Judge denies Nationals’ request to order Orioles-controlled MASN to pay $23 million into escrow

A New York judge has declined to order the Orioles-controlled television network to pay an additional $23 million into an escrow account while the network’s decadelong broadcast rights fees dispute with the Washington Nationals continues. The Nationals, in court papers, had requested that the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network add the money into an account already containing more than $105 million deposited by the network in 2019 pending its appeal of a decision in the case.