The International Olympic Committee announced Friday it will recognize Jim Thorpe as the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 games in Stockholm. “This is a most exceptional and ...

Native American Jim Thorpe (1887 to 1953) is one of the most versatile athletes in sports history. After winning two gold medals in the 1912 Olympics, starring in collegiate and professional football ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — 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 ...

While Olympic gold medalist and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe may have been the world's greatest athlete in his prime, he never completely conquered baseball. But he enjoyed one of his best years in ...

TULSA, Okla. — An honor that is over a century in the making. 110 years after being revoked of his medals and wins, Jim Thorpe is now the sole and rightful winner of 1912 Decathalon and Pentathlon.