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"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...
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...
Tramel's ScissorTales: How former Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren tried to help Big 12
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKevin Warren’s job was Big Ten commissioner. But Warren did his best to fortify the Big 12. Warren,...
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 ...
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...
This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 22)
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA look at the features for this week's broadcast of the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy-winner for Outstanding Recorded News Program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
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 &...
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...
Azzi: Wake up to Woke this Presidents' Day
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that," Roberto Clemente said,...
