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October 9, 2014

Why Did Vice Sports Ice Our Story on Federal Investigations of USA Swimming Sexual Abuse and Cover-Up? An Intriguing Inside-the-Media Tale

  by Irvin Muchnick     Two days ago Concussion Inc. published the 6,000-word investigative piece by Tim Joyce and me on the background of Congressional […]
October 9, 2014

Forbes’ ‘Real Clear Sports’ Features Muchnick & Joyce on Federal Investigations of USA Swimming Sexual Abuse

Real Clear Sports, Forbes magazine’s aggregator of top sports news and commentary, has put on its front page our 6,000-word investigative report Tuesday under the headline “Swim Scandals […]
October 8, 2014

Listen to Muchnick’s Interview About Federal Investigations of USA Swimming, On 740 The Game in Orlando

The 12-minute audio clip is at http://muchnick.net/740thegame10-8-14.mp3. We thank Marc Daniels and 740 The Game for the good conversation about the most undercovered scandal in sports.
October 8, 2014

American Swimming Coaches Association Magazine Presents …Tribute to Disgraced USA Swimming Chief Chuck Wielgus

by Irvin Muchnick   The Olympic swimming establishment is under Congressional and FBI investigation. Chuck Wielgus, the executive director of USA Swimming since 1998, had to […]
October 8, 2014

Muchnick to Discuss Michael Phelps, USA Swimming on Orlando’s 740 The Game

Irvin Muchnick will talk about Michael Phelps’ alcohol and gambling problems, as well as federal investigations of USA Swimming sexual abuse scandals, in an interview with […]
October 7, 2014

How the USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Scandals Became a Federal Case

by Irvin Muchnick and Tim Joyce   Sarah Burt was an outstanding student and competitive swimmer who loved teaching younger kids to swim. But on June […]
October 6, 2014

As Michael Phelps Checks Into Rehab, He and Coach Bob Bowman Face Multiple Challenges

Shortly after this item was posted, USA Swimming announced that Michael Phelps has been suspended for six months.   by Irvin Muchnick   In the wake […]
October 5, 2014

Developing: Departure of USOC Athlete Ombudsman Raises Questions of Timing With Federal Investigations

by Tim Joyce and Irvin Muchnick   Concussion Inc. has learned that the recent sudden retirement of United States Olympic Committee athlete ombudsman John Ruger may be […]
October 5, 2014

Offspeed Pitch: My Son Nate’s Contrarian Take on the Hong Kong Protests

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming so that a proud father can direct readers to a rather brilliant off-topic essay by my son Nate, who is […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick