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January 10, 2015

Irish Times, Seat of Global Sex Abuse Coverage, Says USA Swimming ‘May Be Largest Abuse Scandal in the History of Sport’

Dublin’s Irish Times is ground zero of the global story of abuse by youth swimming coaches. That is where, 20 years ago, the newspaper’s Johnny Watterson broke the […]
January 9, 2015

2015 Reset: Muchnick-Joyce Interview With Outside Magazine

PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES: “How the USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Scandals Became a Federal Case” “Congressman Asks FBI to ‘Fully Investigate USA Swimming’s Handling of Child […]
January 8, 2015

A Twitter Exchange on the Timeline of USA Swimming Sex Abuse Story

Irvin Muchnick ‏@irvmuch Continuing 2015 Reset series: “Congressman Asks FBI ‘Fully Investigate @USASwimming‘s Handling of Child Sex Abuse'” https://concussioninc.net/?p=9765  Seminole_CPS_watch ‏@Investigate_CPS  Is there a timeline of this issue, […]
January 8, 2015

2015 Reset: Does Outside Magazine’s USA Swimming Sex Abuse Article Mean Real Accountability Is at Hand?

  PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES: “How the USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Scandals Became a Federal Case” “Congressman Asks FBI to ‘Fully Investigate USA Swimming’s Handling of […]
January 7, 2015

2015 Reset: Congressman Asks FBI to ‘Fully Investigate USA Swimming’s Handling of Child Sexual Abuse’

PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES: “How the USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Scandals Became a Federal Case” Next: Our review of Rachel Sturtz’s article in the December issue […]
January 6, 2015

2015 Reset: ‘How the USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Scandals Became a Federal Case’

Concussion Inc. begins the new year — our fourth focused on USA Swimming youth coach sex abuse — with a series of flashbacks to our 2014 […]
January 5, 2015

Grand Jury Extended in Pennsylvania Investigation of Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka Role in Nancy Argentino’s 1983 Death

by Irvin Muchnick   The office of Lehigh County district attorney James B. Martin has confirmed to Concussion Inc. that the grand jury reviewing the investigation […]
December 24, 2014

George Visger’s Holiday Gift From Travelers Insurance: They Stopped Paying His Medical Bills

George Visger is a former pro football player whose legacy of nine brain surgeries and an adulthood of memory deficit are the stuff of science fiction. […]
December 22, 2014

Oregon’s Tualatin Hills Swim Club Needs to Explain the Firing of Coach Linck Bergen – Son of Disgraced Hall of Famer Paul Bergen

by Irvin Muchnick   It’s probably not the happiest of holiday seasons for Linck Bergen, who last week was coldly dismissed by the Nike-sponsored Tualatin Hills […]
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