 The Celtics defeated the Mavericks in the NBA Finals last month to capture the franchise's 18th championship. Boston basketball partners, led by venture capitalist Y. Grouseback, his father and inventor H. Irving Grouseback, along with venture capitalist Steve Piglucia, purchased the Celtics for $360 million in 2002. And that is a look at what's going on in sports this morning. I'm Steve Ammerman on NewsRadio KOTA. It's now 625.