SAN FRANCISCO – Bob Mathias, a two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon and former U.S. congressman, died Saturday. He was 75. The U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement that Mathias died in his ...

Bob Mathias, a two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon and former U.S. congressman, died Saturday. He was 75. The U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement that Mathias died in his home in Fresno, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bob Mathias, a two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon and former U.S. congressman, died Saturday. He was 75. The U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement that Mathias died in ...

Nov. 3—CUMBERLAND, Md. — Paul Overbeck never got to meet his great uncle, WWII D-Day hero Lt. Robert "Bob" Mathias. But the two share some significantly unique experiences. Mathias was leader of the ...

“All together, they brought three Olympic gold medals to Tulare.” “When you look at their history and put in context, you can’t deny it’s very important. That doesn’t happen everywhere.” “These two ...

Bob Mathias, who became one of the legendary figures in Stanford track and field history after winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the decathlon, has passed away at the age of 75. Mathias, who ...

Bob Mathias, a two-time Olympic decathlon champion and Stanford football standout who became a four-term Republican congressman from the Central Valley, died Saturday in his Fresno home. He was 75.

Ashton Eaton won his second back-to-back Olympic decathlon in Rio last week. Like a hipster boasting that he was into Radiohead “before it was cool,” the people of Tulare know the elation that Eaton ...

Sports are filled with true-life fairy tales, stories that are more amazing than fiction. But even accepting that premise, the rise of Bob Mathias almost defies belief. Bob Mathias competed in the ...

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story was published in the Tulare ...