HISTORY's latest sports documentary focuses on Jim Thorpe, who was voted the greatest athlete of the first half-century in ...

Lit by Lightning" describes Thorpe's football breakthrough with the Carlisle Indian School against Penn in 1907.

Lit by Lightning' examines the multi-sport Native American athlete's unmatched achievements, which he accomplished despite ...

Executive produced by LeBron James, the new documentary about the legendary Oklahoma athlete debuts July 7 on The History ...

A new project by the History Channel explores the triumphs and injustices of Jim Thorpe’s career. “He’s one of the greatest ...

A new documentary celebrating one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe, premieres on The History Channel on ...

Here Eyre opens up about the importance of this project. The Dark Winds EP/director also gives us early Season 4 teases from ...

Chris Eyre: There was pressure to get it right. My method was to stick to Jim Thorpe’s victories. I read a lot of newspaper articles that said he was a tragic figure.

The actor, executive producer and freshly minted director talks about the value of working on all aspects of production, as well as his hopes that an Emmy win for a Native actor is right around the ...

Award-Winning Director Chris Eyre joined us to share more about the incredible life and legacy of the Native American Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe was the United States’ first Native ...