Here's your wakeup call: The national sports headlines for Friday, March 25.
AUTO RACING
-- Fine time in NASCAR: Danica Patrick is fined $20,000 for walking near the race track after a crash and Kyle Busch $10,000 for failing to meet media obligations last week. (AP)
BASEBALL
-- You don't often see tempers flare in exhibition games, but they did -- ever so briefly -- between Jason Heyward and Madison Bumgarner last night. The Giants say it was over Chicago stealing pitches or showing pitch location, but the Cubs tell a different story . . . albeit one they seem a little too eager to peddle. (CSN Bay Area)
-- Besides, now that they're a serious World Series contender, the Cubbies say these kind of dustups with fellow powerhouses like the Giants will be the new normal. (CSN Chicago)
-- In any case, the Cubs have bigger worries than San Francisco being mad at them: Jake Arrieta has a thumb blister that may keep him out of the season opener. (CSN Chicago)
-- Old friend Shane Victorino's been limited to 10 at-bats because of a calf injury -- sound familiar? -- and, because of that, won't make the Cubs' Opening Day roster. The team is offering him a minor-league deal, and he's thinking it over. (CSN Chicago)
-- Chase Field in Phoenix is only 18 years old, but that's just a little too outdated for the Diamondbacks. (Yahoo! Sports)
Boston Bruins
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
-- Last night's win over Duke was nice and all, but Oregon's season will still be considered a disappointment if the Ducks don't reach the Final Four for the first time since 1939. (CSN Northwest)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
-- After being treated as afterthoughts when they played Notre Dame there last November, Boston College says thanks but no thanks -- actually, I'm not even sure if the Eagles said "thanks" -- to another game at Fenway Park. (Boston Globe)
HOCKEY
-- The Ducks lose in overtime to the Maple Leafs but still clinch a playoff spot. (AP)
PRO BASKETBALL
-- LeBron's been acting pretty weird lately, so the Cavs had a little sit-down with him. And they claim all is fine now. (NBC's Pro Basketball Talk)
-- Except on the court, where James goes scoreless in the fourth quarter and Cleveland loses to Brooklyn. (AP)
-- It may not be as expensive as you'd think to put together a team with James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony: After LeBron said he'd take a pay cut to play on such a team, 'Melo says he would, too. (Pro Basketball Talk)
PRO FOOTBALL
-- As the Associated Press headline writer says, it's Act II for RGIII in Cleveland. (AP)
-- Jeff Fisher denies -- in the strongest possible terms -- a talk-radio report that the only reason the Rams drafted Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to try out for the NFL, was to avoid being on HBO's Hard Knocks. (NBC's Pro Football Talk)
-- Aaron Rodgers claims he saw a UFO more than a decade ago. (Pro Football Talk)
SOCCER
-- R.I.P., Johan Cruyff. (NBC's Pro Soccer Talk)
AND FINALLY . . .
-- The next time you're in Madame Tussaud's in San Francisco, stop and say hi to Steph Curry. (CSN Bay Area)