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He dominated football, crushed the Olympics, and even played pro baseball—Jim Thorpe defied every limit placed on him. This is the story of the Native American legend who became the greatest ...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - The family of renowned Native American athlete and Olympic medalist Jim Thorpe visited the United States Sports University in Daphne Tuesday. Jim Thorpe is remembered by his ...

Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 ...

Jim Thorpe's epic performance in the 15 events ... author of a new biography of Thorpe, Native American Son. “He’s like the phantom contender.” Phantomness has left him open to stigma ...

Amanda Norcross Founded in 1818, Jim Thorpe was first known as Mauch Chunk (which translates to "Bear Place" in the Munsee-Lenape Native American language). In 1954, it took on its current title ...

True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. After his medals are stripped on a technicality and his ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities, past crowds of people straining ... to drive Indians off their land and erase traditional customs from Native young people. The ...