Chris Eyre remembers his grandfather – a World War I veteran – recounting stories about the incredible exploits of Jim Thorpe. It would be comparable to a Gen-X sports fan today raving about Bo ...

A new documentary celebrating one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe, premieres on The History Channel on Monday, July 7. Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning tells the story of the Sac and ...

OKLAHOMA — Verily Storyworks said they're working to raise funds in order to bring the story of Oklahoma athlete Jim Thorpe to the television screen. According to FOX23's news partner KOCO, Verily ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals ...

(KGET) — Chris Eyre considers it almost criminal that when people are asked who was the greatest athlete of the 20 th Century that Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan are most often mentioned.

Considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe is getting his gold medals back after he was stripped of them in 1913. The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday ...

Though he was born 138 years ago, Jim Thorpe remains on the short list when it comes to the world's great all-around athletes. In addition to multiple Olympic gold medals in Track and Field, the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Join us for a fascinating presentation on the life of famed Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. Thorpe (Sac and Fox, 1888--1953) was the greatest ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest athlete of all time, yet the sports legend has mostly been in the news of late due to his remains, which were controversially buried in a town he never visited.

Jim Thorpe, stripped of his 1912 gold medals because he'd been paid to play minor league baseball, was reinstated Thursday as the sole winner of that year's Olympic decathlon and pentathlon by the ...