The 27th Sports Emmy Awards honoring American sports coverage in 2005 were presented on May 1, 2006 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City. The nominees were announced on March 29.

Nominations

Winners are in bold

Outstanding Live Sports Special

Outstanding Live Sports Series

Outstanding Live Event Turnaround

Outstanding Edited Sports Special

Outstanding Sports Documentary

Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology

Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly

Outstanding Studio Show - Daily

Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host

Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play

Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst

Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst

Outstanding Technical Team Remote

Outstanding Technical Team Studio

Outstanding Camera Work

Outstanding Editing

The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award

Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics

Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound

Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound

Outstanding Graphic Design

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction

The George Wensel Outstanding Innovative Technical Achievement Award

Outstanding Achievement In Content For Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms

Outstanding Sports Journalism

Outstanding Short Feature

Outstanding Long Feature

Outstanding Open/Tease

Sports Lifetime Achievement Award

Most wins

Most nominations