Irv investigates scandals in sports -- chiefly, sexual abuse in Olympic sports youth programs and the public health hazards of football. Follow his blog for real-time reporting and commentary on these issues. Documents disclosed under Irv’s 2017 Freedom of Information Act settlement with the Department of Homeland Security exposed the quarter-century-long harboring in this country of former Irish Olympic swimming coach

George Gibney -- now the target of a federal government grand jury investigation (as is USA Swimming, the national sport governing body under the U.S. Olympic Committee). Details are in the ebook

THE GEORGE GIBNEY CHRONICLES: What the Hunt For the Most Notorious At-Large Sex Criminal in the History of Global Sports Has Told Us About the Sports Establishments and Governments on Two Continents.

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January 18, 2021
January 18, 2021

New York Times on George Gibney

by Irvin Muchnick Jumping off from last year’s George Gibney podcast by Ireland’s Second Captains in association with the BBC, the New York Times has weighed […]
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January 8, 2021
January 8, 2021

University of California Agrees to Pay $125,000 in Attorney Fees to Settle Our Public Records Case in Ted Agu Football Death Cover-Up

Judge Jeffrey S. Brand has signed off on the final judgment of Muchnick v. University of California Board of Regents, following the conclusion of settlement negotiations […]
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December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020

Cyberhack Disaster at U.S. Center for Safe Sport Further Exposes the Group’s Overall Unprofessionalism and Diversionary Agenda

by Irvin Muchnick Two months ago, Katie Strang of The Athletic broke the story of a serious data breach at the U.S. Center for Safe Sport, […]
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December 6, 2020
December 6, 2020

‘Muchnick v. UC’ Public Records Act Case Inches Closer to Finish

The register of actions at the website of the Alameda County Superior Court, where the California Public Records Act lawsuit Muchnick v. University of California Board […]
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December 1, 2020
December 1, 2020

Where Now on George Gibney? My Interview With John Ryan of Broadsheet in Ireland

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November 25, 2020
November 25, 2020

‘Keep Making Waves’ … at Ireland’s Broadsheet

“My last word on the whole disappointing enterprise is the same as my first: I am spectacularly unimpressed by all the bells and whistles. The world […]
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