Woods, McIlroy to get loyalty bonuses

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are among the golfers expected to be given equity in PGA Tour Enterprises as a thank you for sticking with the Tour instead of jumping to rival LIV Golf, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Woods will receive a $100-million and McIlroy a $50-million stake in the newly formed enterprise for not taking lucrative offers from the Saudi-backed LIV as merger negotiations between the two circuits continue to drag on. A substantial portion of current PGA Tour members will be rewarded with equity in the new for-profit entity, according to a memo sent out in February by commissioner Jay Monahan and seen by Reuters. PGA Tour Enterprises, the memo said, is majority owned by the Tour and bolstered by a $1.5-billion investment by Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of sports team owners led by Fenway Sports Group, the Bostonbased private holding company owned and operated by Red Sox owner John Henry.

Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with right lat tightness.

Report: Belichick to appear on “ManningCast”

For much of Peyton Manning’s legendary NFL career, first with the Indianapolis Colts and then with the Denver Broncos, Bill Belichick was a foe, the mastermind behind the New England Patriots dynasty that often stood in Manning’s path to a Super Bowl. Now, eight years after Manning’s final game, the two will be colleagues — or, at the very least, share a screen together. According to a report Wednesday from The Athletic, Belichick will have “an anticipated recurring role” with Manning and his younger brother, Eli, on the brothers’ “ManningCast” show that supplements ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” coverage. Though Belichick wouldn’t be a weekly guest on the show, he would appear “pretty regularly.” The report added that a deal with Manning’s company, Omaha Productions, is not yet finalized but is “moving in that direction.”