Before Hayes came along, the most famous multi-sport athlete was Jim Thorpe. He won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics, played pro baseball and basketball, and made the Pro Football ...

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 ...

Youngster Jim Thorpe runs all the way home before his first day at an ... Jim decides to become so famous someone will have to hire him as a coach. He enters the 1912 Olympics and wins both the ...

For the first time in his career, Longhorns defensive back Andrew Mukaba earned the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award National ...

I enjoyed Richard Desorgher’s column on Nelson D. Simons in last week’s Enterprise. Nelson would have been at the Carlisle Industrial School in Pennsylvania the same time as Jim Thorpe, ...

She was coached by 1912 Olympic gold medalist Belle Moore Cameron of England. “She fell in love with the sport,” Sacha said of her mother, who admired swimmer and actress Esther Williams.

And after the Games are over, what then? Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman made history in Paris as they claimed Great Britain’s first Olympic medal in artistic swimming with Duet silver.

In today’s time of deep despair, people are looking for repair. The athletes who came to Paris provide relief from this despair — feel-good stories that stoke optimism of the will. Their ...

Carbon County is one step closer to officially starting its open space program. On Thursday, the county commissioners approved hiring Anna Shigo of Jim Thorpe as the open space coordinator, effective ...

HuffPost UK spoke with Olympic silver medalist Izzy Thorpe and Swim England CEO Andy Salmon to understand the benefits of children learning to swim beyond just exercise and how parents can ...

Shawnee Wolves football will play their first home game at Jim Thorpe Stadium since the devastating April 19, 2023, tornado. This highly anticipated game marks a major milestone in the community’s ...