Jim Mora, Adrian Klemm, UCLA staff bullied injured players, lawsuits allege
When UCLA offensive lineman John Lopez was unable to practice because of post concussion symptoms Bruins offensive line coach Adrian Klemm began harassing and humiliating him on a regular basis,...
View ArticleJudge orders wife of Kennedy High AD to give deposition in sex abuse case
An Orange County Superior judge ruled Friday that the wife of Kennedy High School athletics director David Jankowski must submit to a deposition in a lawsuit that alleges Jankowski and other officials...
View ArticleUSA Badminton CEO resigns as dispute between USOC and NGB escalates
The chief executive of USA Badminton, the sport’s Anaheim based national governing body, has resigned amid a dispute with the organization’s board of directors over financial transparency, and with the...
View ArticleParkettes gymnastics coach hit by SafeSport suspension
John Holman was back in the gym at Parkettes National Training Center, one of American gymnastics’ most storied—and controversial—clubs Tuesday just hours after being suspended by the U.S. Center for...
View ArticleJeff Dyrek supporters resign from USA Badminton board
Four USA Badminton board members resigned Tuesday in a surprise move that further exposed the divide within the Anaheim-based national governing body over the leadership of former chief executive Jeff...
View ArticleCongresswoman proposes panel examine United States Olympic Committee
The chairman of a Congressional subcommittee investigating the U.S. Olympic Committee will introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday that would create a 16-member panel to...
View ArticleKennedy AD cleared coach after 15-20 minutes investigating sexual abuse...
Kennedy High School athletic director Dave Jankowski has admitted to clearing water polo coach Joshua Owens of sexual misconduct with female players in December 2015 following an investigation that...
View ArticleMichael Norman ready to take aim at 400-meter record at Prefontaine Classic
STANFORD — A direct line can be traced from the golden age of quarter-miling in the late 1960s and early 1970s to Michael Norman, the Southern California-raised wunderkind, who at 21 could be ready to...
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Caster Semenya runs free at Prefontaine Classic
South Africa’s Caster Semenya, left, runs next to United States’ Chrishuna Williams during the women’s 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in...
View ArticleScott Blackmun, accused of lying to Congress, received $2.4 million buy-out...
The U.S. Olympic Committee gave its former chief executive officer Scott Blackmun a $2.4 million buy-out after he was forced to resign in 2018 amid allegations he was involved in the cover-up of sexual...
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Suspended Hawaii coach Charlie Wade attending USA Volleyball event in OC
IRVINE — University of Hawaii men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade, currently suspended by USA Volleyball and the U.S. Center for SafeSport while under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct, has...
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BEHIND THE WALLS: Sexual abuse in American men’s gymnastics
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include new reporting on Chris Riegel’s three-year suspension from USA Gymnastics. When Chris Reigel was 14, and already the boy wonder of American...
View ArticleChris Riegel suspended by USA Gymnastics in 2015 for inappropriate comments
Former U.S. champion Chris Riegel was suspended by USA Gymnastics for three years in 2015 after admitting making inappropriate comments to a teenage female gymnast, the Southern California News Group...
View ArticleSwim coach sent 13-year-old girl sexually inappropriate texts. USA Swimming...
At 6:18 a.m. on December 27. 2014, Marco Villanueva, a then 19-year-old coach at the Stockton Swim Club, sent a message via Snapchat to a 13-year-old swimmer he was coaching. “Well I have a friend who...
View ArticleAnna Li, USA Gymnastics’ new athletes’ representative, is being investigated
Newly elected USA Gymnastics athletes council member Anna Li and her mother Jiani Wu, an Olympic medalist for China, are being investigated for verbal and emotional abuse of young gymnasts, the...
View ArticleSenate proposes greater Congressional oversight over USOPC and NGBs
Describing it as a response to the American Olympic movement’s failure to protect young athletes from sexual abuse, the U.S. Senate will introduce bi-partisan legislation on Tuesday that would give...
View ArticleMistreatment of young gymnasts alleged against Anna Li, USA Gymnastics’ new...
When Samantha Medel, distracted by the death of her grandmother, hesitated and then failed to complete a vault in training, she knew what was coming next. As expected, her coach began screaming at her...
View ArticleU.S. Center for SafeSport investigating USA Gymnastics rep Anna Li and her...
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has opened an investigation into allegations of verbal, physical and emotional abuse against Anna Li, a USA Gymnastics Athletes’ Council member, and her mother, Jiani Wu,...
View ArticleAnna Li resigns as USA Gymnastics rep amid abuse investigation
Former U.S. national team members Anna Li resigned from USA Gymnastics high profile Athletes’ Council on Wednesday amid allegations that she and her mother, Jiani Wu, have been verbally, emotionally...
View ArticleUSOPC, under pressure from Congress, Olympians, proposes sweeping changes
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, responding to the threat of greater Congressional oversight and increasingly heated criticism from current athletes and former Olympians, announced on Monday...
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