Cassell will have surgery on thumb
Tennessee backup quarterback Matt Cassel will have surgery to put a pin in his right thumb after being hurt during the Titans’ offseason program.
Cassel, 35, who played at Chatsworth High and USC, suffered the injury to his throwing hand Tuesday during the Titans’ closed organized team activity session.
Coach Mike Mularkey said Cassel probably will be out about six weeks but “should be ready to go for training camp.”
The Titans re-signed Cassel this offseason to a two-year deal. He was expected to run the first-team offense while starter Marcus Mariota continues recovering from a broken right leg hurt Dec. 24 in a loss at Jacksonville.
Mularkey said the Titans will not immediately be looking to add a quarterback. For now, they will rely on third-string quarterback Alex Tanney, who has been in camp and on the practice squad much of the last two seasons, and undrafted rookie Tyler Ferguson from Western Kentucky.
Five of USC’s 12 regular-season football games have been placed in television time slots, including the Trojans’ first three games and two night games at Washington State and Notre Dame.
Here’s the TV schedule (all times are Pacific):
Sept. 2 vs. Western Michigan, 2:15 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks)
Sept. 9 vs. Stanford, 5:30 p.m. (Channel 11)
Sept. 16 vs. Texas, 5:30 p.m. (Channel 11)
Sept. 29 (Friday) at Washington State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Oct. 21 at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. (Channel 4)
USC’s remaining games will be slotted six to 12 days before each game, according to a news release sent by the school. — Zach Helfand
Brad Dalke held off Sulman Raza to give Oklahoma its second NCAA golf championship, 3-1-1 over defending champion Oregon at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.
The Kings have acquired the reserve rights to unsigned draft choice Bokondji “Boko” Imama from Tampa Bay in exchange for the Kings’ seventh-round selection in the 2018 NHL draft. The trade is conditioned on the Kings signing Imama to a contract before Thursday’s 2 p.m. PDT signing deadline.
Imama, a 6-foot-1, 221-pound forward, played in 66 regular-season games with the St. John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this past season, recording 41 goals and 55 points to go along with 105 penalty minutes and a plus-11 rating.
Prosecutors are dropping charges filed against a Tennessee man for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final. Dist. Atty. Stephen Zappala said Jacob Waddell’s actions “do not rise to the level of criminal charges” so the charges “will be withdrawn in a timely manner.”
Mike Tirico is replacing Al Michaels as the play-by-play announcer for “Thursday Night Football” games on NBC this season.