USA Today feature reviews rags-to-riches history of Patriots
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USA Today is beginning a 10-part series in which each of the original American Football League teams will be examined, and the first installment is all about your New England Patriots. Sean Leahy's story opens with the tale of Patriots founder Billy Sullivan convincing his wife, Mary, to put off her dream of buying a new summer home on the Cape so that he could invest $25,000 in a new football team. It then surveys the nomadic early years of the franchise's history, as the team bounced from stadium to stadium and struggled to compete against richer rivals in the AFL. Leahy has Gino Cappelletti, Babe Parilli and Sullivan's son, former Pats general manager Patrick, talking about those formative days. It is a story that has a happy ending, of course, as New England became the most feared team in the NFL, and Mary Sullivan eventually got her summer house on the Cape. 
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