February

February 20, 2013

Life-and-Death Questions Loom Over Michael Phelps Swim Club’s Tardy, Incomplete, Inaccurate Maryland Health Department Incident Report in Louis Lowenthal Drowning

As we’ve been reporting, Maryland law requires a public pool owner to file a report with the state Department of Health & Mental Hygiene within a […]
February 20, 2013

Journalist Tim Joyce Joins Concussion Inc. As Collaborator on Swimming Story

ConcussionInc.net, which includes investigative coverage of the sexual abuse scandals in USA Swimming as well as the traumatic brain injury crisis in football, welcomes Tim Joyce […]
February 19, 2013

What the Mindy McCready Suicide Has to Do With USA Swimming Sex Abuse

The suicide of country singer Mindy McCready at 37, in perhaps her fourth attempt over the years, is too complex an event for glib speculation. But […]
February 19, 2013

In His First Column As Concussion Inc. Collaborator on Swimming Scandals, Tim Joyce Reviews the WBAL Fiasco and the Media’s Endlessly Trivial Michael Phelps Coverage

With this piece, Tim Joyce regularly joins ConcussionInc.net’s investigations of the sexual abuse and death scandals inside USA Swimming. Look for a formal announcement and some […]
February 18, 2013

Complete Links to ConcussionInc.net’s Coverage of the Death of a 14-Year-Old at Michael Phelps’ Swim Club

Michael Phelps’ North Baltimore Aquatic Club Deals With New Challenge: 14-Year-Old’s Death Published November 3rd, 2012 ***** What’s Known So Far About the Death of Louis […]
February 18, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Baltimore Pool’s Report on Lowenthal Death Was Filed Late With Health Department and Seems to Claim Three Lifeguards Were Present

“SWIMMER WHO HAD BEEN ATTENDING SWIM PRACTICE APPARENTLY REMAINED IN THE POOL AREA AS PRACTICE WAS ENDING. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. STAFF […]
February 18, 2013

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This post has been deleted, consistent with a July 15, 2013, consent order in U.S. District Court in Maryland. The full text of the consent order […]
February 17, 2013

Successor to Paul Bergen — Molester of Olympic Gold Medalist Deena Deardurff Schmidt — Is Newest Addition to USA Swimming’s Banned List

USA Swimming’s second 2013 addition to its ever-bulging banned-for-life list, Virginia coach Michael Pliuskaitis, is another doozy — rife with the usual connections to the sport’s […]
February 16, 2013

More Valuable Input on Louis Lowenthal Death By Readers of Tony Austin’s Blog

From the comments under http://scaq.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-autopsy-report-on-north-baltimore.html: “Both you and Muchnick need to focus more on the coach. There is hardly any mention of the coach. Where the heck […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick