Last week, Sinclair's bankrupt Diamond Sports Group subsidiary continued to make good on its pledge to pay its remaining TV rights contracts for the remainder for the 2023 Major League Baseball season, rendering a penultimate check to the Cleveland Guardians.
But as Diamond looks to close the books on an a disruptive spring and summer related to its 14 MLB team contracts -- now whittled to just 12, after deals with the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks were torn up amid Chapter 11 restructuring -- new challenges await in the fall.
