Kansas City-area gymnastics coach Al Fong spoke Wednesday with the media in his first public comments since he was suspended last month by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.

Kansas City-area gymnastics coach Al Fong spoke Wednesday with the media in his first public comments since he was suspended last month by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.

The NCAA gymnastics season begins with us defending a judge? SafeSport suspends Al Fong, Jordan Chiles dominates week one

DENVER (AP) - An external audit of 114 cases handled by a former U.S. Center for SafeSport investigator accused of sex crimes he allegedly committed at his

By Eddie Pells

The audit, results of which the center released Monday, also found that while former Pennsylvania police officer Jason Krasley largely acted professionally with people he interviewed while working for SafeSport,

DENVER -- The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as its new CEO on Tuesday, placing the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in charge of rebooting an agency that has been plagued with problems over most of its nearly nine-year history. Fitzgerald Mosley will start her job Feb. 1, saying in a statement provided to The Associated Press that it is "more than a job opportunity for me, it is a calling.

SafeSport Center turns to Olympic gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as new CEO

An external audit of 114 cases handled by a former U.S. Center for SafeSport investigator accused of sex crimes he allegedly committed at his previous job led to the watchdog agency's reopening of three of those cases. “The audit revealed instances in which Krasley failed to establish appropriate professional boundaries," Aleta Law wrote in a 17-page report that took 11 months and included interviews with 12 people involved in cases Krasley handled. Krasley's ability to land a job at the agency Congress created to combat sex abuse in American sports led to a series of pointed letters from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asking about the process that led to the investigator's hiring.

DENVER -- An external audit of 114 cases handled by a former U.S. Center for SafeSport investigator accused of sex crimes he allegedly committed at his previous job led to the watchdog agency's reopening of three of those cases. The audit, results of which the center released Monday, also found that while former Pennsylvania police officer Jason Krasley largely acted professionally with people he interviewed while working for SafeSport, some said he "utilized an informal interview style that felt 'overly familiar.'"

Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about a coach as far back as 2017. That's the same year the U.S.

Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about a coach as far back as 2017. That's the same year the U.S.

Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about a coach as far back as 2017. That's the same year the U.S.