On Wednesday 28th March, the nominations for the 39th Annual\u00a0Sports Emmys<\/strong> Awards were revealed. Esports has had a presence in the awards for two years in a row now, with\u00a0ELEAGUE<\/strong> and\u00a0Riot Games<\/strong> receiving nominations in various categories.<\/span><\/p>\n
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ELEAGUE was nominated for Outstanding Trans-media Sports Coverage<\/strong>, Outstanding Live Graphic Design<\/strong>, and The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award<\/strong>. These nominations are specifically for ELEAGUE’s coverage on TBS and Twitch. The company was previously recognised and nominated for Set Design in 2017.\u00a0ELEAGUE is going up against the likes of HBO, NBA, FOX, and NHL across the different categories it has been nominated in.<\/span><\/p>\n
Riot Games’ title\u00a0League of Legends<\/strong> is nominated for Outstanding Live Graphic Design<\/strong>, specifically for the developer’s YouTube channel<\/a>. Curiously, this category is also home to one of ELEAGUE’s three nominations, so the two esports entities will be competing against each other for the award. They’re among big sporting competitions, such as the 2017 NBA Finals, NBA All-Star Weekend, and College Basketball on ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n
The full list of nominations are available for you to browse<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
On Wednesday 28th March, the nominations for the 39th Annual\u00a0Sports Emmys Awards were revealed. Esports has had a presence in the awards for two years in a row now, with\u00a0ELEAGUE and\u00a0Riot Games receiving nominations in various categories. ELEAGUE was nominated for Outstanding Trans-media Sports Coverage, Outstanding Live Graphic Design, and The George Wensel Technical Achievement … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":12441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,106,237,240],"tags":[116,132,273],"class_list":["post-12439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esports-titles","category-latest-news","category-news-by-region","category-north-america","tag-eleague","tag-league-of-legends","tag-riot-games"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n