Aaron Hernandez: Eyes Dead, Heart Dead, Soul Dead

Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez leaves the courtroom after being convicted and sentenced in his murder trial at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass., on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (DOMINICK REUTER / Associated Press)As Ursula Ward approached the court to speak words never to be forgotten, Aaron Hernandez sat there Wednesday, lips pursed, eyes dead, heart dead, soul dead. At that moment, I found myself yelling at the television screen, "Stand up for that poor woman, Hernandez, you sorry excuse for a human being!"

Once destined for Canton, the Hall of Fame and football immortality, Hernandez is headed to Walpole now to face his mortality behind…