October

October 6, 2014

As Michael Phelps Checks Into Rehab, He and Coach Bob Bowman Face Multiple Challenges

Shortly after this item was posted, USA Swimming announced that Michael Phelps has been suspended for six months.   by Irvin Muchnick   In the wake […]
October 5, 2014

Developing: Departure of USOC Athlete Ombudsman Raises Questions of Timing With Federal Investigations

by Tim Joyce and Irvin Muchnick   Concussion Inc. has learned that the recent sudden retirement of United States Olympic Committee athlete ombudsman John Ruger may be […]
October 5, 2014

Offspeed Pitch: My Son Nate’s Contrarian Take on the Hong Kong Protests

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming so that a proud father can direct readers to a rather brilliant off-topic essay by my son Nate, who is […]
October 4, 2014

George Visger, NFL Brain Trauma Victim – And Concussion Inc. Author – On Opting Out of the Class Action Settlement

George Visger was a member of the San Francisco 49ers’ first (1981) football team whose legacy has been an adulthood of memory deficit straight out of […]
October 1, 2014

What’s Up Between the Women’s Sports Foundation and USA Swimming?

by Irvin Muchnick   We asked the question in the headline three months ago today: “Will the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Next Move on Coach Sex Abuse […]
October 1, 2014

Michael Phelps DUI, Yadda Yadda Yadda

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/phelps-apologizes-another-brush-law-072439081–spt.html   Doesn’t even scratch the surface of the skullduggery at Phelps’s North Baltimore Aquatic Club, which the major media won’t touch with a 50-meter lane […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick