Fox wins 10 awards at Sports Emmys
Sportscaster Bob Costas talks before the start of a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in San Francisco. (Sept. 15, 2012) Credit: AP
The 37th annual Sports Emmys were awarded Tuesday night at Lincoln Center, and Fox led the way with 10 awards, followed by ESPN with nine and NBC with seven.
Among the individual winners were Bob Costas of NBC/MLB Network for studio host, Doc Emrick of NBC for play-by-play, Bill Ripken of MLB Network for studio analyst, Bill Raftery of CBS, Fox and Turner for event analyst and former Newsday intern Ken Rosenthal of Fox and MLB Network for reporter.
Verne Lundquist of CBS received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
