Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.

TUESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
NBA: Nets at Lakers, 10:30 p.m. (NBATV)
College basketball: Harvard at Saint Joseph’s, 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
College basketball: Marquette vs. Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: Texas vs. USC, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: DePaul vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m. (CBSSN)
College basketball: UCLA vs. Georgia, 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
College basketball: Butler vs. North Carolina, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
College basketball: Boise State at Michigan State, 8 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
College basketball: Saint Louis vs. Kansas, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
College basketball: Western Kentucky vs. iowa, 9:30 p.m. (CBSSN)
College basketball: Indiana vs. Georgetown, 10 p.m. (ESPN)
College basketball: Illinois at Chaminade, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
College football: Akron at Toledo, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

AROUND THE WEB:

Dez Bryant

♦ Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant had an impressive game Sunday, making 12 catches for 145 yards, but Dallas fans showed that their patience is thin with the controversial and inconsistent pass-catcher. When Bryant caught a second-quarter pass and stepped out of bounds short of the first-down marker rather than take a hit while going for extra yards, the fans let him know what they thought. There were boos after the play, and more boos when the replay was shown on the scoreboard.

“I was hearing it,” Bryant told USA Today. “Man, that hurt my heart.”

Bryant acknowledged he made a mistake, but he insisted that he didn’t realize where he was on the play.

“When I seen where we was at, I was like, Damn. I didn’t mean to do that,” Bryant says. “It’s not like me. It’s not like me to run out of bounds. I seen like four or five guys coming, so I took a step out. I didn’t see the first-down marker. That’s my bad. I should’ve known where we was at on the field.”

♦ Mariners prospect Anthony Vasquez is recovering after undergoing emergency brain surgery Friday for a ruptured blood vessel in his brain. Vasquez, 26, had some vision problems Wednesday while working out at the team’s training complex in Peoria, Ariz., a few days after having some headaches. Tests revealed a ruptured arteriovenous malformation.

Vasquez went home Monday and could be pitching again by the spring.

“He’s a miracle,” said his father, Rudy, an Angels scout. “We have a strong faith in Jesus, and Anthony’s faith has always been strong as well. There’s no other way to say it. When the neurosurgeon came out he said, ‘Your son should be dead, but he’s not.’ ”

♦ Soccer legend David Beckham announced Monday that the MLS championship game on Dec. 1 will be his final “competitive” appearance for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Beckham, 37, did not announce his future plans.

“I’ve had an incredibly special time playing for the L.A. Galaxy,” Beckham said in a statement. “However, I wanted to experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career. I don’t see this as the end of my relationship with the league, as my ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future.”

Beckham has played in Los Angeles for six seasons, helping the Galaxy win the MLS title last year.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Nov. 20, 1958, which Red Sox player was named American League MVP?

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Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.

TUESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
MLB: White Sox at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
MLB: Giants at Braves, 7:10 p.m. (MLB Network)

AROUND THE WEB:

Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant was arrested and charged with domestic abuse after a weekend incident. (AP)

♦ Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch are the latest NFL players to be arrested in what has been a busy offseason. There have been at least 25 arrests in the past six months.

Bryant was arrested Monday by police in DeSoto, Texas, after a domestic incident Saturday. According to an ESPN report, Bryant got into an argument with his half-brother and pushed his mother. Police paid a visit then but did not decide to make an arrest until Monday.

Bryant was charged with a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of up to $4,000 and a year in jail. Bryant also could be penalized by the NFL for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

Bryant has had a couple of run-ins with law enforcement in the last year, but this is his first arrest. His mother has a checkered past, including an 18-month stint in prison for selling cocaine when Dez was a youngster.

The 23-year-old had 63 receptions for 928 yards and nine touchdowns last season, his second in the league.

Lynch was was arrested in Oakland on Saturday for DUI, according to a San Jose Mercury News report. The Seahawks star, in his hometown to award a scholarship to a recent high school graduate through his charitable foundation, was detained after a traffic stop.

Lynch’s rap sheet includes an incident in 2008 in which he drove into a woman outside a bar and drove off, costing him his license, and a misdemeanor weapons charge for which he was suspended three games in 2009.

Lynch, 26, rushed for 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, his second in Seattle after being traded from Buffalo.

