North Carolina coach Bill Belichick is hoping his Tar Heels benefit from lessons learned and more stability from his first college season. The Tar Heels won just four games under the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach. Belichick said Friday during the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason football media days that “every week is a learning experience for me" in trying to improve the program. Belichick noted the Tar Heels were “literally starting from scratch” last year but are "above that now for sure' with holdovers from last year and more new players arriving in time for spring practices.

The Khosla family ownership group, including Vinod Khosla, has entered into a formal agreement to purchase the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. The announcement came Saturday from the estate of Paul Allen. The sale price is $9.612 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal is still subject to approval by the NFL. The agreement remains subject to the approval by the NFL.