Sports Emmy Awards 2015: Highlights, Full List of Winners

The 2015 Sports Emmy Awards were presented on Tuesday, consisting of 40 different categories and many deserving recipients of accolades to recognize their excellence in sports media.

Check out the complete list of award recipients below, followed by a closer look at some of the most notable awards:

Category	Award Winner	Category	Award Winner
Lifetime Achievement	ESPN President/Executive Chairman George Bodenheimer	Outstanding Short Feature	Fox Sports Live
Outstanding Sports Journalism	HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel	Outstanding Long Feature	E:60, ESPN2
Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host	Ernie Johnson, TNT	Outstanding Open/Tease	E:60, ESPN2
Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Analyst	Harold Reynolds, MLB Network	Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics	HBO's Hard Knocks
Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst	Cris Collinsworth, NBC	Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage	Olympics on NBC: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play	Mike Emrick, NBC/NBCSN	Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming	Olympics on NBC: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter	Ken Rosenthal, MLB Network, FOX/FOX Sports 1	Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming – Short Format	Captain's Curtain Call (FOXSports.com)
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series	30 For 30 (ESPN), All Access (Showtime)	Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound	Fox Major League Baseball, FOX/FOX Sports 1
Outstanding Playoff Coverage	NFL on Fox: NFC Championship Game	Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound	Olympics on NBC: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly	College GameDay (Football, ESPN)	Outstanding Live Graphic Design	Olympics on NBC – The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Sports Documentary	We Could Be King (ESPNews)	Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design	ESPN's Monday Night Football
Outstanding Studio Show – Daily	MLB Tonight (MLB Network)	Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction	ESPN's SportsCenter
Outstanding Sports News Anthology	HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel	Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction	MLB on TBS Postseason
Outstanding Live Sports Special	NFL on NBC: Super Bowl XLIX	The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award	Olympics on NBC: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Live Sports Series	NASCAR on Fox	The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award	Olympics on NBC: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage	Sound FX, NFL Network	Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement	FIFA World Cup, ESPN
Outstanding Edited Sports Special	E:60, ESPN2	Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish	FIFA World Cup on Univision
Outstanding Technical Team Studio	English Premier League Soccer, NBC/NBCSN	Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish	Futbol Central, Univision
Outstanding Short Form Editing	Fox Sports Live	Outstanding Technical Team Remote	Olympics on NBC: The XXII Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding Long Form Editing	Fox Sports Live	Outstanding Camera Work	FIFA World Cup, ESPN

Among the highlights and 36th annual winners of the evening, one particular gesture stole the show.

Turner Sports' Ernie Johnson was named best studio host, but instead of taking the award all for his own, he passed it on to the two daughters of late ESPN personality Stuart Scott.

Mike Soltys of ESPN captured the touching moment:

ESPN's Michael Wilbon praised Johnson for what he did:

Bleacher Report anchor Adam Lefkoe hosted the awards and posed for a photo with Johnson:

Sports Business Journal's John Ourand appreciated how some of the usually lesser-recognized people working in the industry were recognized for their extraordinary work:

Former MLB player and Fox analyst Harold Reynolds was named best studio analyst. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated highlighted the list of quality candidates Reynolds beat out to win the prestigious distinction:

Fox Sports enjoyed more success in Major League Baseball when Ken Rosenthal took home a deserved award of his own, per Paul Severino of MLB Network:

NBC Sports PR previously alluded to how the network's coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was heavily recognized:

And there were numerous other outstanding individuals and teams who achieved a great deal and were commended for their efforts with an evening in the spotlight Tuesday.

The world of sports media keeps evolving. Technological innovations and cutting-edge content promise to continue pushing the boundaries of ways to present engaging sports stories, adapting adequately to the increasing demand of the modern digital world.

But at the epicenter of that are people behind the scenes, grinding away and driving that progress in an exciting, unprecedented era of media. The Sports Emmy Awards once again came through to highlight those who have worked to deliver prompt, accurate, informative and exciting content in such a fast-paced, high-demand era of the sports industry.