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Professional golfer Jim Thorpe has been sentenced to a year in
prison for failing to pay more than $2 million in income taxes.
Thorpe's attorney, Mark Horwitz, said Friday that Thorpe must
turn himself in to authorities by April 1. The golfer also was
sentenced to two years of supervised release and 200 hours of
community service. He must try to repay the taxes while he's on
supervised release.
In September, Thorpe pleaded guilty to two counts of failing
to pay income taxes and had faced up to two years in prison.
Horwitz said Thorpe "has accepted his punishment and will be
getting on with his life."
Thorpe has won 13 times on the Champions Tour and three times
on the PGA Tour.
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