HBO and ESPN Leads with Eight Sports Emmy Awards
HBO won eight sports Emmy awards in the 29th Annual Sports Emmy Awards Monday night. ESPN Networks also won eight awards with ESPN claiming four, ESPN.com getting three and ESPN 2 clinching one. Brooklyn Dodgers - The Ghosts of Flatbush and Mayweather-Hatton 24/7 won two Emmy’s each in the documentary category. The best sports journalism award went to ‘Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.’ Fox followed with five Emmy wins, one for MLB on Fox, two for NASCAR on Fox and one each for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and the MLB pre-game show. CBS got three, which include Super Bowl and U.S. Open tennis coverage and also win by football analyst James Brown.