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November 23, 2013

BULLETIN: With Congress Investigating, USA Swimming Issues Lifetime Ban of 64-Year-Old Rapist Coach Mitch Ivey

by Irvin Muchnick   Concussion Inc. has learned that on Thursday, USA Swimming’s National Board of Review ruled that legendary coach Mitch Ivey, now 64, is […]
November 22, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: USA Swimming Closed File on Heinous Coach Sex Abuse Allegations — Five Days After Victim’s Mother Discussed Case With Consultant Victor Vieth

by Tim Joyce and Irvin Muchnick   A Western Massachusetts mother who lodged formal complaints to USA Swimming that her daughter was violently and serially raped […]
November 21, 2013

National Olympic Chief Blackmun Holds Up Sex Scandal-Plagued U.S. Speedskating — Like USA Swimming — As a ‘Model’ Governing Body. Some Model.

by Irvin Muchnick and Tim Joyce   Congressman George Miller’s investigation of USA Swimming approaches a crossroads as we await release of a report by the […]
November 20, 2013

Sports Parent Bloggers Are Failing America’s Kids in Future-of-Football Debate

by Irvin Muchnick   Jim Litke, national sports columnist for the Associated Press, strikes pure gold in his new column, “Youth Football Could Lose the Numbers […]
November 20, 2013

‘Wrestling Babylon’ Book Bonus: What My Uncle Sam Muchnick and I Were Doing on 11/22/63

For the 50th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination, I am reprinting below Chapter 1 of my 2007 book, WRESTLING BABYLON: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, […]
November 19, 2013

Feminist Majority Foundation’s Open Call to Assist Congressman Miller’s Investigation of USA Swimming

A widely distributed message last week: The Feminist Majority Foundation is sending this email relative to our September 2013 news regarding sexual abuse in USA swimming. […]
November 19, 2013

‘Casualties of the Gridiron’ Video Series Kicks Off

While a few documentaries take up most of the space, many filmmakers from diverse perspectives have devoted the last several years to compiling a record of […]
November 18, 2013

Dear USA Swimming Board and Execs: Give Us a Clue As to What Whistleblower Mike Saltzstein’s ‘Agenda’ Is. Child Safety, Perhaps?

From: Irvin Muchnick To: Bruce Stratton; Mary Jo Swalley Cc: Chuck Wielgus; Mike Unger; Susan Woessner Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 7:51 AM Subject: Media inquiry Per […]
November 18, 2013

Matt Chaney With Another Peek at the Bottom Line: ‘29 Death Cases of American Football Players, 2013’

Collision deaths of American high-school football players have increased markedly during 2013, suggesting this is not the year, once again, for “behavior modification” of modern ramming […]
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