Today’s Sports Highlight in History: In 1958, Floyd Patterson knocks out Roy Harris in the 13th round at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to retain his world heavyweight title. On this date: 1923 — Helen ...

I first wrote this piece on boxer Floyd Patterson in September of 2019 and feel his story epitomizes what sports can do for an individual and in that sense for society and bears repeating: Floyd ...

Somewhere within the dreadful fog that comes with Alzheimer’s, I hope that Floyd Patterson considered that he had finally beaten his toughest opponent. Not Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali or Ingemar ...

Everyone was always feeling sorry for Floyd Patterson, who died yesterday at 71, and if you had to pick someone to feel sorry for, Floyd had all the qualifications. He was the first heavyweight ...

Floyd Patterson was born in North Carolina in 1935. In the midst of the Great Depression, his father moved the family to New York City. Floyd’s father worked hard, but the family was poor. Floyd was a ...