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Monday meanderings: Wondering whether “Moneyball” being shut out at the Academy Awards on Sunday night (Feb. 26) is some sort of omen for the 2012 Oakland Athletics. As if signing Manny Ramirez already wasn’t enough.
Lucinda Aragon and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Kate Upton as a post-Oscars party.
* If it’s any consolation to sports and/or movie fans, “Undefeated” — which chronicles a Memphis high school football team’s struggle to overcome adversity — won for best documentary.
* Speaking of the Academy Awards, Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti – onetime Chicago Cubs public-relations boss — was in the audience at the Oscars.
* Still speaking of the Oscars (and the Dodgers), Billy Crystal — host of the evening’s festivities — surveyed the talent sitting in the first row and remarked: “Why don’t we chip in and buy the Dodgers.”
* Not particularly sports-related (although she did provide a memorable national anthem at the Super Bowl in 1991), but the Academy Awards’ “In Memoriam” montage featured Whitney Houston, who died in 2012. So does she have an encore next year? And where was Jeff Conway, who did die in 2011?
Actress Michelle Williams (left) seems to be the focus of Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti. Can't blame him, if she is.
* Don’t you just hate it that Bulls lost homecourt advantage in NBA Finals because the Eastern Conference lost on a bad pass by Miami’s LeBron James? Oh, wait, baseball is the sport that’s stupid like that.
* Speaking of the all-star game, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant broke a couple of things in the contest in Orlando, Fla. First there was the all-time scoring mark — previously held by Bulls star Michael Jordan (262). Bryant had 27 for the game and has 271 for his career. Bryant also suffered a nasal fracture in the Western Conference’s 152-149 victory. Bryant was hurt on a hard foul by Miami’s Dwyane Wade. Something says Bryant just might have his nose out of joint — metaphorically speaking (as if metaphors actually speak) –when the Lakers face the Heat March 4.
* Wondering whether the highlight of the Chicago Cubs 2012 season will turn out to be the spring-training bunting tournament.
* Reading some of the 40-yard dash times from the NFL combine in Indianapolis may be interesting, but let me know when the folks running the show are able to measure the intangibles. The combine results seem a lot like ACT and SAT numbers — a good indication of certain things but no guarantee of success in the grownup world.
As long as we’re going to run some video, we might as well use some from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue offerings. And we might as well use Chrissy Teigen, who provided some post-Oscar coverage on television. Here is some SI uncoverage:
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