Miscellany

The Houston Oilers waived running back Gary Brown, who within two seasons rose from backup to star before sliding down the depth chart after signing a big contract.

Offensive tackle Bruce Wilkerson signed a free agent contract with the Green Bay Packers.

At Augusta, Ga., Floyd Mayweather outpunched Augustine Sanchez 20-8 and forced another bout today to determine who will be the 125-pound representative on the U.S. Olympic boxing team.

Sanchez, 18, of Las Vegas, was one of two Olympic trials champion to lose Friday and only the third to lose in the two-day, 12-bout box-offs.

Joseph Mesi of Tonawanda, N.Y., upset trials champion Lawrence Clay-Bey of Hartford, Conn., the 1995-96 U.S. champion, 26-11 at super heavyweight. Mesi, 22, outpunched the 30-year-old 16-3 in the third round and forced him to take a standing 8-count.

Vitaly Scherbo, Yuri Chechi and Svetlana Chorkina retained their apparatus titles in the World Gymnastics Championships at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Scherbo, from Belarus, a five-time Olympic gold medalist in 1992, cruised through the first of his four finals to win gold in the floor exercise. Chechi, from Italy, nailed a routine at the start of the rotation that no one could match in winning his third straight rings title.

Chorkina, the uneven bars champ from Russia, kept her title, sharing it with Yelena Piskun of Belarus.