The NCAA settled the lawsuit with the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia and other states over its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation for recruits.

Notice that a settlement has been reached in principle with a term sheet signed was filed Friday with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, in Greeneville. The settlement will be finalized along with a request for a permanent injunction by March 17, according to the filing.

“The NCAA has reached a settlement that resolves the issues Tennessee and the other involved states raised without posing an obstacle to completing the House, Carter and Hubbard settlements,” the NCAA said in a statement. “We anticipate full terms will be released later in the spring.”

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said they blocked the NCAA’s “unlawful enforcement” against Tennessee students and schools.

This settles the antitrust suit filed a year ago by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia challenging the NCAA’s ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes. That lawsuit was a response to the NCAA’s investigation of University of Tennessee athletics for potential recruiting infractions.

U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker issued a preliminary injunction last February that undercut what had been a fundamental principle of the NCAA’s model of amateurism for decades: Third parties cannot pay recruits to attend a particular school. Corker’s injunction barred the organization from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation for recruits by granting a preliminary injunction demanded by the states of Tennessee and Virginia.

NFL

The New York Jets hired Detroit Lions passing game coordinator Tanner Engstrand as their offensive coordinator and Denver Broncos assistant special teams coach Chris Banjo as their special teams coordinator.

Former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks agreed to terms Wednesday to take that same job with the Jets.

The hirings give new Jets coach Aaron Glenn his three coordinators as he begins assembling his staff.

Glenn, who was introduced as coach on Monday, worked with Engstrand in Detroit the past four years. Engstrand, 42, joined the Lions in 2020 as an offensive assistant and was retained the next season after Dan Campbell took over as coach.

Engstrand was promoted to tight ends coach and passing game coordinator, and helped offensive coordinator Ben Johnson lead one of the NFL’s top passing offenses. The Lions topped the league with 564 points this season.

Tampa Bay promoted pass game coordinator Josh Grizzard to offensive coordinator, replacing Liam Coen.

WNBA

The Indiana Fever expect to sign forward Natasha Howard when free agency opens, adding a two-time All-Star to a lineup already featuring three All-Stars including point guard Caitlin Clark, multiple sources reported. Contracts can’t be signed until today.

Howard, 33, missed the first part of last season with a broken foot but averaged 17.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.3 steals in 27 games with the Dallas Wings.

Satou Sabally is heading to the Phoenix Mercury as part of a three-team trade, multiple sources reported.

In exchange for Sabally, the Dallas Wings received Ty Harris and Kiki Herbert Harrigan from the Mercury as well as NaLyssa Smith and the No. 8 overall draft pick from the Indiana Fever.

The Fever will acquire Sophie Cunningham and Phoenix’s second-round pick.

The Mercury also will get Kalani Brown and Sevgi Uzun from the Wings.

Detroit wants to bring the WNBA back to the Motor City, backed by an investor group led by the owner of the NBA’s Pistons and NFL’s Lions.

Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted the bid Thursday and it was announced Friday. The group includes Sheila Ford Hamp and her husband, the principal owners of the Detroit Lions; the chief executive officer and chair of General Motors Company; Hall of Famer and former NBA rookie of the Year Grant Hill; Lions quarterback Jared Goff and his wife; and others.

“For the WNBA this is home, and our bid represents an unprecedented opportunity for the league to come full circle and effect a long-hoped-for Detroit homecoming,” Gores said in a statement. “No city is more prepared to embrace the team as a community asset that drives unity and common ground.”

The Detroit Shock were one of the WNBA’s first expansion teams, winning three titles between 1998 and 2009. The Shock ranked in the top five for attendance for five straight seasons and led the league in that category for three consecutive seasons. Detroit set a single-game attendance record of 22,076 fans at Game 3 of the 2003 WNBA Finals.

The new team would play at Little Caesars Arena.

The bid also is supported by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. The bid includes a plan to build a dedicated practice facility and headquarters open 24 hours a day for the WNBA team. That facility would include courts, locker room, workout facilities and office and lounge space.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Braden Smith had a season high 24 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn made the go-ahead basket with 11 seconds left and No. 10 Purdue beat Indiana 81-76 in West Lafayette, Ind. Kaufman-Renn finished with 23 points as Purdue (17-5, 9-2 Big Ten) erased a seven-point, first-half deficit to beat their biggest rival. Mackenzie Mgbako led Indiana (14-8, 5-6) with 25 points.