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“On Wednesday we focused on the dark side of amateur swimming in this country and beyond. Our guest was Irvin Muchnick who has uncovered more corruption […]

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I just finished talking live on the air with Rick Tittle of the “Titillating Sports” show on the Sports Byline USA syndicated network — the first […]

Look for UNDERWATER at your local bookstore.   Order online from these outlets.   See the full front and back covers below — including advance praise by […]

“Muchnick takes a skeptical view of many athletic groups and leaders who, in his eyes, seem to want to cover up behavior detrimental to their sport’s […]

by Irvin Muchnick   Under the headline “Court Denies USA Swimming, Scott MacFarland’s Motions to Dismiss in Sarah Ehekircher Case,” the swimming news site SwimSwam leads: […]

https://www.amazon.com/Underwater-Greed-Soaked-Sexual-Swimming-around/dp/1770417753/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published on September 10 by ECW Press, distributed by […]

by Irvin Muchnick   This week’s news is that a Justice Department audit has criticized the FBI’s handling of sexual abuse cases. Of course, this comes […]

    Links for ordering UNDERWATER from many online outlets are here.     TABLE OF CONTENTS Partial List of Characters in This Book PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 The Public […]

by Irvin Muchnick   In my recent piece for the Colorado Springs Gazette, I wrote: “In swimming’s corporate culture, its many abuse lawsuits are treated as […]

This article was originally published on August 11 in the Colorado Springs Gazette, https://gazette.com/opinion/perspective-drowning-in-abuse/article_ef745b9c-54cc-11ef-ae03-a3a5044ef4c.html, Irvin Muchnick will be appearing at the Tattered Cover bookstore in Aspen Grove-Littleton […]

EVENT DETAILS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irvin-muchnick-live-at-tattered-cover-aspen-grove-tickets-999507763627  

On July 28, the Chicago Tribune published my op-ed essay “Competitive swimming has a dark side of abuse and poor oversight,” https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/28/opinion-usa-swimming-coaches-banned-abuse/. Just prior to publication, […]

(paywall) https://www.the42.ie/how-disgraced-irish-swim-coach-george-gibney-made-a-new-life-in-america-6450570-Aug2024/   Irvin Muchnick’s book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published shortly by ECW […]