July

July 14, 2013

Meet the New USA Swimming National Board of Review Chair — Worse Than the Old USA Swimming National Board of Review Chair

by Irvin Muchnick   Somewhat obliquely and incompletely, a swimming news site has suggested a portion of the credit to Concussion Inc. for the resignation of […]
July 14, 2013

More Coverage of USA Swimming, in Lockstep With Catholic Church, Lobbying Against California Sex-Abuse Legislation

Scott Reid of the Orange County Register quotes State Senator Jim Beall, sponsor of SB 131, on the implications of USA Swimming’s hire of super-lobbyist Nielsen […]
July 13, 2013

Conflicted Jill Chasson Departs As Chair of USA Swimming’s National Board of Review

by Irvin Muchnick   Jill Chasson, whose marriage to one prominent coach and adolescent relationship with another seriously compromised her ability to adjudicate a backlog of […]
July 13, 2013

USA Swimming Crosses the Rubicon By Lobbying Against California Sex-Abuse Bill — U.S. Congress Is Watching

It’s hard to overstate the significance of yesterday’s news that USA Swimming has paid heavy-breathing lobbyist Nielsen Merksamer for the purpose of scuttling California State Senate […]
July 12, 2013

USA Swimming Hires High-Powered Sacramento Lobbyist to Fight California Sex-Abuse Legislation — Now Officially Joined at Hip With Catholic Church

by Irvin Muchnick and Tim Joyce   Concussion Inc. has learned that USA Swimming hired the Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni law firm — one […]
July 3, 2013

Holiday Reading: ‘How We Will Know If Snuka Investigation Is Serious’ (full text from WrestlingObserver.com)

Originally published on July 1 at http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/32017-irv-muchnick-how-we-will-know-if-snuka-investigation-is-serious.   by Irvin Muchnick Though cold cases make for great prime-time TV plots, they are rarely revived i real […]
July 3, 2013

Cageside Seats’ Keith Harris on the New Twist in the Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka Homicide Investigation in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Highly recommended: http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2013/7/3/4489748/police-to-take-a-fresh-look-at-jimmy-snuka-nancy-argentino-homicide
July 3, 2013

Another Statement on Behalf of Utah Swim Families in Response to the University’s Greg Winslow Findings

The Jones, Davis & Jackson law firm, which represents several families who were victimized in the Utah swim team scandal, gave us the following statement in […]
July 3, 2013

University of Utah’s ‘Modified Limited Hangout’ on Monster Swim Coach Greg Winslow

by Irvin Muchnick A dash of tearful regret by athletic director Chris Hill at a press conference … a soupçon of scapegoating of mysteriously disappeared associate […]
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