Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Some players have "overcome cancer or other health scares, and the risk to play the game they love is too great for them."

With a total of 11 postponements so far, it "appears increasingly [probable] some teams could play fewer than 60 games."

Turner Sports CRO John Diament said nearly 100% of the advertisers who made commitments prior to the pandemic "kept their money in place."

NBPA Exec Dir Michele Roberts yesterday said, "If tomorrow looks like today, I don't know how we say we can do it differently."

NCAA President Mark Emmert said, "We need to clearly see the indicators of viral spread be moving in a much better direction than they are right now."

Sources said that other NBA owners are "pursuing legal action against insurance companies that have denied coronavirus pandemic claims."

Tokyo 2021 CEO Toshiro Muto said organizers “will do everything we can to make it to the opening ceremony” on July 23.