NHL’s Coyotes Says Bankrupt Diamond Sports Owes It $18 Million

The National Hockey League’s Arizona Coyotes said bankrupt sports broadcaster Diamond Sports Group owes the team nearly $18 million following the termination of its telecast deal.

Diamond has said it needed to end the deal because its regional sports channel, Bally Sports Arizona, was losing money and telecast agreements with the state’s major professional teams were only getting more expensive. The team said in a bankruptcy court filing on Thursday that it was owed money.

Terminating the Coyotes deal effectively ended Diamond’s broadcasting of Arizona’s major professional sports teams. Diamond ended its broadcast deal with Major League Baseball’s Arizona ...