"I remember the first time I met him – I was 18 years old, and we literally had a two-hour conversation, and he was telling me what it means to be a Boston Celtic..."
Newsmax, denied the claims, saying Smartmatic's issues are with copies of emails already in its possession, adding that the filing was "an attempt to manufacture an issue where none exists."
"I think if I want to put effort into something, then naturally I’ll be more competitive at it because I’ll have invested a little bit of my time, a little bit of my energy into it."
Overall, through 38 games, the Stanley Cup Playoffs on the ESPN Networks are averaging 1.32 million viewers which is up 19% versus the same time a year ago.