It is a snow show Friday, and we are at Wachuset Mountain.

And joining us right now, the governor and I believe going forward, once the sale closes,

also the CEO and partner of the Boston Celtics, Wic Grossbeck.

Wick, good morning.

Thanks for being on with us this morning.

Hey, Hillman. How are you doing? Doing great. I know that this was a little bit bittersweet for you,

but sounds like you have found somebody worthy of putting the trust of the franchise and the fans in.

Well, that's what we think very much.

I've spent a good amount of time with Bill,

and I really feel great about his authentic fan credentials.

I mean, he's doing this for the right reason.

He's doing this because he wants to be part of the Celtics and wants to, you know,

make them, I don't know, better than what when he found them or it's hard to do that.

But trying to add some more, add another chapter to the history of the Celtics.

It's a tough job, but he's really up for it.

Well, we've been going back and forth, as has everybody else on this.

And that's an interesting kind of topic that you bring up is when you're buying, and you

know this because you did it, when you are buying a franchise, do you want a sports franchise

and one like the Celtics, is the expectation that you're,

you know, immediately going to make money? Are you buying it as from a business perspective or is

this something that you're buying because you love the game and you love what you're buying?

Right. Well, we said to everybody that came through looking, I said, you know, the winning

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