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Point/Counterpoint: Arnold Palmer Flies; John Daly Complains

FanHouse Golf Writer Mick Elliott runs through a point/counterpoint on the last week of happenings in golf: Fact: A man who allegedly took a woman hostage during a Friday bank robbery in suburban Washington, D.C., was shot and killed by authorities. Observation: Good. Fact: Playing in the opening round of last week's...

Last Days of the 'World's Greatest Athlete'

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(Aug. 6) -- Jack Thorpe, one of three remaining sons of Jim Thorpe, thought by many to be the world's greatest athlete, is suing Jim Thorpe. Don't be confused. He's not suing his famous father, who passed away in 1953. Rather, he's suing the town of Jim Thorpe, Pa., to have his father's remains transferred to a family...

No-Hit Bids Highlight Good Wrigley Night

CHICAGO -- The City of Chicago has no sense of proportion. You fly into O'Hare and you see that all the big buildings are clustered in a relatively small area near Lake Michigan. The city's sports scene takes a somewhat similar approach. First the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup on Wednesday. When the Hawks come to...

Notebook: Wedge Controversy Another Black Eye for Sport

A week of notes, quotes and gossip from the world of golf ...PGA Tour brass did not do themselves proud with their handling of the Ping Eye2 controversy, created by Phil Mickelson and a handful of others using a legal loophole to play the non-conforming pre-1990 wedges.Although acknowledging he was long ago aware of the...

A Tug of War Over Jim Thorpe's Remains

PRAGUE, Okla. and JIM THORPE, Pa. -- There is nothing too fancy where Jack Thorpe stands. It's in a rural Oklahoma graveyard surrounded by a chain-link fence and across the street from Garden Grove Church. This is where Jack Thorpe wants his father, Jim Thorpe, perhaps the greatest athlete who ever lived, to be moved for...

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06/02/12 Century-old Jim Thorpe diary is discovered Source: Times News - Lehighton PA A year after being proclaimed The World's Greatest Athlete by King Gustav of Sweden for his record-setting performance in the 1912 Olympic Games, Jim Thorpe married Iva Miller, and for a honeymoon they barnstormed the U.S., visiting 27 cities, and also embarking on a 13-country baseball promotional world tour.
06/02/12 Thorpe powerlifting squad finishes the season unbeaten Source: Times News - Lehighton PA The Jim Thorpe High School Powerlifting Team finished another successful season.
06/01/12 Jim Thorpe couple wed 60 years Source: Times News - Lehighton PA Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Schweibinz of Jim Thorpe celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary yesterday.
06/01/12 Best of the best? Source: Times News - Lehighton PA Jim Thorpe is one step closer to being named one of the best small towns in the United States by USA Today and Rand McNally.
05/31/12 Mauch Chunk memorabilia Source: Times News - Lehighton PA The late Bill Huber was not one of the residents who voted for the towns of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk to merge and change their names to Jim Thorpe at an election held May 18, 1954.

Background on jim thorpe

James Francis "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated to "Bright Path") (May 28, 1888 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete of mixed ancestry (Caucasian and Native American).

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