An Olympic trailblazer died in poverty after being cruelly stripped of his medals over a technicality. Jim Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States at the ...

What if your Olympic poster was so controversial that countries labeled it “immoral” and some forbade it altogether in public places. That is exactly what happened to Stockholm, Sweden in 1912, host ...

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 ...

Reverse Image: Seal of New York over a laurel branch along the left side. Reverse Text: PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COMMEMORATING THE "HOMECOMING" OF THE VICTORIOUS AMERICAN ...

Jim Thorpe, stripped of his 1912 gold medals because he'd been paid to play minor league baseball, was reinstated Thursday as the sole winner of that year's Olympic decathlon and pentathlon by the ...