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Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks on courage and cowardice, bravery and fear

By Rob Fletcher | Published: March 8, 2012
“Are there any two words in all of the English language more closed twinned than courage and cowardice? I do not think there is a man alive who will not yearn to possess the former and dread to be accused of the latter. One is held to be the apogee of man’s character, the other [...]
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The Humble Champion: Bruce Schneider remembers Floyd Patterson (Part 2)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: July 14, 2010
(Continued from Part One) The bell rang and I started throwing let jabs and a few other punches that I’d been practicing. Floyd yelled from the corner, “Relax, Bruce. Relax.” My confidence built and I landed a few good shots. I leaned in and then felt it. Tracy had hit me with a body shot [...]
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The Humble Champion: Bruce Schneider remembers Floyd Patterson (Part 1)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: July 13, 2010
The request was unusual: “If you’ll be the chiropractor for my team, I’ll teach you to box.” I grew up in Brooklyn and as a young boy was on the losing end of many a fight. Floyd Patterson also grew up in Brooklyn. He could have been on the losing end of a fight with [...]
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