Outstanding Live Sports Special

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First awarded 1976		Category of Sports Emmy Award
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Outstanding live sports special

The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special has been awarded since 1976. It is awarded to a network for their coverage of one specific sporting event in a calendar year, which means it should not be confused with the award for Outstanding Live Sports Series.

List of winners

1975-76: 1975 World Series (NBC)

1976-77: 1976 Summer Olympics (ABC)

1977-78: Heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks (CBS)

1978-79: Super Bowl XIII (NBC)

1979-80: 1980 Winter Olympics (ABC)

1980-81: 1981 Kentucky Derby (ABC)

1981-82: 1982 Men's NCAA Basketball National Championship game between the University of North Carolina and Georgetown University (CBS)

1982-83: 1982 World Series (NBC)

1983-84: no award was given

1984-85: 1984 Summer Olympics (ABC)

1985-86: no award was given

1986-87: 1987 Daytona 500 (CBS)

1987-88: 1987 Kentucky Derby (ABC)

1988: 1988 Summer Olympics (NBC)

1989: 1989 Indianapolis 500 (ABC)

1990: 1990 Indianapolis 500 (ABC)

1991: 1991 NBA Finals (NBC)

1992: 1992 Breeders Cup (NBC)

1993: 1993 World Series (CBS)

1994: 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (ESPN)

1995: The September 6, 1995 baseball game in which Cal Ripken Jr. played in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record previously held by Lou Gehrig (ESPN)

1996: 1996 World Series (FOX)

1997: 1997 NBA Finals (NBC)

1998: September 8, 1998 Cardinals/Cubs baseball game in which Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season. (FOX)

1999: 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (FOX)

2000: 2000 World Series (FOX)

2001: 2001 World Series (FOX)

2002: 2002 Winter Olympics (NBC)

2003: 2003 Major League Baseball postseason (FOX)

2004: 2004 Masters Tournament (CBS)

Major League Baseball: Division Series (ESPN)

Super Bowl XXXVIII (CBS)

2004 Wimbledon Championships (NBC)