27th Sports Emmy Awards
The 27th Sports Emmy Awards honoring American sports coverage in 2005 were presented on May 1, 2006 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City. The nominees were announced on March 29.
Nominations
Winners are in 'bold'''''[Outstanding Live Sports Special]
- 2005 Little League World Series
- 2005 Masters Tournament 2005 Open Championship
- 2005 Preakness Stakes
- 2005 World Series
[Outstanding Live Sports Series]
ESPN College Football ESPN Sunday Night Football Monday Night Football NASCAR on Fox- ''NFL on CBS''
Outstanding Live Event Turnaround
Best of Winter X Games IX- Beyond the Wheel - Brickyard 400
- NBA Players Hurricane Relief
- NFL Network Game of the Week Special Edition: Lions vs Bucs
- 2005 Tour de France
Outstanding Edited Sports Special
- 57th USGA Girls Junior Amateur Championship
- Baseball Is...
- Chasing Lance: #7 CostasNOW - David Robinson: A Man in Full
- Ray Romano & Kevin James: Making the Cut
Outstanding Sports Documentary
Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team Mantle Perfect Upset Rhythm in the Rope- ''You Write Better Than You Play: The Frank Deford Story''
Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
Beyond the Glory Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel SportsCentury TimelessOutstanding Studio Show - Weekly">Outstanding Studio Show">Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly
College GameDay Fox NFL Sunday Inside the NBA Inside the NFLOutstanding Studio Show - Daily">Outstanding Studio Show">Outstanding Studio Show - Daily
Baseball Tonight The Best Damn Sports Show Period Inside the NBA playoff shows Pardon the Interruption- ''SportsCenter''
[Outstanding [Sports Personality, Studio Host]]
[Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play]
Joe BuckOutstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst">Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Event Analyst">Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst
Cris CollinsworthOutstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst">Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Event Analyst">Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst
Outstanding Technical Team Remote
ESPN Sunday Night Football NASCAR on FOX: 2005 Daytona 500 NASCAR on NBC / TNTOutstanding Technical Team Studio
2005 NBA draftOutstanding Camera Work
Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story ESPN Sunday Night Football - Teases Timeless - Ann Wolfe- X Games XI - Surfing
Outstanding Editing
- Chasing Lance: #7 NASCAR on TNT - Teases NBA on TNT Thursdays - Teases
- 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game - Tease PGA Tour Sunday - Kevin Hall Timeless - Prison Chess Wimbledon on NBC - ''Teases''
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award
- 2005 French Open - I Want My Kids to be Claycourters
- NASCAR Championship Chase - The Chase for the 2005 Nextel Cup SportsCenter - Finding Bobby Fischer ~ written by Jeremy Schaap
- The Final Four - Hoop Dreams
- 2005 Tour de France
Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
Mantle Rhythm in the Rope The NFL Today Rise to Glory - The NFL Today Tease 2005 World Figure Skating Championships - Teases, Bumps and Rollout- ''You Write Better Than You Play: The Frank Deford Story''
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
ESPN Sunday Night BaseballOutstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story 2005 Indianapolis 500 - Speed City Tease Inside the NFL - Sounds of the NFL- ''NBA on TNT Thursdays - Teases''
Outstanding Graphic Design
Monday Night Football - Show Graphics- Howie Long's Tough Guys
- Lincoln Financial Battle at the Bridges - Tease NFL on FOX: '''Super Bowl XXXIX '''
Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
Monday Night Football - Teases Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story NBA on TNT - New Studio Set- Super Bowl XXXIX Pre Game Show - Opens and Features
The George Wensel Outstanding Innovative Technical Achievement Award
- FLW Outdoors - Speciality Miniature Cameras Golf on CBS - SwingVision
- ''MLB on FOX - FoxTrax''
[Outstanding Achievement In Content For Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms]
Baseball's Best Moments Webcast on MLB.com E - Ticket: The Wizard at 95 Webcast on ESPN.com Off Mikes Webcast on ESPN.com- ''The Sports Guy Webcast on ESPN.com''
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Soccer Racism Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - The Nanny- ''SportsCenter - Finding Bobby Fischer''
Outstanding Short Feature
- 2005 Kentucky Derby - Afleet Alex SportsCenter - A Boy's Wish Timeless - Lama Kunga ''''''
Outstanding Long Feature
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - The Hoyts SportsCenter - Clay Dyer SportsCenter Presents: Stories of Inspiration - Choose Life: Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah & Jim MacLaren- The Final Four - Hoop Dreams
- ''Timeless - Ann Wolfe''
Outstanding Open/Tease
- 2005 Little League World Series - U.S. Championship Tease NFL on FOX: Super Bowl XXXIX - Game Open
- Winter Gravity Games - Tease Octagon
- '''2005 World Figure Skating Championships - Show 1 Tease '''
[Sports [Lifetime Achievement Award]]
- '''Bud Greenspan'''
Most wins
;By network- HBO – 7
- FOX – 5
- ESPN – 4
- ESPN2 – 4
- ABC – 3
- TNT – 2
- CBS – 1
- ESPN Classic – 1
- ESPN.com – 1
- NBC – 1
- USA – 1
Most nominations
;By network- ESPN – 26
- HBO – 17
- FOX – 16
- ABC – 14
- ESPN2 – 12
- CBS – 11
- TNT – 9
- NBC – 7
- ESPN Classic – 4
- ESPN.com – 3
- Fox Sports Net – 3
- Discovery Channel – 2
- NFL Network – 2
- Speed Channel – 2
- MLB.com – 1
- OLN – 1
- USA – 1