Jim Thorpe's epic performance in the 15 events that made up the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Summer Games remains the most solid reflection we have of him. Bettmann / Corbis It’s been ...

Jim Thorpe 1912 Olympics, revisited. Thorpe was born in the late 1880s on the Sac and Fox reservation near present-day Prague, Oklahoma. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, ...

Jim Thorpe, a Native American athlete, ... 12 Photos of the Very First Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France "We are so grateful his nearly 110-year-old injustice has finally been corrected, ...

This story is adapted from “Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe,” which will be published Aug. 9. For 20 long years after Jim Thorpe signed a contract with Hollywood, the sporting ...

EXCLUSIVE: Thorpe, a drama about the formative years of Native American Olympic track and field Gold Medalist Jim Thorpe, is on a fast track, just in time for Native American Heritage Month.

Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals were finally returned to his descendants 30 years after his death, based on a technicality (the protest was too late). No one, though, can ever be take away this: When King ...

The International Olympic Committee finally reinstated the two gold medals that Jim Thorpe won over a hundred years ago in the 1912 Olympics.

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.

Why Are Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Records Still Not Recognized? In 1912, Jim Thorpe became the greatest American Olympian of all time, but not if you ask the IOC. Sally Jenkins ...

As the 2024 Paris Olympics continue, here's a look back at Jim Thorpe's legendary Olympics and professional sports career. Search query. Search. News. Finance. Sports.