Bob Mathias, 75, who as a two-time champion in the Olympic decathlon was one of the greatest all-around American athletes and who also served eight years in Congress, died of cancer Sept. 2 at his ...

Bob Mathias, 75, who won the decathlon in the Olympic Games as a teenager and then went on to win it a second time and to represent a California district in Congress, died Sept. 2 at his home in ...

Until young Bob Mathias (rhymes with defy us) came along, the folks in Tulare, Calif, (pop. 12,000) never had much to shout about.* When Bob became Olympic decathlon champ at 17, they let off a roar ...

Out to break his own world decathlon record in the Olympics last week, Bob Mathias, the U.S.’s one-man track team, felt “pretty licked” after the first chilly, overcast day. He took second in the ...

Bob Mathias, Tulare, Calif., high school boy, makes mighty discus toss in Wembley England Stadium August 6, 1948 to take lead in the Decathlon in the London Summer Olympics. Mathias, 17, hurled the ...

Former Central Valley Christian High School standout Jaeden Moore is the Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register’s Bob Mathias Award Winner as Tulare County's most outstanding football player for ...

There's a customized program out there that can help you lose weight and Dr. Bryan Deloney is here to explain. Plus Bob Mathias tells us how he lost 115 pounds and kept it off. Close Ad To stream 5 On ...