn King, Anthony LoMastro, Kevin McCloskey, Paul Niesen, Denis Ryan, Allen Slansky, Jerry Steinberg, Steve Stum, Nils Warren, Mark Williams OUTSTANDING POST PRODUCED AUDIO / SOUND: THE WINNER IS: * Indianapolis 500 ABC Speed City Tease Sound / Audio Brice Bowman OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN: THE WINNER IS: * NFL on FOX: Super Bowl XXXIX FOX Graphic Designers Carlos Aguero, Jeremy Appelbaum, Marco Bacich, Jason Bognacki, Tatjana Bozinovski, John Brake, Erik Bruhwiler, Justin Burnett, Everett Campbell, Michael Caplan, Michael Cashmore, James Coulter, Jason Crosby, Chris Del Conte, Nick Dinapoli, Mitch Gates, Benoit Girard, Matthew Green, Fred Haro, Gary Hartley, Gordon Helmer, Geoff Hull, Taryn P. Kelly, Clay Lipsky, Marc Mata, Justin Mitchell, Jerome Morin, Cathy Perow, Scott Pickens, Clark Pierce, Duane Rhetta, Andrew Roberts, Daniel Rubin, Dan Schmit, Jeff Skrimstad, Brian Smallwood, Ryan Smolarek, Marion Spates, Dan Storm, Tammy Sutton, Dave Thompson, Phi Tran, Leandro Visconti, Travis Wade Ivy, Walter Werzowa, Bernabe Zepeda OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN / ART DIRECTION: THE WINNER IS: * Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story ESPN2 Red Line Films Production Designer Kindra Predmore-Thompson THE GEORGE WENSEL OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: THE WINNER IS: * Golf on CBS CBS SwingVision Innovators Ken Aagaard, Brian Anthony, Larry Barbatsoulis, Lance Barrow, Sean Boring, Pete Carellas, Ralph Ciurleo, Jeff Dubin, Justin Hall, Jesse Hong, Matt Kearney, Peter Kostis, Steve Milton, Rudy Niedermeyer, Gene O'Connell, Tony Petitti, Alex Shopov OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CONTENT FOR NON-TRADITIONAL DELIVERY PLATFORM: THE WINNER IS: * Off Mikes ESPN.com Webcast on ESPN.com Animax Entertainment Executive Producer John Papanek Producer Justin Craig Producer / Director Nik Kleinberg Lead Animator Al Rosson Animation Producer Tim Jones OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM: THE WINNER IS: * Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO Soccer Racism Executive Producers Ross Greenburg Rick Bernstein Senior Producer Kirby Bradley Producer Tim Walker Co-Producer Chapman Downs Associate Producer Pierre Kahn Reporter Bryant Gumbel OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE: THE WINNER IS: * Timeless ESPN2 Lama Kunga Red Line Films Executive Producers Michael Antinoro, Mark Shapiro Senior Coordinating Producer Bob Chesterman Coordinating Producers Peter Franchella, Al Szymanski Producer Peter Rogaris Associate Producers Jim Fabio, John Murnane OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE: THE WINNER IS: * Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO The Hoyts Executive Producers Rick Bernstein, Ross Greenburg Senior Producer Kirby Bradley Producer Joe Perskie Associate Producer William Driscoll Reporter Mary Carillo OUTSTANDING OPEN / TEASE: THE WINNER IS: * World Figure Skating Championships ESPN Show 1 Tease ABC Sports Executive Producer Norby Williamson Senior Coordinating Producer Jamie Reynolds Coordinating Producer Patricia Lowry Senior Producers Curt Gowdy Jr., Steve Lawrence Producer Sam Silver Associate Producers Paul Molin, Jeff Sarokin Editors Gordon Fenwick, Rob Labay, Erik Paulsen, Glenn Sakatch, Ken Sirulnick HBO (6) Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel 2 Cris Collinsworth 1 CostasNOW – David Robinson: A Man in Full 1 Inside the NFL 1 HBO World Championship Boxing 1 FOX (5) NASCAR on FOX 2 Joe Buck 1 NASCAR on FOX: Daytona 500 1 NFL on FOX: Super Bowl XXXIX 1 ESPN (4) World Figure Skating Championship 2 NBA Draft 1 SportsCenter 1 ESPN2 (4) Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story 2 Timeless 1 Rhythm in the Rope 1 ABC (3) Indianapolis 500 1 Best of Winter X Games Nine 1 John Madden 1 TNT (2) 134th British Open Championship on TNT 1 Inside the NBA – Playoffs 1 CBS (1) Golf on CBS 1 ESPN Classic (1) SportsCentury 1 ESPN.com (1) Off Mikes 1 HBO / NBC (1) Bob Costas 1 USA (1) PGA Tour Sunday 1 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The 27th Annual Emmy Awards for Sports For Programming from Calendar Year 2005 WINNERS 17 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The 27th Annual Emmy Awards for Sports For Programming from Calendar Year 2005 SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK 17 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The 26th Annual Emmy Awards for Sports For Programming from Calendar Year 2004 SUMMARY OF WINNERS BY NETWORK 19