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Garden City Community College Names Expert For Braeden Bradforth Football Conditioning Death Investigation. Now, About That ‘Independence’ Part …

by Irvin Muchnick   Perhaps stung by the criticism that ensued after the revelation that its $100,000 “independent investigation” of the August 1, 2018, Braeden Bradforth […]

Cal Football Death Cover-Up, Pt. 4: San Francisco Chronicle Made Mistakes, Cherry-Picked Deposition Narratives, Held No One Accountable — Reset Business As Usual

PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES “‘Newsletter of Intent,’ Covering College Sports Reform, Has New Article About Our Work and Public Records Act Litigation in Cal’s Ted Agu […]

With New Book Coming Out, New Look Upcoming at Concussion Inc.

Content has slowed here recently in anticipation of a redesigned website for Concussion Inc. But we’ll soon be ramping up again. ECW Press is about to […]

‘Muchnick v. UC’ Public Records Act Case Inches Closer to Finish

The register of actions at the website of the Alameda County Superior Court, where the California Public Records Act lawsuit Muchnick v. University of California Board […]

Today at Salon … ‘Football’s unknown epidemic: When Black players die suddenly, the cover-up begins’

In the predawn hours of Feb. 7, 2014, a pre-med student named Ted Agu, a son of Nigerian immigrants and a walk-on player for the University […]

In a Telling Sign For Football’s Future — And After a Trail of Death and Scandal — Fort Scott Community College in Kansas Eliminates the Sport

by Irvin Muchnick   Over the weekend, Salon published my article pulling together some of the details on the University of California-Berkeley’s cover-up of the 2014 […]

‘Football’s unknown epidemic: When Black players die suddenly, the cover-up begins’ (full text from Salon)

The piece below was originally published at Salon on November 13, at https://www.salon.com/2021/11/13/footballs-unknown-epidemic-when-black-players-suddenly-the-cover-up-begins/.   by Irvin Muchnick   In the predawn hours of February 7, 2014, […]

The Nexus of Sickle Cell Trait and Football Death Is Not Fit to Print in the New York Times

by Irvin Muchnick   On December 28, New York Times medical writer Gina Kolata did an article about how African-Americans are inadequately alerted to the basic […]

Another Exertional Heatstroke Death in Kansas Junior College Football: Tirrell Williams, Fort Scott Community College

by Irvin Muchnick   Sam Zeff of Kansas Public Radio, who did some of the very best reporting on the exertional heatstroke (EHS) death of Braeden […]

Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick