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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...
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 &...
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 ...
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...
"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...
Senate passes sweeping bill on clean energy and drug prices and why did the GOP pick Milwaukee?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSenate OKs a sweeping bill lowering drug prices and promoting clean energy, setting up a major Biden...
New books at the library
Times-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHere's a list of new books at the Henderson County Public Library: FICTION TITLES Upgrade by Blake Crouch The Lost Girls Of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie...
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...
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...