Super Bowl champions Seahawks to be sold in record $9.6bn deal

BBC Sport Wednesday 26 August 2026, 23:05 UTC 1 min read

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NFL owners approve the $9.612bn record sale of the reigning Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks to a group led by billionaire Vinod Khosla.

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