♦ The area outside Penn State’s Beaver Stadium where students camp out to get tickets will no longer be known as “Paternoville.” The student group that manages the area announced a name change Monday to “Nittanyville” in an effort to “return the focus to the overall team and the thousands of students who support it.”

The move comes days after the release of the Freeh report, which concludes that then-Penn State coach Joe Paterno helped cover up child sexual abuse by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On July 17, 1995, which Red Sox pitcher became just the second Sox player to surrender a home run to the first batter he faced in his major league debut, giving up a longball to Keith Lockhart of the Royals in a 4-3 loss? Hint: This pitcher was still active in the majors earlier this season.

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Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.

WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY WEDNESDAY:
NBA: Grizzlies at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant was ejected from a Dallas shopping mall and given a criminal trespass warning by police Tuesday after allegedly refusing to pull up his sagging pants that exposed his underwear. Police said Bryant and his entourage were asked to pull up their pants, and Bryant responded with a profanity-laced tirade and a refusal to leave until a his adviser arrived. The police report indicated Bryant “has had a pattern of behavior at NorthPark Center involving security/off-duty police,” including him cutting in line, being involved in a “major disturbance” with a female at a restaurant, and parking in a fire lane.

Bryant claimed he was not the one wearing his clothing in an offensive manner, only members of his entourage. “I told the guy I’m not trying to get in trouble,” Bryant told ESPN Dallas. “I’m not trying to destroy my image. The [warning] wasn’t toward me. I was trying to figure out what was going on. It was a big misunderstanding. I was the wrong guy.”

♦ Canucks forward Manny Malhotra will miss the rest of the season due to a serious left eye injury incurred when he was hit by a puck in a game against the Avalanche last Wednesday. In The Toronto Globe and Mail, Eric Duhatschek suggests that visors should be mandatory.

♦ With the Barry Bonds trial taking place in San Francisco, The New York Times looks at the punishment that might await Bonds’ personal trainer, Greg Anderson, who has thus far kept his silence and protected the home run king. Some legal experts told the Times that Anderson could face a charge of obstruction of justice, with a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On March 23, 1969, in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers, which Bruin scored his 42nd goal of the season to break Dit Clapper‘s team record for most goals by a right winger in a single season?

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The Cowboys placed wide receiver and kick returner Kevin Ogletree on the season-ending IR list with a toe injury, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Ogletree was injured on Sunday night in a loss to the Eagles. The Cowboys are 4-9 on the season.

Ogletree was a direct replacement at the wide receiver and kick returner positions after the Cowboys placed rookie receiver Dez Bryant on IR. Ogletree had three catches for 34 yards and six kick returns for 109 yards this season. The Cowboys promoted practice-squad receiver Manuel Johnson to the active roster after placing Ogletree on injured reserve. Johnson was a seventh-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2009.

Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant‘s rookie season is over after he fractured a right ankle when returning a kick Sunday against the Colts. Bryant underwent surgery Monday to repair the damage, which affected the same ankle that had plagued him in the preseason.

“That sets us back,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. “That sets us back. I really feel bad for him, but it really sets us back. The good news is we’ve got some depth there. That’ll give [Kevin] Ogletree and guys like that a little more play time.”

The talented receiver finishes with 45 catches for 561 and eight total touchdowns — six receiving, two returning.

Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant got the retribution that Roy Williams had been promising him since training camp. Bryant made news during training camp when he refused to carry Williams’ pads after practice as part of the hazing by veteran players of rookies. Bryant later said he didn’t know about such tradition. “I’m not doing it,” Bryant said then. “I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player’s pads.”

Williams let it slide, saying then that Bryant, who received $8.3 million in guaranteed money from his rookie contract, would just have to take the team out to dinner and get him some new shoes instead. Well, that dinner happened Monday night. Bryant planned to take just the offensive players out to Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, but Williams wanted to make sure Bryant got the message, so he invited the defensive players as well. The final tab came to $54,896. “They got the young fella,” said Bryant’s adviser, David Wells. “What could he say? He had to pay it unless he wanted to wash dishes for a month.”

