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January 15, 2024

Guest Column by Debbie Denithorne-Grodensky, Survivor of Abuser Swimming Coach Andy King: Some Things to Add to the Legacy of the Recently Deceased Richard Thornton

by Debra Denithorne-Grodensky Richard Thornton, a member of the 1980 Olympic swimming team (the year the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Summer Games) and a long-time […]

December 28, 2023

2024 Could Be the Year of the Elusive Renewed George Gibney Prosecution. But Here’s What Also Could Derail It.

UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published in 2024 by ECW Press. It will include two […]

December 26, 2023

The Definitive and Authorized Version of the Classic 1988 Penthouse Magazine Article on the Von Erich Wrestling Family

With the release of the movie The Iron Claw (which I discussed here and here, and on the Pollock & Thurston podcast last week here, beginning […]

December 23, 2023

More on the Fabulism of Diana Nyad, Sexual Abuse Survivor and Open Water Swimming Legend

My book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published next year by ECW Press. It includes a […]

December 22, 2023

Jim Martin Retires – Long-Time Pennsylvania District Attorney Who Presided Over the Cover-Up of Wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka’s Murder of Nancy Argentino

by Irvin Muchnick Jim Martin has announced his retirement after 25 years as district attorney of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. In two capacities in the DA’s […]

December 19, 2023

‘The Iron Claw’ Manages to Land With a Twisted, but Heartfelt, Authenticity. The Key Was Not Sugar-Coating the Fritz Von Erich Character.

by Irvin Muchnick Last month I commented sourly on the imminent release of the A24 film The Iron Claw, directed by Sean Durkin. The movie […]

December 15, 2023

Dale Neuburger – Official Whose Business Machinations Are Blamed for Open Water Swimmer Fran Crippen’s 2010 Death – Wins Lifetime Service Award

Irvin Muchnick’s book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published next year by ECW Press. […]

December 9, 2023

SwimSwam: USA Swimming Is Running a Deficit

Irvin Muchnick’s book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published next year by ECW Press. […]

December 8, 2023

Muchnick on Boston Radio For an Hour Tonight to Discuss ‘WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning’

In an encore appearance tonight on Dan Rea’s “NightSide” on Boston’s WBZ NewsRadio 1030, Irvin Muchnick will be talking about his new book WITHOUT HELMETS OR […]