The Sports Lifetime Achievement Award is a special award given away each year at the Sports Emmy Awards, given to a notable American sportscaster or sports TV executive. It was first given away in 1989. It is always announced days before the nominations are.
List of recipients
1989: Jim McKay 1990: Lindsey Nelson 1991: Curt Gowdy 1992: Chris Schenkel 1993: Pat Summerall 1994: Howard Cosell 1995: Vin Scully 1996: Frank Gifford 1997: Jim Simpson 1998: Keith Jackson 1999: Jack Buck 2000: Dick Enberg 2001: Herb Granath 2002: Roone Arledge 2003: Ed Sabol and Steve Sabol 2004: Chet Simmons 2005: Bud Greenspan 2006: Don Ohlmeyer 2007: Frank Chirkinian 2008: Dick Ebersol 2009: John Madden 2010: Al Michaels 2011: Jack Whitaker 2012: Not awarded 2013: Ted Turner 2014: George Bodenheimer 2015: Verne Lundquist 2016: Brent Musburger 2017: Barry Frank 2018: Not awarded 2019: Dick Vitale40th Sports Emmy Award nominations - The Emmys.tv 2020: Not awarded 2021: Lesley Visser41st Sports Emmy Awards - The Emmys.tv 2022: Bryant Gumbel 2023: James Brown 2024: David Hill
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