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A Game Of Honor Wins Three Sports Emmy Awards

5/16/2012 3:20:00 PM


        THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (May 16, 2012) – The Showtime Sports production A Game Of Honor, a documentary focused around the Army-Navy football game that also featured the inspiring story of Maritime football head coach Clayton Kendrick-Holmes, himself a Navy graduate, won three Emmy Awards at the 33rd Annual Sports Emmys held on April 30 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
 
        “It was a special privilege for me and my wife Johanna to be at the Sports Emmys with the Showtime/CBSSports.com team and to celebrate the victory with them, which was so well deserved,” said Kendrick-Holmes. “We were just as nervous during the announcement as before any rivalry game kickoff!”
 
        The feature, which was the brainchild of CBS Sports Emmy-award winning producer Pete Radovich, won Emmys for Outstanding SPORTS DOCUMENTARY, Outstanding SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT – EPISODIC and Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS PROGRAMMING with CBSSports.com. The New Approach Emmy win was for the collaborative effort between SHOWTIME and CBSSports.com on the A GAME OF HONOR multi-part web series.
 
        That web series, which can be found in its entirety by following this link, had two webisodes debut in late November 2011 that featured the unique story of Kendrick-Holmes' call to duty to serve with the U.S. Naval Reserve in Afghanistan at the conclusion of the 2010 Maritime football season. The Privateers went on to claim a perfect 10-0 record during the regular season that year, winning the ECFC Championship and earning the program's first berth to the NCAA DIII Football Tournament, all while knowing that Coach Kendrick-Holmes would be deployed only a few days after the last game.
 
        “SHOWTIME and CBSSports.com did a tremendous job of telling the story of how Army-Navy Football ties into our overall national defense,” added Kendrick-Holmes. “To have the story of my family and the Maritime football team represent the stories of the many Reservists and their families and jobs was an honor.”
 
        The first webisode that featured Kendrick-Holmes' and the Privateers' story, entitled Maritime Football - Pursuing a Goal, can be seen by clicking here, while the second part, Maritime Football - Call to Serve, is available at this link.
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