Here's your wakeup call -- a combination of newsworthy and/or interesting tidbits -- for Friday, February 22:

AUTO RACING

• All Danica Patrick had to do to hang onto the pole at Daytona was keep her car intact . . . and she did. (AP)
• Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch are your winners in the two 150-mile Budweiser Duel qualifying races. (AP)
• And starting next year, you'll be able to see those races in prime time. (AP)

BASEBALL

• Mike Schmidt hops off the moral high horse that so many of his fellow Hall of Famers proudly ride, and says that -- absent any concrete proof that they actually used PEDs -- he'd welcome Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens to Cooperstown. (CSN Philly)
• And the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association says members of the media should take a lesson from Schmidt. (AP)
• Curtis Granderson in left field? Brett Gardner in center? Joe Girardi's thinking about it. (AP)
• Yes, that was Michael Phelps taking BP with the Orioles yesterday. (CSN Baltimore)
• If John Farrell was still the manager of the Blue Jays, R.A. Dickey wouldn't have a personal catcher. But John Gibbons is, so he will. (AP)
• Rest easy Marlins Nation, if there is such a thing: Giancarlo Stanton's feeling better. (AP)
• New season, new manager, new Chris Perez . . . or so he vows. (AP)
• If the A's really want to move to San Jose, Bud Selig apparently has shown them how. (CSN Bay Area)
• Josh Booty?? (AP)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

• Cal knocks off No. 23 Oregon with a last-second shot. (AP)
• Looks like ESPN will remain your home for the Big East. (AP)

GOLF

• First snow, and now this; guess you can say there've been better Match Play Championships. (AP)

HOCKEY

• Anyone tell the Sabres that a coaching change is supposed to give you a lift, at least temporarily? (AP)
• The Islanders cool off the Canadiens. (AP)
• One night after their wild win over the Penguins, the Flyers sleepwalk their way to a loss against the Panthers. (CSN Philly)
• And to make things worse, the Flyers will be without Matt Read for six weeks. (CSN Philly)
• Philly's not the only one bitten by the injury bug. The Senators lost goalie Craig Anderson in their shootout win over the Rangers . . . (AP)
• . . . and the Blue Jackets' Artem Anisimov was taken off the ice on a stretcher after colliding with the Red Wings' Kyle Quincey in Columbus' victory over Detroit. (NBC's Pro Hockey Talk)
• Also hurt last night was the Wild's Cal Clutterbuck after taking a hit from the Oilers' Taylor Hall, and Minnesota's Devin Setoguchi says a suspension for Hall is in order. (Pro Hockey Talk)
• But it looked like a clean hip check to me -- for what that's worth -- and Hall didn't think the hit was dirty. (Pro Hockey Talk)

PRO BASKETBALL

• Well, that was much ado about nothing . . . (nbcsports.com)
• Here are three reasons why the NBA trade deadline was such a dud. (NBC's Pro Basketball Talk)
• Even so, there were some winners and losers in the whole thing. D.J. Foster breaks 'em down . . . and you can probably guess where the Celtics landed. (Pro Basketball Talk)
• As for the moves that were made, J.J. Redick went from Orlando to Milwaukee . . . (AP)
• . . . Ronnie Brewer joins Oklahoma City . . . (AP)
• . . . the Mavs added a 3-point threat by getting Anthony Morrow from the Hawks . . . (AP)
• . . . and the Heat traded for an open roster spot. (AP)
• But Josh Smith? He stayed in Atlanta. (AP)
• No matter what his brother thinks, Derrick Rose believes the Bulls are too trying to win. (AP)
• Even if it may not have seemed that way last night. (AP)
• Kobe Bryant whistles pretty loudly through that graveyard. (Pro Basketball Talk)

PRO FOOTBALL

• The Combine in March? Free agency in April? The draft in May? A standard starting day for training camps? The NFL is considering all those things . . . and some believe it's a set up for the thing it really wants: An 18-game schedule and the Super Bowl in late February. (NBC's Pro Football Talk)
• Something else it wants, and soon: HGH testing. (AP)
• First he brought back Michael Vick. Then he imported one of his old Oregon quarterbacks, Dennis Dixon. Now he's singing the praises of Nick Foles. Can you say mixed messages, Chip Kelly? (CSN Philly)
• No mixes messages here: The Vikings say they're not trading Percy Harvin. (AP)
• Who are the Chiefs taking with the No. 1 pick the draft? Depends on what they do in free agency. (AP)
• John Fox says that when it comes to Peyton Manning, you ain't seen nothin' yet. (AP)
• Tim Tebow decides not to speak at a Dallas mega church whose pastor preaches that gay sex is sinful, Mormonism is a cult, and Islam promotes violence and pedophilia. (AP)
• ESPN says it discussed Ray Lewis' past -- all of it -- before deciding to bring him on board as an analyst. (CSN Baltimore)
• Like Lewis, Matt Birk has decided to go out on top. (Pro Football Talk)