Sports Emmys Winners: NBC/Peacock’s Olympics Coverage Dominates, While Steven Spielberg Earns Two Awards (FULL LIST)

Lady Gaga perhaps was the most high-profile winner at Tuesday’s 46th annual Sports Emmy Awards, but she wasn’t the only one. Hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr., the Sports Emmys recognized the cream of the crop in 47 categories, including outstanding live special and live series, documentary, journalism, hosts and more.

The New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers the Sports Emmys, which was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. Besides Gaga (who won for her Super Bowl performance of “Hold My Hand” in the outstanding music direction category), key winners included NBC/Peacock for its coverage of the Summer Olympics, which received ten wins, while Steven Spielberg earned two for for producing and writing the “Land of Stories” opening.

TNT’s Charles Barkley was recognized for studio analyst, ESPN’s Peyton Manning for event analyst, and Fox’s Joe Davis for play-by-play.

Fox Sports architect David Hill was given the lifetime achievement honor, handed to hi, bu Fox NFL Sunday hosts Michael Strahan, Terry Bradshaw, Curt Menefee, Jimmy Johnson, Howie Long and Jay Glazer. Other presenters included Kenan Thompson, Scott Van Pelt (ESPN), Charissa Thompson (Prime Video), Greg Olsen (Fox Sports), Lauren Shehadi (MLB Network), Jamie Erdahl (NFL), Carlota Vizmanos (Telemundo Deportes), Kate Scott (CBS Sports) and Anson Carter (TNT).

Here are this list of this year’s Sports Emmy winners:

Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Live Special – Non-Championship Event

Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues (Fox)

Outstanding Live Series

SEC on ABC (ABC | ESPN+)

Outstanding Playoff Coverage

NFL Playoffs (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Edited Event Coverage

“NFL Draft: The Pick is In” (The Roku Channel )

Outstanding Edited Special

“SportsCenter SC Special: The Harbaugh Brothers” (ESPN)

Outstanding Hosted Edited Series

“E60″ (ESPN)

Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage

Valorant Champions 2024 Grand Final : Edward Gaming vs Team Heretics (Valorant Esports )

Outstanding Short Documentary

“The Turnaround” (Netflix )

Outstanding Long Documentary

“Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa” (Netflix )

Outstanding Documentary Series

“The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox “ (Netflix [Netflix, Meadowlark Media, MLB Studios])

Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized

“Formula 1: Drive to Survive” (Netflix )

Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly

College GameDay (ESPN)

Outstanding Studio Show – Daily

“NFL Live” (ESPN | ESPN2)

Outstanding Studio Show – Limited Run

“Fox MLB: The Postseason” (Fox | FS1)

Outstanding Journalism

“The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses” (FX | Hulu [Left/Right, The New York Times])

Outstanding Short Feature

“Caeleb & The Critic: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Long Feature

“SC Featured: The 6-Year Plan: SportsCenter” (ESPN)

Outstanding Open/Tease

“Land of Stories: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Interactive Experience

“Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Digital Innovation

Fox Sports | COSM (Fox | Fox Sports Digital)

Outstanding Personality/Studio Host

Ernie Johnson (TNT | TBS)

Outstanding Personality/Play-by-Play

Joe Davis (Fox | FS1)

Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst

Charles Barkley (TNT | TBS)

Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst

Peyton Manning (ESPN2)

Outstanding Personality/Sideline Reporter

Tracy Wolfson (CBS | TNT)

Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent

Nick Saban (ESPN)

Outstanding Technical Team Event

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Camera Work – Short Form

“Shots of the Year: NFL Films Presents” (FS1 )

Outstanding Camera Work – Long Form

“Anytime” (Red Bull TV )

Outstanding Editing – Short Form

“Land of Stories: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC | Peacock)

Outstanding Editing – Long Form

“Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience” (ESPN | ESPN+ )

The Dick Schaap Writing Award – Short Form

“Land of Stories : Games of the XXXIII Olympiad” (NBC/Peacock)

Outstanding Writing – Long Form

“In Season with the AFC North: Hard Knocks” (HBO | Max )

Outstanding Music Direction

“Hold My Hand: Super Bowl LIX” (Fox)

Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock)

Outstanding Audio/Sound – Post-Produced

“In the Arena: Serena Williams” (ESPN | ESPN+ )

Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC | Peacock | USA | CNBC | E! | NBCOlympics.com | Telemundo | Universo | Golf Channel)

Outstanding Graphic Design – Specialty

“For Mexico, For All Time: Noche UFC) (ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Nexus Studios, Silent House Group] )

Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction

“Noche UFC: UFC 306 at Noche UFC” (ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Silent House Group, Nexus Studios, BLINK Studios])

The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award

2024 PGA Tour: Drone AR (CBS | NBC )

Outstanding Promotional Announcement

Usyk Vs Fury Reignited (TNT)

Outstanding Public Service Content

NFC Championship (Fox [NFL, 72andSunny, Park Pictures])

Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish

“Fútbol Central” (Univision | TUDN)

Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish

“San Francisco: Greenland” (ESPN Deportes | ESPN+)

Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish

Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)