Irv's Blog
April 24, 2024
by Irvin Muchnick Bob Bowman, well known as the coach of Michael Phelps, history’s greatest ever Olympic swimmer, has jumped from Arizona State University to […]
April 18, 2024
In the news: “Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department,” https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245491081/lawyers-for-nassar-assault-survivors-have-reached-100m-deal. My book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA […]
April 12, 2024
This article was first published on March 13 at https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/13/opinion-usa-swimming-coach-abuse-youth-sports-congress-reforms/. by Irvin Muchnick Just months before the Paris Summer Olympics, the little-noticed Commission on […]
April 11, 2024
This article was first published on March 18 at https://beyondchron.org/congressional-commission-proposals-to-curb-sports-coach-sexual-abuse-have-bay-area-roots/. by Irvin Muchnick After a whitewash 2014 “independent review” of USA Swimming’s Safe Sport […]
April 9, 2024
This article was first published on March 10 at https://www.salon.com/2024/03/10/americas-amateur-sports-are-plagued-with-scandal-is-reform-finally-coming/. by Irvin Muchnick The Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic […]