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 ...

HISTORY's latest sports documentary focuses on Jim Thorpe, who was voted the greatest athlete of the first half-century in 1950 ahead of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and others.

In 1907 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best ...

'Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning' examines the multi-sport Native American athlete's unmatched achievements, which he accomplished despite facing a lifetime of adversity.