Welcome to Wednesday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:
MLB: Red Sox at Angels, 3:35 p.m. (NESN, WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Monty Poole in the Oakland Tribune tries to humanize Jack Tatum, who died Tuesday at the age of 61, and make excuses for the former Raiders defensive back’s propensity to injure opposing wide receivers. Mike Lopresti at USA Today writes that it’s a shame Tatum never reconciled with Darryl Stingley, the Patriots receiver left paralyzed after a hit by Tatum in a 1978 preseason game.

♦ In the Cincinnati Enquirer, Joe Reedy looks at the pending signing of Terrell Owens by the Bengals, while the Enquirer’s Paul Daugherty writes that it’s “going to be a blast.”

♦ Rick Telander in the Chicago Sun-Times addresses the Dez Bryant situation in Dallas and writes that hazing is a tradition that needs to end.

♦ In The Los Angeles Times, David Wharton looks at the marketing efforts of the Pac-10, which will change its name to the Pac-12 with the additions of Utah and Colorado.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: In 1976, Don Zimmer replaced Darrell Johnson as manager of the Red Sox. On July 28, 1982, the roles were reversed with another club, as Johnson replaced Zimmer as manager of which team?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “People don’t understand sometimes that it hurts, when you do nothing but work your butt off every day trying to get a team to win, and people already want to watch you retire.” — David Ortiz, during an appearance on The Big Show on Tuesday afternoon

STAT OF THE DAY: 3 — Strikeouts in Tuesday night’s game for Red Sox outfielder Jeremy Hermida, who also made a two-base error on a fly ball in the second inning

‘NET RESULTS: Here’s a soccer celebration for the ages.

A fan catches a foul ball at a Cubs game while holding a baby.

Comedian Denis Leary pitches to David Letterman and Albert Pujols on 53rd Street in New York City.

If Shaquille O’Neal signs with the Celtics, they should never let him sing.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Texas Rangers

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Jonathan Edwards is 64 today.

Welcome to Monday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:
MLB: Red Sox at Angels, 10:05 p.m. (NESN, WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Tim Cowlishaw in The Dallas Morning News writes that Cowboys first-round draft pick Dez Bryant has the makings of a star. Apparently, Bryant agrees, as he refused to take part in some basic rookie hazing at the team’s training camp on Sunday. As explained in an ESPN story, Bryant refused to carry veteran wide receiver Roy Williams‘ pads after practice, stating: “I’m not doing it. I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player’s pads.” Responded Williams: “Everybody has to go through it. I had to go through it. No matter if you’re a No. 1 pick or the 7,000th pick, you’ve still got to do something when you’re a rookie.” Williams threatened to go to “Step 2″ in his attempt to get the rookie in line.

♦ The Mets’ latest loss, a 1-0 setback vs. the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Sunday, featured a dispute between pitcher R.A. Dickey and manager Jerry Manuel, and general manager Omar Minaya refused to assure the members of his coaching staff that they are safe.

♦ Will Leitch in New York magazine opines that the Bronx is boring since George Steinbrenner started to disappear from the spotlight.

♦ Phil Rogers in the Chicago Tribune writes about Hall of Fame inductee Andre Dawson and his relationship with Cubs fans.

♦ Bill Livingston in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer writes that the Cavaliers should never retire LeBron James‘ number to the rafters.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On July 26, 1962, which two Red Sox players infamously disembarked the team bus while stuck in New York City traffic and went AWOL from the team?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Do not be lured to the dark side. It’s a stain on the game, a stain gradually being removed.” — Andre Dawson, referring to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, during his Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday

STAT OF THE DAY: 4 — Walk-off wins in one week by the Marlins, who edged the Braves 5-4 in 11 innings Sunday

‘NET RESULTS: German soccer star Mesut Ozil warms up by kicking his chewing gum into his mouth.

This goalie needs to be investigated. He redirects a shot into his goal.

Interesting soccer celebration.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Gene Conley and Pumpsie Green

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Dobie Gray is 70 today.

The Cowboys announced they have a deal with wide receiver Dez Bryant, making the former Oklahoma State star the first first-round draft pick to sign a contract this year.

The deal is worth $11.8 million over five years, with at least $8.3 million guaranteed.

“This was very important to me to be able to get this done in time for the first practice [Friday],” Bryant said in a statement from the team. “I want to help this team. I want to compete. I can’t wait to start playing football again.”