Good morning, peeps.  Did you all sleep well last night?  Good…regardless of your answer.  By the way, happy birthday wishes are in order for Grover Cleveland Alexander, J.T. Snow, Erykah Badu, Marshall Faulk, and some dude named Steve Blake (never heard of him).  Oh yeah, some other dude, Flavius Valentinianus, a.k.a. Valentinian I, was proclaimed Roman Emperor 1,645 years ago today.  I think he had something to do with the current financial crisis…

Whatever…getcha some coffee, Irish it up, and head on to the morning links.

University of Florida professor defrauds NASA.  Are they all thugs in Gainesville!?  Does this Count against the Fulmer Cup standings?

The minions seem to want athletes to take a political stand.  Andy Roddick did, and it barely made a dent in the national spotlight.

Has college hoops gotten rougher than the NBA?  Or, does this guy need to man up a bit and understand that college athletes are bigger, stronger, more expensive faster, etc?

So, the same guy that thinks college roundball is getting too rough thinks the coaches are perpetuating poor decorum. 

In case you weren’t around here yesterday to see the man-love manifested, it’ll be news to you to know that Tiger’s back. 

That jerkbag Jim Calhoun coached his 800th victory last night against Marquette.  UConn is repositioning itself for another visit to the #1 spot.  Unfortunately for Marquette, on top of losing the game, the Golden Eagles lost one of its star guards, senior Dominic James, who broke his left foot during the game.

So, I guess 6,004 piercings weren’t enough!?

The most tactful guy is sports (<== sarcasm!!) hit a homer in his spring training debut against the Blue Jays yesterday…and then got into an SUV driven by none other than Yuri, the infamous cousin.

Is this a big deal?

Darth Vader loves him some bluegrass.

The Gi’nts gave Brandon Jacobs some major skrilla!

Speaking of major skrilla, Manny was extended a deal from the Dodgers…for the third time this offseason.

Tim Duncan sat out last night with a quad injury.  It must be steroids-related (pure speculation); you heard it here first (I just made it up).

Four words for you Chuck – soap on a rope.

Tony Stewart’s doing well so far.

Since yesterday was Ash Wednesday, that must mean today is the second day of Lent.  What are you giving up for Lent?  I’m giving up working for money.  For serious…(?)

Well, that’s about all I got for ya this morning.  Feel free to threadjack anything in the comments that I may have missed and hang out around these parts today.

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