The National Television Academy Presents The

THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS THE

25th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY AWARDS

Highlights To Air On Fox Sports Net May 2 At 9:00 p.m. ET/PT

New York, NY, April 19, 2004 – Winners of the 25th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were presented by the National Television Academy at a black-tie dinner ceremony on Monday, April 19, 2004 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. An impressive line-up of leading sports broadcasters, athletes and executives attended the star-studded ceremony. Fox Sports Net will air a one-hour, ‘best-of’ special, with highlights from the event, on Sunday, May 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2003 calendar year. Awards were presented in categories such as: Live Special; Live Series; Sports Documentary; Studio Show – Weekly; Studio Host; Play-by-Play; Studio Analyst and Event Analyst.

The Sports Emmys were presented by a distinguished group of sports broadcasters, personalities and television professionals including: Meet the Press’ Tim Russert; NFL Network’s Rich Eisen; ABC sports anchor John Saunders; ESPN anchor and commentator Stuart Scott; FOX Sports’ Joe Buck; FOX Sports Net’s Max Kellerman; HBO Sports’ Cris Collinsworth; NBA Inside Stuff’s, Summer Saunders; and Sports Illustrated swimsuit models Marisa Miller and Jessica White.

During the ceremony, Russert presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Ed and Steve Sabol, of NFL Films, in recognition of their pioneering efforts and significant contributions to sports programming.

“These awards acknowledge the true quality and professionalism seen in sports television today,” said Peter O. Price, president of the National Television Academy. “We’re pleased to have such an accomplished group of honorees accepting this year, on our 25th annual ceremony.”

The Sports Emmy Award recipients were chosen by a Blue Ribbon Panel of their peers from close to 700 entries in 27 categories.

A complete list of winners, broken down by broadcast and cable entities and tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, New York, is attached. This winners listing is also available on-line at www.emmyonline.org.

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The National Television Academy of Arts & Sciences is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, Creative Craft, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering/Advanced Media and Business & Financial Reporting. Excellence in Prime Time programming and international programming is recognized by its affiliate, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Local Emmys are given in 19 regions across the United States. Beyond awards, the National Academy has extensive educational programs including National Student Television and its Student Award of Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.org.

American Airlines and Sony are corporate sponsors of the 25th Annual Sports Emmy Awards.

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES

2003 NATIONAL SPORTS EMMY AWARDS

WINNERS

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL:

THE WINNER IS:

MLB ON FOX: POST SEASON FOX

Executive ProducerS: ED GOREN, DAVID HILL

Senior Producer: BILL BROWN

Producers: JEFF GOWEN, GARY LANG, CAROL LANGLEY, MICHAEL WEISMAN

Directors: JIM LYNCH, BILL WEBB

Operations Producers: JIM BERNARD, JACK SIMMONS, JOHN WARD

Associate Producers: ERIC BILLIGMEIER, KEVIN DRESSER, STEVE HORN

Associate Directors: JANICE CASAZZA, LARRY LANCASTER, AARON STOJKOV

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES:

THE WINNER IS:

ESPN NFL SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ESPN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JED DRAKE, MARK QUENZEL, MARK SHAPIRO

COORDINATING PRODUCER / PRODUCER: JAY ROTHMAN

DIRECTOR: CHIP DEAN

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: BRYAN JAROCH, JONATHAN LABOVICH, PREBEN MARTIN, ERIC MOSLEY

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: ANDREW REICHWALD

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND:

THE WINNER IS:

TOUR DE FRANCE ON CBS CBS

Executive Producer: Tony Petitti

Coordinating Producer: Harold Bryant

Producer / Director: Victor Frank

Operations Producer: Eric Claude Dorfschneider

Videotape Producer: Ken Mack

Associate Directors / Associate Producers: Andy Goldberg, Andrew Kaplan

Associate Producers: Mark Burghart, Paul Devlin, Patrice reymond, Jim Lockridge, Stephen McKee, Jeff Sarokin, JEFF SAROKIN

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL:

THE WINNER IS:

IRONMAN TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NBC

WORLD TRIATHLON CORPORATION

Executive Producers: Dick Ebersol, Lew Friedland, Tom Roy

Producers: Peter Henning, Rob Hyland

Senior Associate Producers: Eric Begley, Kerry Ryan

Associate Producers: David Beld, Kathy Driscoll, Kimberly Henning, David Karabinas, Brian Longenecker, Kit Martin, Fred McGraw, Alexander Piper, Peter Rogaris, Tara Sherman, Al Trautwig

OUTSTANDING SPORTS documentary:

THE WINNER IS:

THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO HBO

BLACK CANYON PRODUCTIONS / CLEAR

CHANNEL ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION

Executive Producers: Rick Bernstein, Ross Greenburg

Coordinating Producer: Brian Hyland

Producer: George Roy

Associate Producers: Bob Bodziner, Jacinda Davis, Erik Kesten, Brian Lockhart, John Stone

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SERIES / ANTHOLOGY:

THE WINNER IS:

LEGENDARY NIGHTS HBO

Executive Producers: Rick Bernstein, Ross Greenburg

Senior Producers: Kirby Bradley, David Harmon, Kendall Reid

Director: Michael Sheehan

Segment Producers: Sabrina Fodor, Brian Hyland, Jordan Kranis, Annabelle McDonald, Stephen Palgon, Sean Pamphlon

Associate Producers: Marcy Barkan, Tres Driscoll, Sarah Girgis, Dorian Graham, Thomas Huffine, Sarah Korpi, Oliver Lief, Charles Marsella, Sam Medford

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - WEEKLY:

THE WINNER IS:

SUNDAY NFL COUNTDOWN ESPN

Executive Producers: Steve Anderson, Mark Shapiro

Executive Editor: John A. Walsh

Managing Editors: Bob T. Eaton, Norby Williamson

Director of News: Vince Doria

Senior Coordinating Producer: Bob Rauscher

Coordinating Producers: Stephanie Druley, Glenn Jacobs

Producer: Seth Markman

Director: Linda Willhite

Bureau Producers: Lori Berlin, Eric Lundsten, Leah Siegel, Marc Weiner, Jim Witalka

Feature Producers: Dan Arruda, Mark Capalbo, Nancy Devaney, Christina Engholm, Ben Hobbs, Ben Houser, Martin Khodabakhshian, Kory Kozak, Tom McCollum

Segment Producers: Mike Cambareri, Anthony Florkowski

Associate Producers: Russell Baxter, Gary Horton, Michael Hughes, Lydelle King, Jared Lina, Drew Mitchell, Jason Sobel, Dave Stevens, Paul Wilson

Associate Director: Mark Mosback

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW - DAILY:

THE WINNER IS:

SPORTSCENTER ESPN

Executive Producers: Steve Anderson, Mark Shapiro,

Executive Editor: John A. Walsh

Managing Editors: Robert Eaton, Norby Williamson

Director of News: Vince Doria

Senior Coordinating Producers: David Brofsky, Mark Gross, CHARITA JOHNSON, Craig T. Lazarus, Jay Levy, Gerry Matalon, Mike McQuade, Bob Rauscher, Barry Sacks, Chuck Salituro, Elida Witthoeft

Coordinating Producers: Bruce Bernstein, Jim Bowdon, Kevin Corke, Stephanie Druley, Ron Forchheimer, Michael Fountain, Maureen Hassett-Lindsey, Tim Hays, Geoff Herman, Glenn Jacobs, Kathy Kudravi, Larry Lawson, Mike Leber, Antoine Lewis, Edmundo Macedo, Julie Mariash, Louise McGrath, Jack Obringer, Steve Peresman, Mark Preisler, Gus Ramsey, Tom Reilly, Joy Russo, Ed Schimmel, Jeff Schneider, Howie Schwab, Mark Summer, Steve Vecchione, Desmond Wallace, Alan Whitt, Brian Wong

Senior Coordinating Directors: Rick Paiva, Dave Weiler

Coordinating Directors: Jay Francis, Jeff Schaetzel, Linda Willhite

Producers: Jeffrey Anderson, Stuart Barbara, Jeff Bennett, Josh Bernstein, Mark Brady, Judson Burch, Marc Carman, Matt Carstens, Patrick Caulfield, Paul Dunn, Robbin Dunn, Michael Epstein, Jerry Goodman, Brian Gramling, Robert Guijarro, Heath Henry, Melissa Jacobs, Seth Markman, Peter McConville, Stuart Mitchell, Mike Moore, Missy Motha, Todd Myers, Nicole Noren, Stephen Oling, Paul Palmer, Bill Perry, Richard Rhodes, Tom Roche, Jeffrey Ross, Marc Rowley, Steve Rutkowski, Jim Samia, Michael Shiffman, Patrick Sloan, Todd Snyder, Mike Stinton, John Totten, Peter Tredwell, Brian Tully, Joseph Verge, Craig Wachs, Peter Watters, John Ziomek

Directors: Kurt Ackerman, Steve Anthony, Daniel de la Gandara, Kevin Deaver, Deborah Deely, Vic DeLouriero, Kathy Dupuy, Tommy Edwards, Scott Favalora, Michael Feinberg, Dave Festa, Tyrone Frison, Larry Kirin, Rick Kvietkus, Peter Lion, Barbara Luce, Cynthia Morello, Chris Rouskas, James Ryan, Amy Sandulli, Joe Santagata, Phil Skender, Dave Williams

