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

FOOTBALL: Steve DeOssie has his Patriots report card, and only one unit gets an A. Joe Zarbano has the NFL power rankings, with the Patriots at No. 5.

The Broncos have lost two straight, the latest last night to the Steelers. Ty Law made his debut for Denver.

The NFL is investigating a brouhaha in the Redskins-Falcons game. Bengals receiver Chris Henry is out for the season after breaking his arm. Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis (torn ACL) also is done for the year. Larry Johnson was cut loose by the Chiefs. Bears defensive lineman Tommie Harris apologized for punching Deuce Lutui of the Cardinals Sunday and getting ejected. The Buccaneers won Sunday, but safety Sabby Piscitelli wasn’t celebrating after returning home to discover he’d been robbed. Former Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor was arrested after leaving the scene of a car accident.

Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount, he of the postgame punch to a Boise State opponent in the season-opener, has been reinstated. Memphis fired coach Tommy West after a 2-7 start.

BASEBALL: Rob Bradford addresses the Sox’ early offseason moves with Tim Wakefield, Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek, and how it sets them up going forward. Get caught up on all the moves at the GM meetings at our Full Count blog.

The Rays exercised their $10 million option on Carl Crawford. The MLB drug list case is still caught up in the courts.

BASKETBALL: Paul Flannery compares and contrasts the paths taken by Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson. Dan Guttenplan says the Celtics shouldn’t consider making a run at 72 wins.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for leukemia.

North Carolina beat up on Isiah Thomas’ Florida International squad. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim won his 800th game.

HOCKEY: Michael Ryder missed practice for the Bruins, who play the powerful Penguins tonight.

Captials star Alex Ovechkin said he was joking about being out a month and will probably miss about a week.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Nov. 10, 1968, this Patriot became the first AFL player to top the 1,000-point plateau. Who is he?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I’m like, ‘Hey, if you’re going to talk, back it up. Because at the end of the day, the spotlight is going to be back on you. You did all the trash-talking through the course of the week, let me see what you gone [and] done.’ ” — Patriots defensive lineman Vince Wilfork on Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter, who did not make a major contribution on Sunday after popping off leading up to the game

STAT OF THE DAY: 8 — Number of college basketball coaches with 800 career victories, after Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim reached the milestone last night

AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED TRANSCRIPT OF THE DAY: Tom Brady appeared on the Dennis & Callahan show yesterday morning. Talking about center Dan Connolly, he said, according to the automatically generated transcript:

“Consists of Oprah and you’ve got athletic ability would put another pull back you obviously think that if he can do things that politically for yeah so strong it can be so he’s. He’s — government.”

What he actually said: “… consistent player for us. He’s got athletic ability, and when you put him in at fullback, you obviously think that he can do things athletically for you. And he’s strong as can be. So, he’s great to have on the team.”

‘NET RESULTS: A couple of Rhode Island high school girls soccer teams became national news, and not for a good reason. They brawled on Sunday, and because there’s video, there is a story.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Gino Cappelletti, who passed the thousand-point mark on a 19-yard touchdown catch from Tom Sherman in  27-17 loss to the Chargers at Fenway Park.

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 62 today. Here’s ELP’s version of “Nutrocker” for all you Bruins fans.

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