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PREVIOUSLY: “‘Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s’ — today in the Colorado Springs Gazette,” July 14, […]

by Irvin Muchnick   The major Irish news media have been cautious and cagey in covering the full dimensions of the George Gibney story — see […]

PREVIOUSLY: “‘Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s’ — today in the Colorado Springs Gazette,” July 14, […]

After the story cycles off the Gazette front page, Concussion Inc. will restore some of the edits. Almost all the most important reporting is there, including […]

by Irvin Muchnick   My 2,000-word piece mostly focused on the American side of the George Gibney story is scheduled to go live at the Colorado Springs […]

Irish news outlets are reporting this development, though it’s not yet in formal papers on file in federal court in Florida. Look here shortly for in-depth […]

Prime Time, the flagship public affairs program of Ireland’s RTÉ television network, had me on for a few minutes last Thursday to discuss George Gibney. Curiously, […]

This is the second of my two articles last year for Village magazine in Ireland. The first was reprinted here yesterday. Without informing me, Village deleted […]

Concussion Inc. here reprints the first of my two articles last year for Ireland’s Village magazine. Tomorrow we’ll reprint the second 2024 Village piece. It’s about […]

by Irvin Muchnick   Not surprisingly, the American news media have been slow out of the blocks on the story of the long-sought extradition arrest in […]

by Irvin Muchnick   The most notorious at-large sex criminal in sports history is at large no more. George Gibney, head coach of the 1984 and […]

Republicans in DC have done nothing on the youth sports crisis — but Democrats have been no better By Irvin Muchnick Contributing Writer The problem of sexual […]

Ostler is a 14-time California Sportswriter of the Year. I am deeply honored.   Under the headline”Muchnick works the shadows, but always finds truth” Full text: https://muchnick.net/ostlerarticle.pdf […]

by Irvin Muchnick   Americans and others around the world are rightly alarmed by the levels of police state tactics in the Donald Trump 2.0 administration. […]