Bureau Producers: Greg Amante, Anne Marie Anderson, Art Berko, Lori Berlin, Greg Branch, Mike Cambareri, Ken Field, Anthony Florkowski, Shari Greenberg, Justine Gubar, Eric Lundsten, Rick Mickler, Charlie Moynihan, Bill Roach, Leah Siegel, Jeff Spencer, William Weinbaum, Marc Weiner, Jim Witalka

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OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY: (continued)

Feature Producers: Don Barone, Jennifer Chafitz, Lisa Fenn, Lee Fitting, Bill Friedman, Michele Froman, Scott Harves, Ben Houser, Greg Jewell, Kory , Kozak, Andrew Lockett, Tom McCollum, Andy Tennant

Associate Producers: Luis Aldea, Corey AmEnde, Jeffrey Anthony, Sanford Appell, David Arnold, Dan Arruda, Dina Bailey, Jason Baumgarten, Russell Baxter, Haley Berger, Reagan Berube, Bryan Bishop, Richard Black, Christopher Bloxom, Sean Bodden, Brian Brennan, Jason Brooksby, Kimothy Brown, Miranda Bryen, Brad Buchanan, Zachary Budman, Mark Capalbo, David Carabello, Christopher Cardello, James Carr, Catherine Chan, Miranda Chattam, Jack Chiostergi, Rich Ciancimino, Marc Cicero, Scott Clark, Daniel Coldwell, Gregory Colli, Sean Cooney, Paul Cordell, Thomas Costello, Deryk Cumagun, Spandan Daftary, Tom DeCorte, Nancy Devaney, Scott Diener, Nancy Dillman, Joseph Disney, Arthur Dolan, Eamon Donlyn, Michelle Dorsch, Matthew Doyle, Kelly Drengler, David Dreyfus, Marques Edge, Christina Engholm, Tom Engle, Paul Ervin, Jesse Fable, Chris Fallica, Jonathan Farmer, Jon Fish, Shawn Fitzgerald, Anne Marie Flannery, James Foster, Brian Franey, Marc Franklin, Michael Freer, Drew Gallagher, Alison Garber, Rock Geffrard, Henry Gola, Adam Goldberg, Steve Goldberg, Jason Hall, Camille Harvey, Erica Hauck, Keith Hawkins, Jeff Heyman, Ben Hobbs, James Holleran, Anthony Honkus, Seth Horwitz, Michael Hughes, Michele Hunter, Sean Jackson, Stacey Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jason Jaworski, William Jenkins, Patrick Karayan, Anthony Kazmierczak, Mark Kelly, Martin Khodabakhshian, Todd Kimberly, Lydelle King, Paul Kinney, William Klotzbucher, Bill Koplos, Jay Koransky, Joseph Kosa, Dan Kramer, Jon Kramer, Mark Kubiak, Kris Kugler, Felicia LaSage, Christopher Lees, Michael L'Etoile, Jared Lina, Jesse Linhares, Nicholas Loucks, Eric Lynch, Azzie MacKenzie, Lori Maitland, Brad Martin, Tony McClean, Celya McCullah, Tim McDonough, Michelle McGlone, Rob Michel, Christopher Miller, Drew Mitchell, Peter Moylan, Jim Murphy, Sean Neumann, Meghan O'Connor, Gil Parmele, Matthew Perl, Jason Pilecki, Mark Pinto, Jonathan Punko, Jesse Radford, Jon Rapoport, Lindsey Read, Kevin Reeder, Peter Rimac, David Rippeto, Heather Roche, Chris Roenbeck, David Rose, Jason Roy, Mary Sadanaga, Dave Salerno, John Schippman, Mark Schuman, Nick Sciallo, Michael Sciallo, Heather Seibel, Corey Shemtov, Kristy Skabla, Claudia Slocum, Patrick Smith, Erica Somogyi, Jacklyn Spiegel, Stephanie Stabers, Jesse Stein, Dave Stevens, Paula Stuckart, Michael Talarico, Aaron Talasnik, Erik Tesauro, Jamie Thom, Rick Thomas, David Tibbitt, Andy Tillman, Stephen Timlin, Dan Tomaro, Brady Tournillon, Charles Trahan, Scott Turken, Piet Van Leer, Mike Waggoner, Karl Webb, Ben Webber, Jeffrey Wechsler, Matt Wilansky, James Williams, Charles Williams, Keri Willis, Adam Willis, Paul Wilson, Denny Wolfe, Sidney Wong, Brian Wood, Acie Wyatt, Leslie Wymer, Ross Zimmelman

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OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY: (continued)

Associate Directors: Alexander Ayala, Jennifer Benedetti, Shona Bradbury, Adam Bryant, Ann Burns, Ed Curran, Christy DeMaio, John Duff, Vannessa Ford, Kristy Higgins, Catherine Hunter, Brian Jaskelewicz, Kevin Kreppein, Mark Mosback, Rodney Perez, Daniel Petriw, James Reed, Chris Russano, Laura Stemmler, Larry Young

Highlight Producers: Jason Cloutier, Sam Hilbun, Jon Lavoie, Traci Mack, Tom McCarter, Gary Parker, Rich Schroeder, Mitch Smith, Jason Sobel, Paul Sowa, Jeff Wheatley, Washington Winn, Jon Wolf, Thomas Wright

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO HOST:

THE WINNER IS:

Bob Costas HBO / NBC

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – PLAY-BY-PLAY:

THE WINNER IS:

JOE BUCK FOX

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO ANALYST:

THE WINNER IS:

CRIS COLLINSWORTH HBO

OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – SPORTS EVENT ANALYST:

THE WINNER IS:

JOHN MADDEN ABC

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE:

THE WINNER IS:

NASCAR ON FOX FOX

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO:

THE WINNER IS:

THIS IS SPORTSCENTER ESPN

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK:

THE WINNER IS:

IRONMAN TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NBC

WORLD TRIATHLON CORPORATION

Camerapersons: Wayne Abbott, Michael Audlick, Jim Bowen, Chris Chanda, Pascal Charpentier, Jeff Christian, Scott Duncan, David Finch, Michael raber, Rob Lee, D'Arcy Marsh, Scott Ogle, Greg Peterson, William Philbin, Chris Phillips, Albert Rubio, Terry Stewart, Thomas Stukas, Glenn Wilkinson, Dale Wong

OUTSTANDING EDITING:

THE WINNER IS:

JIM MCKAY - MY WORLD IN MY WORDS HBO

Editor: PIERRE KAHN

THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD:

THE WINNER IS:

WIMBLEDON ESPN

WHERE IS WIMBLEDON?

Writer: JEFF SAROKIN

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION / DIRECTION / LYRICS:

THE WINNER IS:

THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO HBO

BLACK CANYON PRODUCTIONS / CLEAR

CHANNEL ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION

Composer: BRIAN KEANE

OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT AUDIO / SOUND:

THE WINNER IS:

GREAT OUTDOOR GAMES ESPN / ESPN 2

Sound / Audio: Mark Butler, Mark Cochi, Rob Fultz, Danny Hampton, Rusty Johnson, Paul Krugman, M.J. Law, Scott Leffler, Jeff Morello, Ron Scalise, Tim Spero, Rob Sweeney, Victor Victoria

OUTSTANDING POST PRODUCED AUDIO / SOUND:

THE WINNER IS:

THE GRAVITY GAMES NBC

Sound / Audio: TODD CRITES, JEFF FISHER, GARY ROTTA

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN:

THE WINNER IS:

SUPER BOWL XXXVII ABC

Graphic DesignerS: BOB BROWER, STEVE CORN, RICHARD DEANGELIS, RAJ DIAS, JAMIE ESCHRICHT, MARGARET HELMER, BEIRNE LOWRY, CHRIS MALLORY, BRIAN MATTHEWS, JOCELYNE MEINERT, MARK NEUMANN, VANCE PICCIN, SCOTT PINKAVA, RAY RAINVILLE, BEVERLY SIMONE, SHELDON SMITH, DENNIS TAM, RON TSANG, SHANNON WONG

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN / ART DIRECTION:

THE WINNER IS:

ABC'S NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ABC

TEASES

Art DirectorS: DEREN ABRAM, MARK TEITELMAN

THE GEORGE WENSEL OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

THE WINNER IS:

THE DAYTONA 500 ON iN DEMAND iN DEMAND

NASCAR DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT

NASCAR IN CAR

InnovatorS: PAUL BROOKS, FRANK DEO, STACIE GRAY, BRENT IMAI, ROBERT JACOBSON, KEVIN LIGA, KEN MILNES, JEFFREY N. POLLACK, RUSSELL QUY, STEVEN ROBERTS, DAN SCHWACTER

OUTSTANDING SPORTS JOURNALISM:

THE WINNER IS:

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL HBO

MARCUS DIXON

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: RICK BERNSTEIN, ROSS GREENBURG

SENIOR PRODUCER: KIRBY BRADLEY

PRODUCER: JOE PERSKIE

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: TRES DRISCOLL, GAYLE JONES

REPORTER: BRYANT GUMBEL

OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE:

THE WINNER IS: