You can call me Jim -- Running away -- Finest game in the world -- Carlisle's visit -- Back home -- Garden Grove -- Off to Carlisle -- Follow the trolley tracks -- Cadet Thorpe -- Routine -- Outing -- ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A new documentary on the History Channel is putting a spotlight on Native American Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe. ‘Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning’ will explore the life and ...

SEATTLE, WA. — The late Jim Thorpe is regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, and for good reason. He was the first Native American to become an Olympic gold medalist. He also became an ...

(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.

The life of legendary Native American athlete Jim Thorpe is set to be dramatized in a major new TV series from Verily Storyworks — and for the first time, fans can help bring it to life. Titled THORPE ...

The National College Football Awards Association’s 35th annual College Football Awards show took place Friday on ESPN. Nine awards were presented, with Ohio State having four players up for six honors ...

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 for Team USA in the decathlon. He went on to earn another gold medal in ...

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.

The Cumberland County Courthouse clerk rises and calls for Jim Thorpe to take the stand. The 1912 Olympic gold medalist in the pentathlon and decathlon gets up and makes his way to the front of the ...

A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on his early athletic career. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...