It was only fitting that Jacob Ferguson and Deven Armbruster got Lehighton off on the right foot Wednesday night against Jim ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities, past crowds of people straining to see him. He had just won gold medals for both the pentathlon and the decathlon at the Olympic ...

Jim Thorpe was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal, winning for the United States in the decathlon and ...

Lehighton’s Cole Dietz and Northern Lehigh’s Tegan Simms each scored over 30 points as their teams picked up victories on ...

I would consider it an honor to shake your hand,” Gustav V said after placing two gold medals around Thorpe’s neck. Related: ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...

Thorpe, winner of the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon and a ... the two small Pennsylvania towns combined into one and was renamed Jim Thorpe.

More than 500 people – including NFL and college football players – attended the 39th Annual Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet.