Between these two realities, the generation coming up needs our industry to sow a field of common ground, not scorched earth.”īryant Gumbel received the Sports Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as “trailblazer in sports and entertainment,” Sharp said. And yet, the individual economics of making a career in our industry - starting out in our industry - can be impossible to square.
“The business challenges of the changing media landscape are like none we’ve seen before. “You’ll note most of the typically scripted elements of our ceremony have been pared back in acknowledgment of, and respect for, the WGA-represented writers out on strike.
“While we gather together, other parts of our television community stand divided tonight,” he said. See the 2022 Sports Emmy winners here.ĭuring the ceremony, NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp addressed the three-week-old Writer Guild strike. ESPN came into the ceremony with a leading 42 nominations. Among programs, NFL Network’s NFL: 360 and NBC’s coverage of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games tied with a leading 10 nominations each, followed by 2022 NCAA March Madness, with eight noms followed by 2022 FIFA World Cup with seven and ESPN’s SportsCenter and Fox’s coverage of Super Bowl LVII with six apiece.
