NHL’S HURRICANES BEING SOLD

A group of investors led by former Texas Rangers CEO

Chuck Greenberg has finalized a purchase agree- ment to buy the Carolina Hurricanes for about $500 million, a person with knowledge of the transaction told USA TODAY Sports on Thursday. An agreement with longtime Hurricanes owner Peter

Karmanos Jr. to sell the team was completed this week, according to a person who is not authorized to speak publicly. Any sale would need to be approved by the NHL’s board of governors. Messages left with the NHL were not immediately returned.