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CONCUSSION INC. author Irvin Muchnick PACHINKO MAN The Life and Meaning of Pro Wrestling Legend Rikidōzan Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son, winner of the […]
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December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
’Tis the season … to remind everyone that George Gibney – perhaps the most notorious youth athlete sex abuser ever – is set for trial in Ireland (until further notice): concussioninc.net?p=16280
’Tis the Season … To Remind Everyone That George Gibney – Perhaps the Most Notorious Youth Athlete Sex Abuser Ever – Is Set for Trial in Ireland (Until Further Notice)
by Irvin Muchnick   In July, after George Gibney was finally extradited from the U.S. and indicted in Ireland for the second time, I declared myself […]
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December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Announcing ‘PACHINKO MAN’ — first bio in the West of Korean-Japanese pro wrestling great Rikidozan — for 2026 publication: concussioninc.net?p=16270
Announcing ‘PACHINKO MAN’ — First Bio in the West of Korean-Japanese Pro Wrestling Great Rikidozan — For 2026 Publication
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October 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Selected historical headline links to our coverage of the Sarah Ehekircher case — now settled by USA Swimming: concussioninc.net?p=16260
Selected Historical Headline Links to Our Coverage of the Sarah Ehekircher Case — Now Settled by USA Swimming
PREVIOUSLY: “USA Swimming’s Abusive Culture and Revictimizing Methods Near a Reckoning in the Case of Persistent Whistleblower Sarah Ehekircher,” September 22, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16251 “USA ...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
USA SWIMMING SETTLES SARAH EHEKIRCHER LAWSUIT – dispute, dating back 39 years, was one of the sport’s oldest and most resonant: concussioninc.net?p=16257
USA SWIMMING SETTLES SARAH EHEKIRCHER LAWSUIT – Dispute, Dating Back 39 Years, Was One of the Sport’s Oldest and Most Resonant
PREVIOUSLY: “USA Swimming’s Abusive Culture and Revictimizing Methods Near a Reckoning in the Case of Persistent Whistleblower Sarah Ehekircher,” September 22, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16251   by Irvin Muchnick […]
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October 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
USA Swimming’s abusive culture and revictimizing methods near a reckoning in the case of persistent whistleblower Sarah Ehekircher: concussioninc.net?p=16251
USA Swimming’s Abusive Culture and Revictimizing Methods Near a Reckoning in the Case of Persistent Whistleblower Sarah Ehekircher
by Irvin Muchnick   As soon as changes in statute-of-limitations wrinkles for civil lawsuits allowed it, Sarah Ehekircher found a lawyer, Jonathan Little, who could help […]
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September 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"International Swimming Hall of Fame Aquatics Complex – Capital of Historical Coach Sexual Abuse Scandals in South Florida – Seems Headed for a Corrupt Public-Private Redevelopment Project" ... concussioninc.net?p=16243
International Swimming Hall of Fame Aquatics Complex – Capital of Historical Coach Sexual Abuse Scandals in South Florida – Seems Headed for a Corrupt Public-Private Redevelopment Project
by Irvin Muchnick   For more than a decade I’ve written extensively about the cesspool of abuse that has been the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team, whose […]
concussioninc.net
August 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Fort Lauderdale's International Swimming Hall of Fame aquatics complex – capital of historical coach sexual abuse scandals – seems headed for a corrupt public-private development project. The story Sunday at concussioninc.net.
August 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Will the Michael Phelps broadside against USA Swimming leadership evolve to include coach sexual abuse? concussioninc.net?p=16234
Will the Michael Phelps Broadside Against USA Swimming Leadership Evolve to Include Coach Sexual Abuse?
by Irvin Muchnick   Michael Phelps, the all-time swimming great, issued a public rebuke of the leadership of USA Swimming following the American team’s tepid performance […]
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August 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"As predator George Gibney is extradited: what really happened” … full text from Ireland’s
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“As predator George Gibney is extradited: what really happened” … Full Text From Ireland’s Village Magazine
This article was originally published at Ireland’s Village magazine, on July 22, at https://villagemagazine.ie/as-predator-george-gibney-is-extradited-what-really-happened/. It is intact here, except ...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This aspect of the story was never explored in the "Where Is George Gibney" podcast. But it remains very much front of mind for many Irish people, who at this moment are frustrated by their country's regime of taboo and censorship. concussioninc.net?p=16210
More ‘George Gibney Whisperer’: What an Irish Observer Said to Me in 2015 About Gibney’s U.S. Visa
Irish Times: “”Man (70s) appears in court charged with dozens of sexual offences.” Concussion Inc.: “Why was George Gibney — most notorious at-large sex criminal in […]
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July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Between 1987 and 1990, 16,329 American visas were issued to randomly selected Irish applicants through one-off lottery schemes primarily designed to regularise the status of illegal Irish immigrants in America." concussioninc.net?p=16210
More ‘George Gibney Whisperer’: What an Irish Observer Said to Me in 2015 About Gibney’s U.S. Visa
Irish Times: “”Man (70s) appears in court charged with dozens of sexual offences.” Concussion Inc.: “Why was George Gibney — most notorious at-large sex criminal in […]
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July 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
According to a 2015 report by Irish journalist Justine McCarthy, George Gibney told a colleague he'd secured a U.S. visa in 1988 -- five years before his first indictment. concussioninc.net?p=16210
More ‘George Gibney Whisperer’: What an Irish Observer Said to Me in 2015 About Gibney’s U.S. Visa
Irish Times: “”Man (70s) appears in court charged with dozens of sexual offences.” Concussion Inc.: “Why was George Gibney — most notorious at-large sex criminal in […]
concussioninc.net
July 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
More "George Gibney whisperer": What an Irish observer said to me in 2015 about Gibney's U.S. visa ... concussioninc.net?p=16210
More ‘George Gibney Whisperer’: What an Irish Observer Said to Me in 2015 About Gibney’s U.S. Visa
Irish Times: “”Man (70s) appears in court charged with dozens of sexual offences.” Concussion Inc.: “Why was George Gibney — most notorious at-large sex criminal in […]
concussioninc.net
July 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How Well Is Irish censorship working on the George Gibney story? This well. concussioninc.net?p=16196
How Well Is Irish Censorship Working on the George Gibney Story? This Well.
