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NBA, NHL, MLB Return In July Or August Is Likely, Sinclair Broadcast CEO Says

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By Dade Hayes Finance Editor Top-tier sports, including the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, are likely to return to action in July or August, according to Chris Ripley, CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group. “I think it’s a return this summer,” Ripley said during an online appearance in MoffettNathanson’s annual Media & Communications Summit.

Based on his own conversations with league officials, as well as the increasing sense that restarting without fans in attendance is the leagues’ priority, “July has some potential for some of these leagues to start, or maybe August.” The apparent agreement by teams and players to forego gate receipts “is not an easy economic decision,” Ripley told moderator Michael Nathanson. “There are some tradoffs

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