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Irvin Muchnick

Irvin Muchnick is the author of “Underwater: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe” (2024) and, later this year, “Pachinko Man: The Life and Meaning of Pro Wrestling Legend Rikidōzan.”

Law and the Olympics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sports-abuse agency promises new reforms, after years of failing young athletes

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Coach George Gibney, seated in center, with members of the Irish Olympic swimming team returning from the Seoul Olympics in South Korea, Oct. 8, 1988. (Independent News and Media/Getty Images)

Accused abuser, Ireland’s former swim coach, finally arrested in US

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Linda McMahon speaks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., before her confirmation hearing in the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Jan. 24, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

Congress wanted a report on sex abuse in youth sports — then they buried it

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Visitors walk past the iconic Olympic rings at the United States Olympic Center in Colorado Springs during a tour of the facility. (Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Leading sex-abuse litigator suing women’s sports advocate — it’s a tangled tale

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Hand reaching for American flag underwater in a pool. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The greed-soaked tale of sexual abuse in USA Swimming — and around the world

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Visitors walk past the iconic Olympic rings at the United States Olympic Center in Colorado Springs during a tour of the facility. (Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

America’s amateur sports are plagued with scandal: Is reform finally coming?

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WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vince McMahon’s “Rosebud” moment: Was a family secret behind his career of abuse?

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Vince McMahon attends a press conference to announce that WWE Wrestlemania 29 will be held at MetLife Stadium in 2013 at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

Lurid new allegations surface in Vince McMahon’s sex abuse case

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The Irish Olympic Swimming Team Coach George Gibney returning from the Seoul Olympics in South Korea pictured at Dublin Airport, 08/10/1988. (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)

Another accused sex offender in the sports world, sheltered by U.S., may finally face justice

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Tre'Davious White (left) and Mitch Morse of the Buffalo Bills react to teammate Damar Hamlin collapsing after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Jan. 2, 2023. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

The moment football died for me — in an ordinary NFL game, 34 years ago

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Football Player For The California Golden Bears, Berkeley, California (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

California fumbles again as cover-up of UC football player’s death slowly unravels

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The Official Olympic Flag (Getty Images/Getty Images North America)

Is the congressional commission on Olympic abuse more than an inside job?

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Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills celebrates a play against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Highmark Stadium on October 9, 2022 in Orchard Park, New York (Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

Football’s problem isn’t the rules, the equipment or the medical care: This sport kills

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Kaiir Elam #24 and Taiwan Jones #25 of the Buffalo Bills wave flags in support of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin at Highmark Stadium on January 08, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York. (Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

Football-industrial complex makes a rapid recovery: From horror to guilt to inspiration

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Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills walks through a tunnel during pregame against the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on November 20, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Damar Hamlin’s dreadful collapse: Just another reason to defund football

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Football Player For The California Golden Bears, Berkeley, California (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Personal foul: University of California wins a round (against me) in football death cover-up

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Underwater Empty Swimming Pool (Getty Images/Allexxandar)

How a legendary Harvard swim coach became an international fugitive

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The Official Olympic Flag (Getty Images/Getty Images North America)

Why is the U.S. Olympic agency meant to stop sexual abuse investigating its top critic?

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WWE chairman Vince McMahon (C) has his head shaved by Donald Trump (L) and Bobby Lashley (R) while being held down by ''Stone Cold'' Steve Austin after losing a bet in the Battle of the Billionaires at the 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment's Wrestlemania at Ford Field on April 1, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Vince McMahon’s hush-money scandal: A window into Trump’s America

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Empty american football stadium (Getty Images/Cunaplus_M.Faba)

When abuse scandals hit, colleges hire “independent” investigators — and the cover-up begins

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George Visger (Photos courtesy of George Visger)

Football hero: How George Visger survived the NFL and traumatic brain injury — barely

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Football players passing football (Getty Images/Pete Saloutos)

Football’s unknown epidemic: When Black players die suddenly, the cover-up begins

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A view of a USA Swimming flag (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Troubled waters: USA Swimming’s struggle to cover up its sexual abuse crisis

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Law and the Olympics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is the federal courts’ new “judicial integrity officer” even a licensed attorney?

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