Today in Labor History January 18, 1983: The International Olympic Committee restored Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. Jim Thorpe (Wa-Tho-Huk) was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation and an Indigenous American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. He is considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, winning two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon). He also played football and baseball. They stripped him of his Olympic titles when they discovered he played two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, violating the amateurs-only rule of the era.
You know what’s great? A non-toxic sports community. I talk #hockey, #football, and #f1 all the time and 99.9% of the time we are cool and respectful of each other. Love that.
The #NFL playoffs have just reinforced that for me. Not a single, fuck you, your team sucks, kill yourself, etc, to be witnessed.