Bieniemy officially is Commanders’ OC

Eric Bieniemy has agreed to be the Washington Commanders’ offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, the team announced Saturday.

Bieniemy, a two-time Super Bowl-winning assistant with the Chiefs, now gets the chance to show what he can do without Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes.

Bieniemy, who turns 54 in August, emerged from a pool of more than a half-dozen candidates as Commanders’ choice for the job following the Chiefs’ second championship in his five seasons as their offensive coordinator. The longtime NFL assistant has interviewed for numerous head coaching jobs, but Reid calling plays for an offense featuring a two-time MVP in Mahomes clouded Bieniemy’s stock.

The decisions by teams not to hire Bieniemy, who is Black, as a head coach have been an ongoing talking point for critics of the NFL’s minority hiring practices.

College basketball: Cason Wallace and Oscar Tshiebwe each scored 16 points and Kentucky beat No. 10 Tennessee 66-54 on Saturday.

Golf: DP World Tour star Thomas Pieters, ranked No. 34 in the Official World Golf Ranking, and past PGA Tour winners Danny Lee and Brendan Steele have signed up to join the LIV Golf League, sources told ESPN on Saturday.

NBA: Kevin Love and the Cavs completed a buyout of his contract Saturday, freeing the forward to sign with another team. Love is strongly considering a move to the Heat.

WNBA: Brittney Griner is headed back to the Mercury. The 32-year-old Griner had said she would return to the team in a social media post in December, after she returned home from her 10-month ordeal in Russia that included time in a Russian jail and ended with a dramatic prisoner swap. The website “Her Hoops Stats” was the first to report Griner’s signing.