Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Thorpe 1912 Summer Olympics. (Photo/Courtesy) Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox, Potawatomi) is an iconic figure in Olympic history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new documentary celebrating one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe, premieres on The History Channel on Monday, ...

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 ...

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Pro Football Hall of Fame member James Francis "Jim" Thorpe came into this world on this day in history, May 28, 1888. Born in a one-room cabin in the geographical ...

As part of Netflix's growing History Channel collaboration collection, the streaming service will debut on its platform one of the most inspiring, as well as overlooked, stories in sports history. Jim ...

The International Olympic Committee reinstated Jim Thorpe on Thursday as the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon events from the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, according to ESPN.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm -- nearly 110 years after being stripped ...

Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in history, was stripped of his decathlon and pentathlon titles for violating rules against professionalism. By Victor Mather and Tariq Panja See more of our ...