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SEE ALSO: “U.S. Olympic Committee’s controversial abuse investigator fails upward — to the federal courts,” Salon, May 11, 2021, https://www.salon.com/2021/05/11/us-olympic-committees-controversial-abuse-investigator-fails-upward–to-the-federal-courts/   by Irvin Muchnick   Katie […]

by Irvin Muchnick   Yesterday, after George Gibney was sentenced to prison at long last – 15½ years for conviction on a recently arisen cluster of […]

For details, see the Irish media coverage. More from here shortly.   PREVIOUSLY: “The George Gibney Victory Lap — And Beyond,” July 6, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16697 “The Irish […]

by Irvin Muchnick   You probably have heard all about Ed Sheeran dumping Macklemore as an opening act for Sheeran’s current tour. Robert Kraft, billionaire owner […]

The website has been updated to facilitate orders, through our PayPal store, of Irvin Muchnick’s PACHINKO MAN: The Life and Meaning of Pro Wrestling Legend Rikidōzan. […]

SEE ALSO: “‘Doe v. Muchnick’ Lawsuit Settlement,” July 15, 2013, https://concussioninc.net/?p=7823   by Irvin Muchnick   In the exploding case of a 2024 gang rape on […]

The publication date of Irvin Muchnick’s PACHINKO MAN: The Life and Meaning of Pro Wrestling Legend Rikidōzan is January. But the first biography in English published in […]

by Irvin Muchnick   This is a footnote to the recent post intended as an antidote to the gushing obituary in the Allentown Morning Call following […]

by Irvin Muchnick   James Martin, district attorney of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1998 to 2023, has died at 81. The obituary in the Allentown Morning […]

SEE ALSO: “Congress wanted a report on sex abuse in youth sports — then they buried it,” Salon, June 8, 2025, https://www.salon.com/2025/06/08/congress-wanted-a-report-on-abuse-in-youth-sports-then-they-buried-it/ “Sports-abuse agency promises new […]

PACHINKO MAN: The Life and Meaning of Pro Wrestling Legend Rikidōzan will be published in January 2027 by ECW Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster. The […]

by Irvin Muchnick   At today’s hearing in Dublin’s Central Criminal Court, George Gibney’s sentence for sexual abuse of four girls 40 to 50 years ago […]

PREVIOUSLY: “The George Gibney Victory Lap — And Beyond,” July 6, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16697 “The Irish Taboo Against Mentioning in the Same Breath Susan Denham (of the Supreme […]

PREVIOUSLY: “The George Gibney Victory Lap — And Beyond,” July 6, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16697 “The Irish Taboo Against Mentioning in the Same Breath Susan Denham (of the Supreme […]

PREVIOUSLY: “The George Gibney Victory Lap — And Beyond,” July 6, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16697 “The Irish Taboo Against Mentioning in the Same Breath Susan Denham (of the Supreme […]