The 2018 Sports Emmy awards this year were full of surprises, ridiculously stunning people and some very excited winners!

The crucial sports broadcasting industry show is considered to be one of the few if not the only real sports broadcasting recognition event that honor top sports newscasters, producers, writers and gifted athletes for their outstanding achievement in television broadcasting.
Millions of sport fans around the world often depend on sports broadcasting individuals for updates, interviews with top athletes,  team coverage and analyses that showcase industry news front and center with added commentary.

Whether it’s baseball, football, hockey or basketball, sports  broadcasting professionals work very hard and deserve top recognition for their work which is why The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences acknowledges their contribution with the Sports Emmy awards ceremony every year.

The 39th annual  show was held in May at the world-famous Jazz by Lincoln Center in NYC. The prestigious event included celebrity sports stars as presenters  with industry leaders from the major sports network including ESPN, FOX, CBS .

VIP guests and presenters included sports iconic baseball player Alex Rodriquez, (one of the nicest & humble sports icons you will ever meet) world boxing champion Daniel Jacobs,  two-time NASCAR winner Austin Dillion along with his stunning wife Whitney, GMA star Michael Strahan, former NY Mets star Al Leiter, sports analyst and former soccer superstar,  Alexi Lalas,  and many other noteworthy people.

The evening red carpet arrivals included producers, celebrities athletes and media professionals who stopped to pose for photos and questions from reporters and producers.

CBS won the most with 8 wins, 5 of which went to their incredible coverage of the New England Patriots’ comeback win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2018 AFC Championship Gamet. Fox had 6 wins and the most watched sports network ESPN came home with  5 wins.  For a complete list of winners go to www.emmytvonline.tv. There were some pretty exciting new wins and some familiar names won again such as Alex Rodriquez and his team for
Outstanding Studio Show from FOX for the incredible show MLB on Fox.

One of the most interesting athletes that I met at the event was world champion boxer Daniel Jacobs.

Jacobs, an American professional boxer who held the WBA middleweight title from 2014 to 2017, has a huge following in the boxing industry. Fans from all over the world attend Jacobs’s fights. The boxer is not only an excellent  fighter but also a very well-respected athlete who has seen some tough times in his career. In 2011, the “Miracle Man,” as he is often referred to as in the industry, almost had his career as a top boxer cut short when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. He has since fully recovered and is back in the ring winning fights and getting ready for a potential fight scheduled in later this year at Madison Square Garden in NYC against Sergiy Derevyanchenko. My full interview with Jacobs will be in the next posting.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards for Sports this year went to the well-respected and industry legend, Barry Frank, sports program content creator, TV rights negotiator and the talent agent for some of the biggest names in sports broadcasting including everyones favorite Bob Costas, John Madden, Mike Tirico and Jim Nantz.  Frank’s long list of shows include The Superstars, Golf’s Skins Game, Battle of the Network Stars and American Gladiators. All very popular shows with the masses and celebrities. It was indeed an honor to meet the legendary Barry Frank and to hear all about his incredible contributions to the world of broadcasting. With the World Cup soccer games  headlined this summer and France winning its’ second World Cup title,  there will be plenty of tough competition between the networks to see who will be taking home a few golden statues next year for their incredible coverage of the 2018 World Cup !

The journey continues…

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