Irv’s Blog

September 30, 2023

‘Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads’ on Berkeleyside’s List of Important New Books by Local Authors

See “9 new books with Berkeley links to read this fall,” https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/09/29/9-new-books-with-berkeley-links-to-read-this-fall. The launch event for WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: The American Way of Death in […]
September 29, 2023

‘WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning’ Launches Thursday, October 5, at Books Inc. in Berkeley

The launch event is Thursday, October 5, 7 p.m., at Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California. In the meantime: * Read the excerpt from WITHOUT […]
September 18, 2023

An Open-Source Appeal to Readers: Does Anyone Have Video of the Gambling Disclaimer on the TV Screen During ESPN’s Damar Hamlin Near-Death Vigil in January?

Join us on Thursday, October 5, at Books Inc. in Berkeley, for the launch event for WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: The American Way of Death […]
September 12, 2023

“New book exposes dark side of football” — San Francisco’s Beyond Chron

My new book Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning is reviewed by Randy Shaw at the San Francisco news site […]
August 20, 2023

‘Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning’ Begins Shipping to Book Outlets; Author Muchnick Will Be Available For Media Interviews

WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning has begun shipping from warehouses. At the bottom of this post is information […]
August 4, 2023

Muchnick Discusses New Football Death on NPR-Kansas City. And Read Full Chicago Tribune Op-Ed, ‘Popular or Not, Football Doesn’t Belong in Our Public Schools’

Irvin Muchnick’s Thursday interview on Up to Date, on Kansas City’s National Public Radio affiliate KCUR, can be streamed at the home page of the station […]
August 2, 2023

Muchnick to Discuss Football Death Thursday Morning on NPR’s Kansas City Affiliate, KCUR 89.3

As noted here yesterday, 19-year-old Myzelle Law, of MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, has become the first known fatality this year during preseason football conditioning […]
August 1, 2023

And Another Season of Kids’ Deaths in Football Conditioning Drills Kicks Off

On the fifth anniversary of the exertional heatstroke death of another 19-year-old in the same state –Braeden Bradforth at Garden City Community College, whose story is […]
July 28, 2023

‘Popular or not, football and its destructive effects don’t belong in our public schools’ – Today in the Chicago Tribune

This month, the American ritual of preseason football practice gets underway for more than a million boys, from teenagers down to as young as 5. If […]
July 27, 2023

Tomorrow at the Chicago Tribune: My Op-Ed ‘Football Belongs Out of Our Public Schools’

Tomorrow, Friday, the Chicago Tribune will be publishing my op-ed article “Popular or Not, Football Belongs Out of Our Public Schools,” alongside a Tribune editorial calling […]
May 5, 2023

Former Speed Skater Eva Rodansky to the Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympic Movement: ‘U.S. Speedskating Is a Corrupt Monopoly’

Our recent article at Salon questioned the procedures and efficacy of the latest effort to examine the shortcomings of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee in […]
April 28, 2023

Advance Praise for WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH IN FOOTBALL CONDITIONING

Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning will be published later this year by ECW Press. See the cover image […]
April 27, 2023

Advance Praise from Robert Lipsyte for WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH IN FOOTBALL CONDITIONING

Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning will be published later this year by ECW Press. See the cover image […]
April 26, 2023

Advance Praise from Bob Costas for WITHOUT HELMETS OR SHOULDER PADS: THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH IN FOOTBALL CONDITIONING

Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning will be published later this year by ECW Press. See the cover image […]
April 25, 2023

‘California State Bar Fumbles Again in UC’s Cover-Up of Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death’ … full text from Salon

Without Helmets or Shoulder Pads: The American Way of Death in Football Conditioning will be published on October 3 by ECW Press. See the cover image […]
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