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posted by on May 6, 2013 3:19 PM

ESPN’s Features Unit seeks to continue its Emmy-winning ways

Editor’s Note: ESPN received 41 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2012 across its platforms (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN 3D, ABC, ESPNU, ESPNEWS and Grantland.com), led by five nods for E:60 (a total of 29 in five years), four each for Outside the Lines and ESPN Films including work by the Features Unit, and the first three ever for Grantland.com. The 34th annual Sports Emmy Awards will be held tomorrow night in Manhattan.

“And the Emmy goes to. . . ”

Ten times since ESPN’s Features Unit — a group within the Cross Platform Newsgathering Unit — was formed in 2002, the rest of that sentence ended with a product of their hard work. In fact, with 10 more possible winners in the awards to be announced Tuesday night in New York, the group has notched 50 nominations in 11 years. That’s not a bad batting average. continue reading…

Filed in: 30 for 30, Announcements, Behind The Scenes, E:60, ESPN College Football, SportsCenter

posted by on April 24, 2013 9:40 AM

ESPN The Magazine’s Ryan McGee on his profile of BYU star, top NFL Draft prospect Ezekiel ‘Ziggy’ Ansah

Ezekiel Ansah ESPN Magazine feature story. (Courtesy of ESPN The Magazine)

Ezekiel Ansah ESPN Magazine feature story. (Courtesy of ESPN The Magazine)

Five years ago, Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah had never seen American football. But Thursday night in New York, the BYU defensive end is expected to be a first-round selection in the 2013 NFL Draft (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET).

How did the former soccer player from Ghana become such a hot prospect? ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer Ryan McGee tells Front Row how he profiled Ansah for the NFL Draft Issue. continue reading…

Filed in: ESPN College Football, ESPN The Magazine, NFL Draft, NFLonESPN

posted by on February 6, 2013 1:52 PM

As high school recruits put ink to paper, ESPN’s college football analysts reminisce about their Signing Days

After signing at Houston in 1987, Andre Ware -- now an ESPN analyst -- eventually the Heisman Trophy. (Credit: University of Houston Athletics)

After signing at Houston in 1987, Andre Ware — now an ESPN analyst — eventually won the Heisman Trophy. (Credit: University of Houston Athletics)

Today, 18 of the nation’s elite undecided college football recruits will discuss their commitment decisions on ESPNU during the network’s daylong coverage of National Signing Day.

National Signing Day Coverage

ESPN Reporters In The Field

Tom Rinaldi – Alabama
Bob Holtzman – Notre Dame
Pedro Gomez – Texas A&M
Jeannine Edwards – Florida State
Josina Anderson – Michigan
Shelley Smith – Southern Cal
Allison Williams – Ole Miss
Holly Rowe – LSU
Cara Capuano – Florida
Quint Kessenich – Ohio State
Lowell Galindo – Texas
Paul Carcaterra – Auburn
Eamon McAnaney – Clemson

ESPN Studio Talent

Rece Davis
Dari Nowkhah
Derrick Dooley
Tom Luginbill
Gene Chizik
Craig Haubert
Mike Bellotti
Rod Gilmore
Kirk Herbstreit
Lou Holtz

Coverage of the event has expanded annually as fans’ appetites for recruiting news has increased. However, the first Wednesday in February has been
circled on players and coaches’ calendars for decades.

Front Row asked some of ESPN’s college football analysts to reflect on their own Signing Days.

Danny Kanell, QB, Florida State, 1992
Signing Day is a day I’ll never forget. I was 90 percent sure I was headed to Florida State, but it didn’t hit me until I signed on the dotted line that it would make me a Seminole for life. Henri Crockett — another high school senior headed to FSU — and I held a press conference at the Olive Garden and felt like superstars.

Andre Ware, QB, Houston, 1987 continue reading…

Filed in: Behind The Scenes, ESPN College Football