Longtime Oakland A’s executive Billy Beane, known for pioneering the “moneyball” front office strategy and later portrayed by Brad Pitt in a feature film, looks set to leave baseball behind.

Beane co-chairs RedBall Acquisition Corp. — a special purpose acquisition company — which reportedly has a deal to merge with Red Sox owner John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group. Henry also owns Liverpool FC and part of the Boston Globe. 

RedBall, a joint venture between Beane and RedBird Capital, would purchase less than 25% of Fenway Sports Group under the deal, valuing it at $8 billion. If the merger goes through, Beane will “step aside from working in a baseball front office” and focus on potential investments in Europe, meaning he wouldn’t take part in running the Red Sox.

A month after returning to streaming platform Twitch on an exclusive multi-year deal, gaming phenom Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has signed with talent agency CAA for representation in all areas. In July, he said he is looking to expand into doing “literally anything and everything Hollywood,” including movies and voice acting. 

The 29-year-old, who tops Twitch’s streaming ranks with 16 million followers — nearly 7 million more than the next most-followed user — is known for playing Fortnite. He’s closing in on half a billion total views of his streams. 

Ninja has transcended the gaming industry it like no previous esports player has: he’s appeared on the cover of ESPN the Magazine, launched a signature sneaker with Adidas, published a graphic novel and appeared on “The Masked Singer.”

The National Women’s Hockey League is restructuring to a new governance model similar to that of essentially every major sports league in the United States.

Previously, the league was owned by a group of investors that also owned four of its six teams, while the Boston Pride and Toronto Six had independent ownership groups. Effective immediately, the NWHL — which launched in 2015 — will become an unincorporated association with a board of governors that has a representative from each club.

NWHL commissioner and founder Dani Rylan Kearney is stepping down from her position, but will oversee the process of establishing independent owners for the four teams currently operated by the league. Veteran sports executive Tyler Tumminia is stepping in as interim commissioner.