NBC’s Olympic effort is honored
NBC’s coverage of last year’s Summer Olympics in Athens topped the field Wednesday in competition for the 26th annual Sports Emmy Awards, earning 14 nominations.
ESPN led the network totals with 29 nominations, compared with 23 for NBC, 18 for Fox and 17 each for ABC and HBO.
The nominees for outstanding play-by-play announcer were Al Michaels of ABC and ESPN, Dick Enberg of CBS, Jim Lampley of HBO, Jim Nantz of CBS and Joe Buck of Fox.
The winners in that and 26 other categories will be announced by the National Television Academy on May 2.
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