Considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe is getting his gold medals back after he was stripped of them in 1913. The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday ...

Jim Thorpe's epic performance in the 15 events that made up the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Summer Games remains the most solid reflection we have of him. Bettmann / Corbis It’s been 100 ...

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 ...

It's the crowning achievement of a lifetime when an athlete wins an Olympic medal, but sometimes their hard-earned hardware can be stripped away. Over the years, there have been instances when the ...

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, ...

This is the story of Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes of all time. Who is the greatest athlete of all time? There are a variety of choices but one name still makes every list over a century ...

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 ...