Jim Thorpe's epic performance in the 15 events ... Mallon points out that Thorpe was number one in four Olympic events in 1912 and placed in the top ten in two more—a feat no modern athlete ...

If there were ever a historical exception to that, though, it was Jim Thorpe ... an event taking place 112 years after Thorpe secured his own Olympic immortality — here’s a closer look ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities, past crowds of people straining to see him. He had just won gold medals for both the pentathlon and the decathlon at the Olympic ...

Ever since that honest Indian, Jim Thorpe, Olympic track-and-field star and all-round athlete, discovered that he had sold out his amateur standing for the pottage ($25 a week) of two summers of ...

Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation Indian tribe in Oklahoma. He was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal ... Anita and Burke presented the Jim Thorpe Scholar Athlete ...

The International Olympic Committee has announced the event program for the LA Games in 2028 and there is good news for ...