The war in words

Mary DeCredico has a thing for lost causes. Just look at her record on athletes. "I'm a Cleveland sports fan," quipped the Ohio native. Her affinity for Gen. Robert E. Lee falls into the same category. When she was a young child, his sullen image on a television series caught her eye. She wanted to know why he was so downtrodden, why he was surrendering. "I felt sorry for him," she said. It led ...