PREVIOUSLY: “‘Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s’ — today in the Colorado Springs Gazette,” July 14, […]
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July 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've been honored with induction into the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame: concussioninc.net?p=16188. Direct link: vandymedia.org/hall-of-fame. My 2016 reflection on my Vanderbilt experience: concussioninc.net?p=10696.
July 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Full text of George Gibney extradition article in the Colorado Springs Gazette on July 14: concussioninc.net?p=16184
Full Text of George Gibney Extradition Article in the Colorado Springs Gazette on July 14
This is a lightly edited version of the full text originally filed by me, on assignment, for the article that was published on the front page […]
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July 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
George Gibney Whisperer, Part 1: Frank McCann, old head of the swimming association branch – a murderer – is back on the streets of Dublin ... concussioninc.net?p=16180
George Gibney Whisperer, Part 1: Frank McCann, Old Head of the Swimming Association Branch – a Murderer – Is Back on the Streets of Dublin
PREVIOUSLY: “‘Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s’ — today in the Colorado Springs Gazette,” July 14, […]
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July 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Nailing the institutional culprits of the George Gibney story -- ignored by Ireland's deficient media: villagemagazine.ie/as-predator-...
As predator George Gibney is extradited: what really happened - Village Magazine
Nailing the institutional culprits, ignored by Ireland’s deficient media By Irvin Muchnick In Ireland’s public square, I now ask yet again: “Why was Gibney living in Florida and who sponsored his Gree...
villagemagazine.ie
July 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
In Ireland’s public square, I now ask yet again: “Why was Gibney living in Florida and who sponsored his Green Card?” villagemagazine.ie/as-predator-...
As predator George Gibney is extradited: what really happened - Village Magazine
Nailing the institutional culprits, ignored by Ireland’s deficient media By Irvin Muchnick In Ireland’s public square, I now ask yet again: “Why was Gibney living in Florida and who sponsored his Gree...
villagemagazine.ie
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“As predator George Gibney is extradited: what really happened” — at Ireland’s Village Magazine. concussioninc.net?p=16171; direct link: villagemagazine.ie/as-predator-...
“As predator George Gibney is extradited: what really happened” — at Ireland’s Village Magazine
PREVIOUSLY: “‘Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s’ — today in the Colorado Springs Gazette,” July 14, […]
concussioninc.net
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Irish media are reporting that Gibney is headed home tonight on a plane with officers from the Extradition Unit of An Garda Síochána, the national police agency. After he arrives, he will be formally charged in a Dublin court with 79 counts of sex crimes. concussioninc.net?p=16163
George Gibney Headed Back for Arraignment — Follow Concussion Inc. for an Ongoing Level of Coverage That Will Be Legally Barred in Ireland
by Irvin Muchnick   The major Irish news media have been cautious and cagey in covering the full dimensions of the George Gibney story — see […]
concussioninc.net
July 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
George Gibney is headed back for arraignment — follow Concussion Inc. for an ongoing level of coverage that will be legally barred in Ireland: concussioninc.net?p=16163
George Gibney Headed Back for Arraignment — Follow Concussion Inc. for an Ongoing Level of Coverage That Will Be Legally Barred in Ireland
by Irvin Muchnick   The major Irish news media have been cautious and cagey in covering the full dimensions of the George Gibney story — see […]
concussioninc.net
July 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Flashback from 2023 — "George Gibney’s Family and Friends in High Places: Still the Elephant in the Room of Anglo-Irish Media Coverage of the 'Vanished' Sex Criminal Irish Olympic Swimming Coach" ... concussioninc.net?p=16158
Flashback from 2023 — ‘George Gibney’s Family and Friends in High Places: Still the Elephant in the Room of Anglo-Irish Media Coverage of the “Vanished” Sex Criminal Irish Olympic Swimming Coach’
PREVIOUSLY: “‘Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s’ — today in the Colorado Springs Gazette,” July 14, […]
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July 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM