June

June 3, 2014

Read It Now — South Florida New Times Cover Story on Muchnick-Joyce Investigation of USA Swimming’s Alex Pussieldi Cover-Up at the Site of the Hall of Fame

“An Underage Sex Scandal Leads to South Florida’s Swimming Hall of Fame”   http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-06-05/news/sex-scandal-swimming-hall-of-fame-fort-lauderdale/ “Revelations about the case’s handling echo a disturbing pattern of sexual abuse […]
June 2, 2014

BULLETIN: WIELGUS WITHDRAWS

NO HALL OF FAME FOR CHUCK WIELGUS; WITHDRAWS NAME http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/USA/39375.asp?q=No-Hall-of-Fame-for-Chuck-Wielgus;-Withdraws-Name
June 2, 2014

This Week From New Times Weekly in South Florida: The Alex Pussieldi Story

by Irvin Muchnick   Village Voice Media’s New Times weekly will shortly publish a cover story jumping off from Concussion Inc.’s investigations of Alex Pussieldi and […]
June 2, 2014

Reprinting Our May 29 Commentary, ‘Chuck Wielgus Belongs in the Hall of Justice, Not the Hall of Fame’

(The public petition against the International Swimming Hall of Fame induction of Chuck Wielgus now has more than 700 supporters. You can view the petition and […]
June 2, 2014

Sources: USA Swimming Chief Chuck Wielgus Considers Voluntarily Withdrawing Induction Into the International Swimming Hall of Fame

by Irvin Muchnick   Chuck Wielgus, executive director of USA Swimming, may soon make moot the petition against his International Swimming Hall of Fame induction later […]
June 2, 2014

‘I Have Heard That Everett Uchiyama Works at a Country Club in Colorado Springs’ (2 – The Lies of Chuck Wielgus and USA Swimming)

by Irvin Muchnick   As the online petition against Chuck Wielgus, the $908,432-a-year USA Swimming chief, closes is on its first 1,000 co-signers, let’s resume picking […]
June 1, 2014

Orlando Sentinel Columnist: ‘Shameful Swimming Legacy Involving Sexual Abuse Deserves No Honor’

The full text of this piece by Orlando Sentinel columnist George Diaz can be viewed by subscribers at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-usa-swimming-controversy-george-diaz-0602-20140601,0,1285257.column.   Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are usually cherries and […]
June 1, 2014

In First Weekend, Petition to Block Hall of Fame Induction of USA Swimming’s Chuck Wielgus Clears 500 Supporters

http://www.change.org/petitions/bruce-wigo-rescind-chuck-wielgus-hall-of-fame-nomination?recruiter=97753835&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition Petitioning Bruce Wigo Rescind Chuck Wielgus’ Hall of Fame Nomination 19VictimsOfCoachingSexualAbuse     Complete headline links to our coverage of this story are at the […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick