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Emmy award presented at the 1996 Sports Emmy Awards. Video Engineer John G. Spinale won in the category of Technical Team Studio for the NBC presentation of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the ''Centennial Olympic Games''. The Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia that year with NBC broadcasting the meeting of the world's greatest athletes. The first Sports Emmy Award was issued in 1950 as part of a regular Emmy ceremony, though the field of sports coverage earned a ceremony all its own in 1979. The iconic winged woman holding an atom stands on the slightly convex, grid-lined surface of a round metal base, plated in 18-karat gold. The base's flat perimeter reads ''The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences''. Front section is engraved with 5 lines naming the award, its category and recipient: ''1996 Sports Emmy Award / Technical Team Studio / The Centennial Olympic Games / NBC / John G. Spinale, Video Engineer''. Measures 15.25'' in height with a 7.5'' diameter base. Weighs 4 pounds, 12 ounces. Minor tarnishing to base, else fine.
1996 Sports Emmy Award for NBC's Presentation of ''The Centennial Olympic Games'' -- In the Category of Video Engineering
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