Several athletes have been stripped of their Olympic medals over the years. From Jim Thorpe to Jordan Chiles, here's a look back at the American participants whose medals were rescinded.
In June 1912, the Bhoys took part in a Scandinavian tour, playing a series of friendlies in Denmark and Norway. On 29 May, Celtic’s squad took the train from Glasgow to Hull, where they travelled on ...
Considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe is getting his gold medals back after he was stripped of them in 1913. The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday ...
What if your Olympic poster was so controversial that countries labeled it “immoral” and some forbade it altogether in public places. That is exactly what happened to Stockholm, Sweden in 1912, host ...
The American men begins their quest for Olympic gold on Thursday against Latvia. After a two-and-a-half-year wait, Madison ...
Jim Thorpe, stripped of his 1912 gold medals because he'd been paid to play minor league baseball, was reinstated Thursday as the sole winner of that year's Olympic decathlon and pentathlon by the ...