Welcome to Monday’s Morning Mashup, where we’ll get you caught up on what’s going on in the sports world and beyond.

Today on WEEI’s Patriots Monday, check in with Dennis & Callahan at 9 a.m. to hear Tom Brady discuss yesterday’s 27-21 victory over the Ravens, and listen to the Big Show at 5 p.m. for an interview with coach Bill Belichick. Dale & Holley will have their usual quartet of players midday.

Chris Price has his 10 Things We Learned from yesterday, led by a strong effort from the New England defense. Mike Petraglia reports on Wes Welker’s successful return and tries to sort out what happened on the fake field goal.

Rodney Harrison wants Brady to toughen up, telling him to “Take off the skirt” after drawing a few calls against the Ravens, who lodged plenty of complaints about the refs.

Kirk Minihane says it’s time to again consider the Patriots a Super Bowl contender. And there’s more good news: Junior Seau will sign with the Pats as soon as this week.

In other NFL action yesterday, the Saints turned away the Jets despite another impressive defensive effort from New York. The Dolphins picked up their first win at the expense of the Bills. The Bengals kicked a field goal on the final play of overtime to keep the Browns winless. The undefeated Broncos rallied late to thwart the Cowboys. And the Steelers turned away the Chargers.

DJ Bean draws realizations from the week in fantasy football.

Dan Rowinski has Five Things We Learned from Boston College’s 28-21 victory Saturday over once-mighty Florida State. Meanwhile, at least one Florida writer is calling for legendary Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden to step down. In the AP Top 25, Auburn moved into the ranking at 17 after its 5-0 start, while the top 10 did not have much movement.

In baseball, the Red Sox swept the Indians in their final series of the regular season, capped with a 12-7 victory on Sunday. Alex Speier has Five Things We Learned, beginning with the Sox announcing a rotation of Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz. Tim Wakefield will not be on the roster for the opening round.

Speier writes about Dusty Brown’s long road to Fenway, Jed Lowrie’s pain hitting left-handed (despite his grand slam), Jason Varitek’s reduced role, and how Alex Gonzalez is indispensible. Jessica Camerato has a touching piece on Gonzalez’ concern for his 3-year-old son, who has been in a coma for the last two years.

The Tigers will visit the Twins tomorrow in a one-game playoff to determine the AL Central champion. The Twins are trying to become the first team in baseball history to win the division after being down three games with four to go.

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez set an AL record with seven RBI in one inning yesterday. The Brewers announced Ken Macha will be back for a second season in 2010.

Joe Haggerty has Three Things We Learned from the Bruins’ revenge-fueled pummeling of the Hurricanes on Saturday night. Haggerty also writes about defenseman Matt Hunwick learning to stay within his game.

The informative site Mental Floss has an entry explaining how all 30 NHL teams got their nicknames.

One week into Celtics training camp, Kevin Garnett says his knee is fine.

From the Cambridge Chronicle, here’s a shocking story about former basketball star Rumeal Robinson scamming his mother out of her own home in Cambridge.

HISTORIVIA: On Oct. 5, 1950,the Celtics participated in a lottery with two other teams to determine where the top three players from the disbanding Chicago Stags would land. Which future standout did the Celtics acquire?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Head-to-head with Ray Lewis, I certainly wasn’t thinking of that one going to bed last night.” Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, referring to his 1-yard touchdown run right at the Ravens’ standout linebacker

‘NET RESULTS: With the one-game playoff tomorrow between the Tigers and Twins, let’s take a look at the crazy ending to the last MLB playoff game. In 2007, the Rockies came back from two runs down in the 13th inning for an incredible win over the Padres. Matt Holliday scored the game-winner on a sacrifice fly, despite the fact that he never touched home plate. And then he was knocked out. Said Padres announce Ted Leitner: “If that had been a Yankees-Red Sox game, it would be considered one of the greatest of all time.” He’s undoubtedly correct. This fan’s video of the final play will give you a feel for the excitement.

And that led to this commercial for the Rockies.

HISTORIVIA ANSWER: Bob Cousy

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Happy 68th birthday to Arlene Smith, former lead singer of the pioneering female R&B group the Chantels. Here’s Smith performing the group’s 1958 hit “Maybe” at a “Doo Wop Gold” reunion show.

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