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Cleveland Selects Builder for Stadium

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Associated Press

Huber, Hunt and Nichols Inc., an Indianapolis company that managed construction of Jacobs Field, home of the Indians, was hired to direct construction of a $250-million Cleveland Browns stadium.

The stadium, to be built on the site of Cleveland Stadium, will become home of the franchise promised to Cleveland by the NFL by 1999. Demolition of Cleveland Stadium will begin in November.

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Kordell Stewart will make his first start at quarterback as a pro Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. . . . Ed Brady, a 13-year veteran linebacker and long snapper, was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The team waived kicker Craig Fayak. . . . Cincinnati lost offensive lineman Kevin Sargent for the season because of a neck injury. . . . The Raiders will play their first game in the newly renovated Oakland Coliseum when they face the Seattle Seahawks today.

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