Winslow to Have More Surgery, Is Out for Season

Cleveland Brown rookie tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. needs a second operation on his right leg and will sit out the remainder of the season.

Winslow broke the fibula -- the outer bone in the lower leg -- against Dallas on Sept. 19 and underwent surgery last week. He’ll have the additional procedure today to stabilize ligaments, the Browns said.

Winslow, the No. 6 overall pick in this year’s draft, initially was expected to be out at least eight weeks.

“Our No. 1 concern is Kellen’s health and his long-term contribution to the Cleveland Browns,” Coach Butch Davis said in a statement. “We know he will approach his rehabilitation with the same determination that he shows on the football field and look forward to his return for the 2005 season.”

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Jay Fiedler, Miami’s starting quarterback the last four years, will replace A.J. Feeley and start against the New York Jets on Sunday, a team source told Associated Press.

Also, the Dolphins put running back Lamar Gordon on injured reserve because of a dislocated shoulder, ending his season.

Feeley has thrown two touchdown passes and five interceptions since supplanting Fiedler at halftime of the Dolphins’ opener. Miami is 0-3 for the first time since 1969.

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Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair was released from a Nashville hospital after a two-night stay because of a bruised sternum suffered Sunday against Jacksonville.

Coach Jeff Fisher said McNair would be listed as questionable for Sunday against San Diego.

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Chicago signed former Dallas quarterback Chad Hutchinson to a two-year contract.... Cleveland running back Lee Suggs, inactive for the team’s first three games because of a neck stinger, has been granted medical clearance to practice at full speed this week.

Basketball

Center Theo Ratliff signed a five-year contract extension with Portland.... Center Scott Williams signed a one-year contract with Cleveland.

Syracuse point guard Billy Edelin is ineligible for the first semester of the academic year because he does not meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements, school officials said.... Junior center Anthony Washington has left the Washington men’s team and will transfer, Coach Lorenzo Romar said.... The NCAA Division I women’s Final Four will return to Indianapolis in 2011. The city is playing host to the women’s Final Four in 2005, and the men’s Final Four in 2006 and 2010.

Golf

Ben Hayes won the individual title with a four-under-par 212 total and led USC to the team championship of the Husky Invitational at Bremerton, Wash. The Trojans shot a five-over 1,085 for the three rounds. UC Irvine finished fifth with a 1,119 total.

The LPGA Tour returns to Mexico for the first time since 1975 with the $1.2-million MasterCard Classic in March at Mexico City.

Two-time major champion Dottie Pepper is moving to the broadcast booth next year, signing a contract with the Golf Channel to be a lead analyst for its tournament coverage.

Pepper, 39, announced her retirement in July because of chronic injuries.

Jurisprudence

A U.S. district judge in New Jersey ruled that former boxing heavyweight Chuck Wepner’s lawsuit will go forward against Sylvester Stallone, contending his name was inappropriately used by the actor to promote the “Rocky” movies. A trial date was not scheduled.

Miscellany

Forward Alexander Mogilny of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs had surgery on his left hip Monday.

Tickets for Friday’s football game between the Southland’s two top-ranked high school teams will be on sale at Mission Viejo High from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. today and Thursday.

The Diablos (3-0), ranked No. 1 in the Southland by The Times, will play No. 2 Long Beach Poly (3-0) at 7:30 p.m. at Long Beach Cabrillo High. Tickets have been on sale each day from 8 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. at Poly.

Passings

Bob Mitinger, a linebacker with the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s and an All-American at Penn State, has died. He was 64.

Mitinger died Saturday in a hospital at State College, Pa., his family said. He had been ill for two years.