Patriots Day

The answer to the question, "Is it Patriot's Day or Patriots' Day?" is a bit hard to explain, because it's both, depending on your state.

When making a movie about any real historical tragedy, especially if it’s recent, there’s an onus on the people behind the project to be true to the material. No one in Hollywood, save for maybe the Afflecks, loves Boston more than Mark Wahlberg, and he’s said before that his prime concern with making Patriots Day, a drama about the Boston Marathon bombings, is “getting it right.” A new trailer before this week’s release of the film hammers that point home even further, with footage from the movie intercut with statements from the real people who were there that day.

Hard to believe this legendary moment in sports history happened 8 years ago. For Boston Red Sox fans, marathon Monday means so much. Amazing athletes racing throughout the city, an early morning Red Sox game and also a chance to reminisce about one of the strangest fan on fan crimes in Fenway Park history...