ESPN, Inc. Leads Industry with 57 Sports Emmy Nominations

ESPN, Inc. led the industry with 57 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2015, matching its record set a year ago. Leading the way was:

ESPN Films' 30 FOR 30 series with 10 nods (including four for 30 FOR 30 Shorts)

College football totaled 10 nominations - four for COLLEGE GAMEDAY including two-time winner Kirk Herbstreit, plus in Live Series, Trans-Media Sports Coverage (National Championship presentation across ESPN, ESPN3, ESPNU and ESPN GoalLine), Technical Team Studio, Live Graphic Design and Technical Achievement (for Pylon Cam)

SportsCenter with nine (including for hosts Hannah Storm and Scott Van Pelt, four for SC FEATURED pieces and one for the This is SPORTSCENTER promo campaign)

E:60 with eight, spread across the News Anthology, Journalism, Long Feature, Camerawork and Writing categories

In addition to Storm, Van Pelt and Herbstreit, other individuals earning a nomination are Jay Bilas (studio analyst), Jon Gruden and Jeff Van Gundy (event analyst) and Tom Rinaldi (reporter).

Of note, ESPN's "Storytelling Unit" - a group within production - contributed 14 of the nominations. They aired on E:60, SportsCenter, COLLEGE GAMEDAY and Outside the Lines.

The winners will be announced Tuesday, May 10, in New York. ESPN has won 171 Sports Emmy Awards in 28 years of eligibility. ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 - 2008.

ESPN's nominations by category (all are ESPN, except as noted):

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