The New England Patriots adopted their name from the real Patriots who over two centuries ago stood their ground to fight to create a new nation.
Many of those real Patriots are buried in and around the Boston area. Some close to the very spot where they were slain, in places like Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill.
It's a sign of our society that Rick Pitino is apparently out as Louisville's basketball coach because some of his players apparently took tens of thousands of dollars from a shoe company funneled through assistant coaches.
It's not that money has somehow corrupted college sports. That happened decades ago, because college sports generate a lot of money and the "student-athletes" aren't supposed to get any of it. There's a natural temptation for coaches and boosters to figure out a way to cut in certain players to entice them to go to their school.
