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Worcester TelegramSix months later, on January 22, 1913, a newspaper scoop in The Worcester Telegram in Massachusetts revealed that Thorpe had performed minor league skilled baseball in 1909 and 1910. Back then, skilled” was a unclean word because it meant money had changed arms. Solely simon-pure” amateurs had been allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. Thorpe had signed the official Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) Entry Type, testifying that he had by no means played any sport for cash and subsequently qualified as an beginner.

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Johna Horowitz by — March 28, 2016 in Worcester Telegram

Worcester TelegramFollowing overview by the Supreme Judicial Court, 436 Mass. 378 (2002), motions for abstract judgment were heard by James P. Donohue, J.

In addition to John Allen, who’s been masking the Church for the Globe since being lured away from the National Catholic Reporter earlier this yr, the staff will comprise Ines San Martin, an Argentinian journalist who will report from the Vatican; Michael ‘Loughlin, a Yale Divinity School graduate who will be the web site’s nationwide reporter; and Web producer Christina Reinwald.

At a time when so many organized sports had been in their infancy, the ensuing response and repercussions, worldwide, would trigger the Thorpe revelation to be dubbed the mom of all sports scandals. The trendy Olympic movement was brand new; its first Olympiad had been in 1896. The id and credibility of the struggling IOC as an newbie group were seen to be at stake.

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Johna Horowitz by — June 24, 2015 in Worcester Telegram