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August 8, 2012

‘Rick Curl Sex Abuse Case Raises New Concerns’ — Read It Now at MomsTEAM.com

For those wondering if the problem of sex abuse in our national youth competitive swimming program is truly worse than Penn State — and if so, […]
August 8, 2012

Sex Abuse Revolving Door: Rick Curl Case Shows College Programs Share Responsibility for USA Swimming Cover-Ups

MomsTEAM.com has just published my follow-up article on the USA Swimming youth coach sex abuse scandal. Some additional thoughts on where this story is headed: In […]
August 8, 2012

Abuse of Girl Swimmers by Their Coaches Is Not Job-Site Sexual Harassment, Requiring ‘Sensitivity Training.’ It Is Rape, Requiring Criminal Prosecution.

Readers will recall that I got involved with the USA Swimming coach sex abuse scandal through an incident on my own daughter’s team – the statutory […]
August 9, 2012

Enablers From the Top: The People Accountable for the USA Swimming Sex Abuse Scandal

I’ve been hard on USA Swimming’s executive director, Chuck Wielgus, for covering up the decades-long and ongoing scandal of widespread child sex abuse in our national […]
August 10, 2012

Sex Abuse Accountability Project: Here’s Your USA Swimming Board of Directors

In the previous post I introduced the idea that it is time to start holding particular national swimming officials accountable for the unacceptably widespread, and casually […]
August 10, 2012

Does American Swimming Coaches Association Publish List of Coaches Banned for Sex Abuse? Exec Dir: ‘No.’ Why Not?

Below is the email exchange I just had with John Leonard, executive director of the American Swimming Coaches Association. As further reporting will make clear, Leonard’s […]
August 10, 2012

Witness to History: Oh, Go Ahead and Watch the Fall of the House of Football

Many males of our culture seem compelled to circulate and repeat their personal Football Moment of Truth anecdotes. Minus the contractions, it’s sort of our counterpart […]
August 11, 2012

Paging Legendary Coach Richard Shoulberg on Why American Swimming Coaches Association Doesn’t Have Its Own Sex Abuse Banned List

Below is the email I sent yesterday to Richard Shoulberg, board president of the American Swimming Coaches Association and long-time head coach at the Germantown Academy […]
August 11, 2012

American Swimming Coaches Association Executive Director Whines About ConcussionInc.’s Coverage

John Leonard, long-time executive director of the American Swimming Coaches Association, is complaining that I sandbagged him yesterday in our exchange on why ASCA doesn’t publish […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick