2025 Sports Emmys Winners List: Lady Gaga, Charles Barkley, Peyton Manning & More

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The 2025 Sports Emmys recognize excellence in sports television coverage.

Roy Wood Jr. hosted the ceremony, which took place on Tuesday, May 20, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.

During the award show, sports producer David Hill was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award, which was presented by Fox NFL Sunday hosts Michael Strahan, Terry Bradshaw, Curt Menefee, Jimmy Johnson, Howie Long, and Jay Glazer, and a video from Keith Urban.

Lady Gaga won her first Emmy award in the Music Direction category for “Hold My Hand,” which she performed during the Super Bowl LIX pre-game.

Other notable presenters included Kenan Thompson, Scott Van Pelt (ESPN), Charissa Thompson (Prime Video), Greg Olsen (Fox Sports), Lauren Shehadi (MLB Network), Jamie Erdahl (NFL), Carlota Vizmanos (Telemundo Deportes), Kate Scott (CBS Sports) and Anson Carter (TNT).

NBC/Peacock’s coverage of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad received ten wins, including Outstanding Live Special Championship Event, and two for Steven Spielberg for producing and writing the “Land of Stories” opening.

Some of the on-air personalities who took Sports Emmys included Ernie Johnson, who won in the Outstanding Personality/Studio Host category for his work on TNT and TBS. Charles Barkley took the Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst award for his coverage on TNT and TBS.

Peyton Manning won in the Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst category for his work on ESPN2, and Tracy Wolfson won in the Outstanding Personality/Sideline Reporter category for her work on CBS and TNT.

Other winners included Nick Saban as an Emerging On-Air Talent at ESPN and Miguel Gurwitz in the On-Air Personality in Spanish category for his work at Telemundo, Universo, and Peacock.

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues
Fox

SEC on ABC
ABC | ESPN+

NFL Playoffs
NBC | Peacock

NFL Draft: The Pick Is In
The Roku Channel [NFL Films, Skydance Sports]

SportsCenter — SC Special: The Harbaugh Brothers
ESPN

E60
ESPN

VALORANT Champions 2024 Grand Final: Edward Gaming vs Team Heretics
Valorant Esports [Riot Games]

The Turnaround
Netflix [Major League Baseball, Netflix, A Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios Production, Higher Ground, Breakwater Studios]

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Netflix [SK Global Entertainment, OBB Pictures, MakeMake Entertainment, Avocados and Coconuts]

The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox
Netflix [Netflix, Meadowlark Films, MLB Studios]

Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Netflix [Box to Box Films]

College GameDay
ESPN

NFL Live
ESPN | ESPN2

Fox MLB: The Postseason
Fox | FS1

The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses
FX | Hulu [Left/Right, The New York Times]

Caeleb & The Critic: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

Sports Center — SC Featured: The 6-Year Plan
ESPN

Land of Stories: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

Fox Sports | COSM
Fox | Fox Sports Digital

Ernie Johnson
TNT | tbs

Joe Davis
Fox | FS1

Charles Barkley
TNT | tbs

Peyton Manning
ESPN2

Tracy Wolfson
CBS | TNT

Nick Saban
ESPN

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

NFL Films Presents
Shots of the Year
FS1 [NFL Films]

Anytime
Red Bull TV [Red Bull Media House, Anthill Films]

Land of Stories
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience
ESPN | ESPN+ [ESPN Films, Bluefoot Entertainment, Fresh Features]

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: Land of Stories
NBC | Peacock

Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North
HBO | Max [NFL Films]

Super Bowl LIX: “Hold My Hand”
Fox

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
NBC | Peacock

In the Arena: Serena Williams
ESPN | ESPN+ [Religion of Sports, Nine Two Six Productions, 199 Productions]

Noche UFC
For Mexico, For All Time
ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Nexus Studios, BLINK Studios]

Noche UFC
UFC 306 AT RIYADH SEASON NOCHE UFC: O’MALLEY vs DVALISHVILI
ESPN+ | ESPN | ESPN2 | Fight Pass [UFC, Antigravity Academy, Silent House Group, Nexus Studios, BLINK Studios]

2024 PGA Tour
Drone AR
CBS | NBC [PGA TOUR]

Usyk Vs Fury Reignited
TNT
DAZN [Riff Raff Films]

NFC Championship
Somebody
Fox [72andSunny, Park Pictures, NFL]

Fútbol Central
Univision | TUDN

Greenland
San Francisco
ESPN Deportes | ESPN+

Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish
Miguel Gurwitz
Telemundo | Universo | Peacock

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