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by Irvin Muchnick   The gold medal for outrage from the Summer Olympics easily goes to the Chinese swimmers whose national sports overseers gave them a […]

“The stories of abuse survivors make clear that … underhanded dealings have long been unwritten policy at USA Swimming…. The subject matter makes for grim reading, […]

PREVIOUSLY:   “Swimming Has a Dark Side of Abuse and Poor Oversight – Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune,” July 28, https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/28/opinion-usa-swimming-coaches-banned-abuse/   “Book Bonus at Salon […]

PREVIOUSLY: “Swimming Has a Dark Side of Abuse and Poor Oversight – Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune,” July 28, https://concussioninc.net/?p=15680 “Book Bonus at Salon — “Sex […]

PREVIOUSLY: “Swimming Has a Dark Side of Abuse and Poor Oversight – Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune,” July 28, https://concussioninc.net/?p=15680   How a scandal in our […]

  And if I got my books, that means that many retail outlets also already have theirs. Though September 10 is the official publication date of […]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/digital-text/159908011/ref=zg_b_hnr_159908011_1   UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published shortly after the Paris Olympics by ECW […]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/16599/ref=zg_b_hnr_16599_1   UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published shortly after the Paris Olympics by ECW […]

“As young swimmers and their families pursue their Olympic dreams, and our culture encourages young girls to play competitive sports, some adults take advantage. It’s this […]

by Irvin Muchnick   In the wake of my Sunday op-ed essay in the Chicago Tribune, “Swimming has a dark side of abuse and poor oversight,” the Tribune editorial […]

Later this week we will have an important footnote to Concussion Inc. readers about the Chicago Tribune‘s removal from this article of references to George Gibney […]

by Irvin Muchnick   “USA Gymnastics, the sport’s powerful governing organization, cleaned house and vowed to remake the sport [after the exposure of the widespread sexual […]

by Irvin Muchnick   “Former Irish international swimming coach Derry O’Rourke has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl 35 years ago.” Yesterday’s […]

          Coinciding with the Paris Olympics — and in anticipation of the official September 10 publication date — ECW Press has begun […]