American track star and professional football and baseball player Jim Thorpe (1888-1953) was the hero of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, only to have his gold medals taken from him for professionalism. James Francis Thorpe (Native American name,...

Few would argue that Jim Thorpe is one of the most accomplished American athletes of the entire twentieth century. His time in the National Football League (NFL) and Football Hall of Fame enshrinement data attests to this fact. Here, it is noted that...

Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk) from Oklahoma: Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28 1888 – March 28 1953[1]) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and...

Ken Wolfe had been producing ABC's "NFL Monday Night Football" for several years when he decided it was time for what he considered "a quality sports awards" program. "I've never understood why there was this vacuum," he said. "It seems like athletes are...

A day in Jim Thorpe can be spent white-water rafting or shopping for antiques or touring a mansion or learning about coal mining or being tugged through the countryside by an old locomotive. But it may take more than a weekend to do it...

Hale Irwin shot an 8-under 64 to Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Champions Tour's AT&T Champions Classic.The 61-year-old Irwin, the 1998 and 2002 tournament champion who won the season-opening MasterCard Championship for his tour-record 45th victory, had an...

Tom Purtzer won the Champions Tour's AT&T Champions Classic for the second time in five seasons, beating Loren Roberts with a 17-foot birdie on the fourth hole of a playoff Sunday.Purtzer closed with a 4-under 68 to match Roberts (69) at 10-under 206 on the...