August 31, 2013
August 31, 2013
The Register “obtains” the internal swimming document first reported on and published in full here 29 days ago. The bulk of the newspaper’s big-foot journalism is behind a […]
August 31, 2013
August 31, 2013
Two Reactions to USA Swimming Chief Chuck Wielgus’ ‘We Called Congress, They Didn’t Call Us’ Blarney
by Irvin Muchnick From the mother of a swimming sexual abuse victim: “Ask good ol” Chucky if he would invite parents and swimmers, currently involved […]
August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013
by Irvin Muchnick Yesterday a mediator announced a $765 million settlement in a lawsuit against the National Football League by 4,000 retired players. There’s a […]
August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013
by Irvin Muchnick and Tim Joyce As the USA Swimming coach sexual abuse and cover-up scandal goes to Capitol Hill, we introduce a new weekly […]
August 30, 2013
August 30, 2013
Doubling down in defensiveness like the National Rifle Association, the beleaguered CEO of USA Swimming, Chuck Wielgus, blogs today about yesterday’s meeting among swimming and Olympic […]
August 29, 2013
August 29, 2013
by Irvin Muchnick “We had a productive meeting yesterday with USA Swimming and the U.S. Olympic Committee,” a member of Congressman George Miller’s staff on […]
August 28, 2013
August 28, 2013
“Finally, Congress shows interest in USA Swimming sex abuse scandal” http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/319013-finally-congress-shows-interest-in-usa-swimming-sex-abuse-scandal#ixzz2dHjBPavB
August 28, 2013
August 28, 2013
by Irvin Muchnick The rubber hits the road today for USA Swimming’s ramped-up $200,000 public relations campaign to give its beleaguered “safe sport” program mouth-to-mouth […]
August 27, 2013
August 27, 2013
by Irvin Muchnick The story of the national disgrace of widespread coach sexual abuse and cover-up in our Olympic swimming program — first broken by […]