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Olympic hero Jim Thorpe's barnstorming life included one happy year playing baseball in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhile Olympic gold medalist and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe may have been the world's greatest...
Review: A legendary Native athlete is restored to glory by the Olympics and a rich new biography
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJim Thorpe was both a man and a myth, one that endures a century after his story unfolded. The Native American athlete’s life had the arc of tragedy — a chaotic upbringing; glory in collegiate ...
LeBron James has a point: Why aren’t we asking more about Jerry Jones?
Touchdown Wire via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoOn November 23, David Maraniss and Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post published a story about...
Tramel's ScissorTales: Why OU-Texas is a bigger get for SEC than USC-UCLA for the Big Ten
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoutheastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey made an off-hand, but on-point, comment the other...
BookLovers: Five more books to add to your beach bag
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOur summer reading series continues, BookLovers. Whether you’re headed to Horseneck, Round Hill, or your own backyard, I have — you guessed it — Five...
The 5 best nonfiction books of 2022, according to Mary Ann Gwinn
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Illustrations by Mel Cerri / For The Times. Book jackets from Little Brown, Liveright, Simon &...
The high five isn’t as old as you think: Do you know who invented it?
WJZY via Yahoo Sports· 2 months ago(NEXSTAR) – It’s very likely that humans had figured out how to slap their raised palms together...
"Mobituaries": The final resting place of sports superstar Jim Thorpe
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA Pennsylvania community changed its name to Jim Thorpe, after the Olympic champion and Native...
Roberto Clemente’s Family Sued Over Allegedly Double-Selling Ballplayer’s Life Story Rights
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTwo producers who attempted to make a biopic about Roberto Clemente are now suing the baseball...
Glenn Burke, MLB's 1st openly gay player, spoke to TODAY's Bryant Gumbel in 1982
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe former Dodger outfielder sat down with TODAY's Bryant Gumbel to discuss his decision to come out...