Jim Thorpe
BILOXI, MS - MARCH 23: Jim Thorpe hits a drive during the first round of the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic held at Fallen Oak Golf Club on March 23, 2012 in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Today's Birthday: Jim Thorpe
professional football with the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs and other teams and later became supervisor of recreation for the Chicago parks. Jim Thorpe, Pa., is named in his honor. With T. F. Collison, he wrote Jim Thorpe's History of the Olympics (1932). from InfoPlease Read more »
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Poconos hope for a hot (business) summer
LaBarbera of Pocono Whitewater leads a group from New York on a rafting expedition down the Lehigh River after putting-in at Jim Thorpe on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.Keith R. Stevenson/Pocono Record They thought it was karma. While most of the other attractions from Pocono Record Read more »
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Olympic medals from Native Americans go on display
medals from athletes Jim Thorpe, Billy Mills and Duke Kahanamoku go on display Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Stockholm games. Later in July, the medals will travel to London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to be displayed for spectators. In from San Antonio Express Read more »
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Prison and parole solutions will require real political courage
1982, Warlocks motorcycle gang tough guy Robert "Mudman" Simon was convicted of killing a teenage girl in Jim Thorpe for refusing to consent to gang rape by his fellow gang members, and off he went to state prison, where, if there had been any justice, his from The Morning Call Read more »
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Jim Thorpe's legacy: A Native American's Olympic dream
Paul Gittings , for CNN (CNN) - A century after her childhood inspiration Jim Thorpe won two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics, synchronized swimmer Mary Killman will be competing in her first Games in London this year. Like the legendary athlete, Killman from CNN Read more »
