Jim Thorpe went on to become the first Native American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and is considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time.

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities ... where King Gustaf V had declared him the greatest athlete in the world. In his ample and annotated biography, David Maraniss ...

“We are so grateful his nearly 110-year-old injustice has finally been corrected, and there is no confusion about the most remarkable athlete in history,” Darling told ESPN. “Jim Thorpe is a ...

The league has a different look this spring with Jim Thorpe and Lehighton coming aboard and Moravian Academy coming back after not having a team in 2024 due to a shortage of players. For years ...

When an American Indian named Jim Thorpe won the gold medal ... are the greatest athlete in the world." ("Thanks, King," Thorpe is rumored to have responded.) Exactly 100 years later, at the ...

In the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania sits a town that looks like it belongs in the Alps. Jim Thorpe, formerly called Mauch ...

DeFrantz wrote an op-ed piece that was published Wednesday in the Washington Post under the headline: "’World’s greatest athlete’ Jim Thorpe was wronged by bigotry. The IOC must correct the ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...