• College Football, E: 60, SC Featured, NFL, Grand Slam Tennis and MLB Lead the Way
• Two Nominations for ESPN+ in Debut Year: Quest for the Stanley Cup, Always Late with Katie Nolan

ESPN, Inc. once again led the industry in Sports Emmy Award nominations, earning 56 for 2018, as announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).  Multiple nominations:

• ESPN’s college football coverage totaled 10 nominations, including the College Football Playoff National Championship in Live Special and Tech Team Remote, Kirk Herbsteit in both the Event and Studio Analyst categories (both of which he has won previously), Holly Rowe in the Reporter category and five for College GameDay – Host Rece Davis, Studio Show Weekly where it has won eight times including the last five years, two nominated features and Tech Team Studio.
• ESPN’s enterprise journalism is always highly recognized, and E:60 received eight nominations while SC Featured garnered five.
• NFL programming brought six nominations: Studio Show-Limited Run (Postseason NFL Countdown), Reporter (Monday Night Football’s Lisa Salters), Live Graphics (NFL Draft), Post-Produced Graphics (MNF) and two in Short Feature (Monday Night Countdown and Sunday NFL Countdown).
• ESPN’s coverage of Tennis’ Majors collected four nominations: Technical Achievement (ESPN ACES System), Tech Team Remote (US Open), Editing-Shortform and Studio Show-Limited Run (US Open Preview).
• Coverage of Major League Baseball earned four nominations: Live Series, Live Audio, Technical Achievement (K Zone 3D) and Digital Innovation (Home Run Derby Virtual Reality).
• In its debut year, ESPN+ was nominated twice: Serialized Sports Documentary (Quest for the Stanley Cup) and Social TV Experience (Always Late with Katie Nolan).
• Outside the Lines (Studio Show Daily) and host Bob Ley – a winner a year ago – were nominated.
• The NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four was nominated in Playoff Coverage and Studio Design/Art Direction.

In addition to those mentioned above, other individuals receiving nods include SportsCenter’s Scott Van Pelt (Host), NBA lead voice Mike Breen (Play-by-Play), Jay Bilas (Studio Host) plus ESPN Deportes’ Martin Ainstein and Jose Ramon Fernandez.

The winners will be announced Monday, May 20, in New York.  In addition, as previously announced, ESPN’s Dick Vitale will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

ESPN has won 196 Sports Emmy Awards in 31 years of eligibility.  ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 – 2008.

ESPN’s 56 nominations come from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN3, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and WatchESPN.  By category (all are ESPN, except as noted):

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