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August 2, 2019

First Anniversary of Braeden Bradforth Death Marked By Powerful Hometown Event and Powerful Kansas Public Radio Coverage

by Irvin Muchnick As noted here, yesterday was the first anniversary of Braeden Bradforth’s death, from exertional heat stroke, on the first day of practice at […]

August 13, 2019

My Diana Nyad Problem — And Ours

by Irvin Muchnick A year ago this month, in utmost quiet, the New York Times published a correction of a key passage in Diana Nyad’s 2017 […]

August 15, 2019

Court in Public Records Act Case Sets Hearing on Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege Claim in University of California Documents on Ted Agu Football Death

by Irvin Muchnick In what may be the final “merits” dispute of my California Public Records Act lawsuit for internal University of California documents in the […]

August 26, 2019

Former UC Berkeley Athletics Chief Operating Officer Subpoenaed For Deposition About His Emails in Muchnick’s California Public Records Act Case For Documents on Ted Agu Football Death Cover-Up

by Irvin Muchnick This reporter has had Solly Fulp, the former deputy director and chief operating officer of Cal Athletics, subpoenaed in my California Public Records […]

August 27, 2019

Solly Fulp, Former Cal Athletics Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Is One of Several Figures at the Center of the UC Berkeley Cover-Up of the 2014 Ted Agu Football Death

by Irvin Muchnick Yesterday Concussion Inc. reported that Solly Fulp has been subpoenaed in my California Public Records Act case against the University of California Regents […]

August 30, 2019

Boston Globe Sports Columnist Dan Shaughnessy Thinks Basketball Legend Bob Cousy’s Presidential Medal of Freedom Speech Was Great — But Omits, Then Distorts, the Most Important Line From It

by Irvin Muchnick In an embarrassing display of the art of the sycophantic fanboy sports column, the Boston Globe‘s Dan Shaughnessy last week lauded as “Oval […]

September 8, 2019

Meth Possession Arrest of Son of Rapist Hall of Fame Coach Paul Bergen Just the Start of New Round of Scandals in Florida Swimming

by Irvin Muchnick At https://swimswam.com/tampa-bay-florida-swim-coach-linck-bergen-arrested-on-meth-possession-charges/, the swimming news site SwimSwam reports the arrest in Florida on drug possession charges of coach Linck Bergen: “The 55-year old […]

September 13, 2019

Update on the Chaos — Or Worse — in Tampa Bay Area Swimming

by Irvin Muchnick The University of Tampa has not responded to Concussion Inc.’s query regarding complaints about one of its swimming coaches, Ryan Gober. We mentioned […]

September 16, 2019

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Chief Travis Tygart, Who Helped Bury USA Swimming Sex Abuse Cases, Wins USA Swimming’s ‘Athletes’ Appreciation Award’

Over the weekend at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in St. Louis, Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, was given USA Swimming’s “Athletes’ […]