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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· 1 year agoOn November 23, David Maraniss and Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post published a story about...
Roberto Clemente’s Family Sued Over Allegedly Double-Selling Ballplayer’s Life Story Rights
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTwo producers who attempted to make a biopic about Roberto Clemente are now suing the baseball...
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 &...
"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...
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...
Rachel Howzell Hall, George Saunders, James Hannaham among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Los Angeles Times Book Prizes recognize works in 12 categories, with winners to be announced at...
Sports Legend Jim Thorpe Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals: 'Long Past Time'
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJim Thorpe, a Native American athlete, was stripped of his medals a year after the 1912 Olympics...
