7/27/2009

Jim Thorpe, Greatest Athlete

Jim Thorpe: still the greatest athlete. The Harvard Courant features Thorpe in comparison to Babe Ruth in a nostalgic look back at both careers. And Thorpe still comes in first.

7/13/2009

Famous Baseball player to be honored with statue.


At last, Charles Albert Bender will take the mound in the pantheon of our baseball heroes.


A monument has been commissioned to honor the former Carlisle Indian School student to be erected in the new baseball field being developed for the Minnesota Twins. Full Story here.