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February 28, 2018

Court Directs University of California to Justify Withholding an Index of Documents in Concussion Inc.’s Public Records Act Case Involving Football Player Ted Agu’s Death

by Irvin Muchnick The University of California Board of Regents yesterday told a Superior Court judge that it was unable to file a log of […]

March 1, 2018

American Swimming Coaches Association Board Member Says Executive Director John Leonard Will Be Pressed on Whether ASCA Helped George Gibney’s 1992 U.S. Visa

by Irvin Muchnick A member of the American Swimming Coaches Association board of directors told Concussion Inc. that he will ask long-time executive director John […]

March 1, 2018

Big George Gibney Piece Drops This Weekend From Johnny Watterson of the Irish Times

Sports columnist Johnny Watterson has told his Twitter followers that he has a 3,000-word article on George Gibney upcoming in Saturday’sIrish Times. Watterson also tweeted that […]

March 2, 2018

Ireland’s Broadsheet: ‘You Can’t Call George Gibney a Paedophile’

As we wait for Johnny Watterson’s article on George Gibney in theIrish Times, check out the latest from Broadsheet, the Irish news site, under the headline […]

March 3, 2018

Irish Times: “No justice, no peace for the victims of George Gibney”

This excellent overview of the Gibney story, from the Irish perspective, by sports columnist Johnny Watterson, is viewable athttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/no-justice-no-peace-for-the-victims-of-george-gibney-1.3413396. There are a few clarifications, from the […]

March 3, 2018

Yes, the George Gibney Story Is About Justice at Long Last For His Many Victims. But It’s Also About Accountability For the American Government and Swimming Establishment.

by Irvin Muchnick As noted in the previous post, the long and comprehensive George Gibney article by Johnny Watterson is now up at theIrish Times. I […]

March 6, 2018

Sarah Ehekircher, Long-Time Coach, Tells of Her Youth Grooming and Abuse by Scott MacFarland, Her ‘Revictimization’ by USA Swimming’s 2010 Investigation, and Her Sexual Harassment by American Swimming Coaches Association Boss John Leonard

by Irvin Muchnick A swimmer and coach in Colorado has given Concussion Inc. an extensive and documented account of her alleged grooming and abuse by […]

March 6, 2018

Muchnick in Outside Magazine: ‘It’s Time to Fix Sports’ Sexual-Abuse Culture — for Good’

I’ve been covering sexual-abuse scandals in swimming for the past seven years, and you could have knocked me off a diving board when the sentencing of […]

March 7, 2018

Sarah Ehekircher Describes the American Swimming Coaches Association’s John Leonard As the Boss From Hell — And a Creep and Sex Harasser to Boot

by Irvin Muchnick Yesterday we introduced Sarah Ehekircher’s story of sexual harassment and abuse in swimming: her account of living and having sex with her […]