On Tuesday afternoon, the nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced.
Limerick's Ruth Negga has been nominated for Best Actress, while Ireland will also be represented in the Dolby Theatre by Consolata Boyle. The Dubliner has been nominated for Best Costume Design.
Compared to other years, sports movies have struggled to feature in the main categories. An ESPN documentary on OJ Simpson was nominated in the Best Documentary category.
Due to the lack of sporting nominations, Newstalk Sport asked its followers, to create sporting movies, based on the Oscar nominees. Here is the best of that list.
@NewstalkSport Babe Ruth Negga #SportsOscarNoms
— Colm Kavanagh (@KavanaghsArklow) January 24, 2017
@NewstalkSport #SPORTSOSCARNOMS Hamburger Hill 16
— Gary Byrne (@MrGBuzz) January 24, 2017
Blind Viduka.#SportsOscarNoms
— Luke Benson (@Mr_LukeBenson) January 24, 2017
@NewstalkSport inglorious bastareaud #SportsOscarNoms
— Eoin Halpin (@happytohalp) January 24, 2017
.@NewstalkSport The Curious Case of Jenson Button #SportsOscarNoms
— Andrew O Neill (@AndrewONeill86) January 24, 2017
@NewstalkSport Full Kenny Jacket #SportsOscarNoms
— Ah ref (@RefComeOn) January 24, 2017
@NewstalkSport the 40 year old Virgo.. a tale of a 40 year old adam virgo and his adjustment to punditry #SportsOscarNoms
— Ah ref (@RefComeOn) January 24, 2017
@NewstalkSport #SportsOscarNoms
Who Framed Roger Federer— CB™ (@ColinBrouder) January 24, 2017
The Zat Knight Rises #SportsOscarNoms
— Boston_Hotspur (@Boston_Hotspur) January 24, 2017
The Wolves of Wall Street #sportsoscarnoms
— Peadar Breathnach (@PeadarBreathnac) January 24, 2017
Lua Lua Land.#SportsOscarNoms
— Rob O'Hanrahan (@RobOHanrahan) January 24, 2017
