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

• 2010 ABC for their coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final
• 2009 NBC for their coverage of the Super Bowl XLIII
• 2008 NBC for their coverage of the 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship
• 2007 Fox for their coverage of the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
• 2006 Fox for their coverage of the 2006 Major League Baseball postseason
• 2005 TNT for their coverage of the 2005 Open Championship at St. Andrews
• 2004 CBS for their coverage of the 2004 Masters Tournament
• 2003 Fox for their coverage of the 2003 Major League Baseball postseason
• 2002 NBC for their coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2001 Fox for their coverage of the 2001 World Series
• 2000 Fox for their coverage of the 2000 World Series
• 1999 Fox for their coverage of the 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
• 1998 Fox for their coverage of a September 8, 1998 baseball game in which Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season, breaking a record previously held by Roger Maris
• 1997 NBC for their coverage of the 1997 NBA Finals
• 1996 Fox for their coverage of the 1996 World Series
• 1995 ESPN for their coverage of a 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
• 1994 ESPN for their coverage of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals
• 1993 CBS for their coverage of the 1993 World Series
• 1992 NBC for their coverage of the 1992 Breeders Cup
• 1991 NBC for their coverage of the 1991 NBA Finals
• 1990 ABC for their coverage of the 1990 Indianapolis 500
• 1989 ABC for their coverage of the 1989 Indianapolis 500
• 1988 NBC for their coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics
• 1987-88 ABC for their coverage of the 1987 Kentucky Derby
• 1986-87 CBS for their coverage of the 1987 Daytona 500
• 1985-86 no award was given
• 1984-85 ABC for their coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics
• 1983-84 no award was given
• 1982-83 NBC for their coverage of the 1982 World Series
• 1981-82 CBS for their coverage of the 1982 Men's NCAA Basketball National Championship game between the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Georgetown University
• 1980-81 ABC for their coverage of the 1981 Kentucky Derby
• 1979-80 ABC for their coverage of the 1980 Winter Olympics
• 1978-79 NBC for their coverage of Super Bowl XIII
• 1977-78 CBS for their coverage of a heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks
• 1976-77 ABC for their coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympics
• 1975-76 NBC for their coverage of the 1975 World Series