Seahawks hire Ravens DC Macdonald as new head coach
RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks are hiring Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as their new head coach, a person informed of the decision told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Seahawks haven’t announced the hiring.
Macdonald, 36, will become the youngest head coach in the league and half the age of the man he’s replacing — Pete Carroll who was let go after 14 seasons in charge in Seattle.
Macdonald spent the past two years running Baltimore’s defense, including this past season when the Ravens finished with the NFL’s best regular-season record and reached the AFC championship game before losing to Kansas City.
This will be the first head coaching position at any level for Macdonald.
Also, Panthers coach Dave Canales added four offensive coaches to his staff on Tuesday: assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin, running backs coach Bernie Parmalee, wide receivers coach Rob Moore and offensive line coach Joe Gilbert . ... The Patriots have an agreement in place with Rams assistant Jeremy Springer to be their special teams coordinator.
PGA Tour reaches $3B investment deal
The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises.
The launching of PGA Tour Enterprises, with SSG as a minority partner, comes eight months after the PGA Tour signed a framework agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf for a commercial venture, and ultimately led to private equity groups wanting to join.
Also in golf, LIV Golf officially added Adrian Meronk of Poland and Lucas Herbert of Australia to its roster, along with two other players who will compete only as individuals.
Colleges: The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, and in response to the association’s investigation of University of Tennessee.
The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee seeks to undercut NCAA rules against recruiting inducements and claims the association is “enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar.”
MLB: Carlyle Group Inc. cofounder David Rubenstein has reached an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles from the Angelos family for $1.725 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
Also, the Padres and former Yankees reliever Wandy Peralta agreed to four-year, $16.5 million deal Wednesday.
Olympics: French Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that some 300,000 spectators will be able to attend the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, about half the size of what was planned.