Wakeup Call: Headlines for Friday, March 18

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Here's your wakeup call: The headlines for Friday morning, March 18:

BASEBALL
-- The Adam LaRoche saga just gets stranger and stranger. (CSN Chicago)

-- Meanwhile, across town, the Cubs make some statements on the affair that basically boil down to this: Man, I'm glad that's not us. (CSN Chicago)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
-- Miss Day One of the Madness? (How could you?) In any case, here's all you need to know about the first full day of action. (NBC's College Basketball Talk)

-- Virginia got a scare in its first-round over Hampton. Not from the Pirates, but from coach Tony Bennett's collapse during the game. (CSN Mid-Atlantic)

-- There's another tournament starting today, you know. (AP)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
-- There are 29 million reasons why Lovie Smith's coaching Illinois. (AP)

HOCKEY
-- Look who's in first place in the West. (AP)

-- Teams in the Eastern Conference playoff race -- like the Bruins -- better keep an eye in the rear-view mirror on the hard-charging Penguins. (AP)

-- In the game of musical chairs for the second wild-spot in the East, it's the Red Wings' turn to grab a seat. (AP)

PRO BASKETBALL
-- Dial back the hysteria on that "COME-TO-BOS-TON!" stuff: The Spurs apparently are going to make an offseason run at Kevin Durant. (NBC's Pro Basketball Talk)

-- So maybe we can start chanting at Boogie instead. (Pro Basketball Talk)

-- I guess this would depend on how you define 'underpaid'. (Pro Basketball Talk)

-- Everybody's talking about the Warriors, but the Spurs have won their first 34 home games this season, three shy of the NBA record. (AP)

-- Scale back on those early July vacations: The NBA is shortening the free-agent moratorium period by five days, so signings can begin on July 7 instead of July 12. (AP)

PRO FOOTBALL
-- Russell Okung the agent got a pretty good deal for Russell Okung the player. (AP)

-- Darrelle Revis wasn't the same shutdown machine last year as he's been in the past, and this could be the reason: He was hurt. (NBC's Pro Football Talk)

-- Maybe it's true that the 2016 Dolphins 'would beat the crap out of the 2015 Dolphins', as Mike Tannenbaum's been boasting, but the league's running backs appear particularly unimpressed. After watching Lamar Miller bolt for Houston and missing out on C.J. Anderson when Denver matched their offer sheet, the 'Fins are left at the altar again as Chris Johnson decides to stay in Arizona. (Pro Football Talk)

-- Great news from Falcons owner Arthur Blank. (Pro Football Talk)

-- Not everyone in Philadelphia hates Chip Kelly. Mark Sanchez, for one, says he had a 'blast' playing for him. (CSN Philly)

-- As for Chip, he's now batting those baby blues at Colin Kaepernick. (CSN Bay Area)

AND FINALLY . . .
-- Can you imagine the poor guys who had to tape over every one of those 18,000 cup holders? (NBC Sports)

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