Good Sunday morning!  I’ll be your guest Sunday morning TMA’er today as our resident phish named pat is celebrating getting old. 

Unfortunately, if you’re reading this, the weekend’s already over halfway over.  I guess they can’t last forever, right?  Good news though, there’s a bunch of links and sports-related jazz to satisfy your cravings right after the jump.  Join me…

I knew for certain that one of the undefeateds would go down yesterday since Wake and Clemson were playing each other, but I didn’t expect the winner of that game to emerge as the only undefeated left after this weekend.

Here’s some math to get those brainwaves movin’ this morning: Lebron + Kobe = MJ.  I think this writer may be stretching a bit, but it’s an interesting point. 

I had actually forgotten that the Rams and the Raiders were both in the market for head coaches this offseason.  Looks like the Rams filled that spot and hired Steve Spagnuolo away from the Giants.  I knew the Jets had interest in Spags, but hadn’t heard much about the Rams’.

Just what the NBA needs, another allegation that “The Association” is shady.

Looks like there was some drama in Rhode Island last night when a fan, also a brother of a Providence player, decided he needed to have a discussion with the refs.  By the way, Marquette’s coach needs to not be a little pansy.

You can find all the college basketball scores from yesterday here.

In case you’ve wondered recently, here’s a list of college players with eligibility still left who are entering ‘09 NFL Draft.

This week, the SEC was excluded from CBB polls marking the first time in several years that an entire conference has been absent from the polls.  Ugh.

I was amused by this story about Chinese hoops getting physical.

Ahhhh, USC basketball.  It’s become almost a cult joke with their primadona and preteen recruits.  Now, witness the curious case of DeMar DeRozen.

So 7th graders are now college basketball prospects?  Really NCAA?  Hurry, somebody call Tim Floyd!

Utah’s HC Kyle Whittingham wins the Bryant Award.  For those of you unfamiliar with the Bryant Award, it’s named for Bear Bryant, the greatest coach in the history of history, and awarded each year to the coach that makes the best claim for a national championship that didn’t actually win it.

Harvard’s LSU’s Harvard’s Andrew Hatch reveals he is actually Andrea Hatch, a female (you know, because he seems to have indecision problems).

I’m not sure if I’m surprised at all by any of the coaches’ responses here when asked about whether they consider the BCS when scheduling out of conference.

The NASCAR Truck Series will be discussing limiting pit stops this season.  That may not sound like much to you non-NASCAR peeps, but pistops work into a team’s strategy and “game plan” for races.  Races, at all levels of racing, are regularly won and/or lost on pit stop strategy and performance.  Limiting pit stops would be akin to an odd combo of limiting timeouts in basketball and limiting pitching changes in baseball.

When Toyota first committed to NASCAR, the diehard fans were pissed because a foreign carmaker would be represented in an American dominated and marketed sport.  Rival teams and carmakers, however, were worried about Toyota’s deep pockets and intense drive to be the best showing them up in “thier” series.  It only took a couple of years for Toyota to establish itself as a player after winning 10 races in the Cup Series and 20 races in the Nationwide Series during the 2008 seasons.  Now though, Toyota may cut funding for its Toyota Racing Development program, which includes its NASCAR operations. 

Yao was 12-for-12 last night!  I bet he’d make GITC’s Studs list if there was one today.  Here’s all the NBA scores from yesterday.

Last Friday, our resident Lebron commercial sleuth cracked the mystery behind the…ummmm…mysterious 1.18.09 commercial.  Now, the video’s officially out so Cleveland fans can actually live the dream now:

Stay tuned to Sparty & Friends for NFL conference championship coverage today.  Mikey will be leading the charge.

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