Seahawks launch formal sale process of franchise

The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are for sale.

The estate of late owner Paul Allen announced Wednesday that it had "commenced a formal sale process" for the franchise.

Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, died in 2018 at age 65 due to complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

He bought the Seahawks in 1997, saving the team from potentially being moved to Southern California.

According to Forbes, Allen paid $194 million. The publication's most recent valuation was $6.7 billion...