It’s A Date

As the NBA Board of Governors approved the 22-team return to play plan at Disney World, they also worked out the schedule:

• June 30: Training Camp Starts
• July 7: Teams Travel to Orlando
• July 31: Season Resumes
• Oct. 12: Potential NBA Finals Game 7
• Oct. 15: 2020 NBA Draft
• Oct. 18: Free Agency Begins
• Nov. 10: Training Camp Target for 2020-21 Season
• Dec. 12: Opening Night Target for 2020-21 Season

Other Sports Updates:

• Opening Day at New York’s Belmont Park welcomed horse racing back with a record-breaking betting handle of $10,972,254, besting 2010’s $10.7 million. Last year’s nine-race opening day generated a handle of $5.4 million. The track will be the first leg of the Triple Crown for the first time ever when the Belmont Stakes is run on June 20.
• The National Lacrosse League will not complete the 2019-20 season and instead focus on the 2020-21 season, its 35th.
• MLB TV and radio announcers will broadcast road games from local broadcast studios or home ballparks – if there’s a season.
• Texas Gov. Greg Abbot said Texas stadiums can operate at 50% capacity – a week after he said they could operate at 25%.