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Bobsledder Aja Evans is the latest Olympic athlete to accuse a trainer of sexual abuseI was once discussing the Catholic Church abuse scandal with some friends. The main thrust of the conversation was this: Is there something about the Church that specifically causes priests to abuse children? Or are predators attracted to the Church because they know they can abuse there? We never c...

Michigan State's Mel Tucker has been suspended [Updated][Updated at 4:17 pm ET] The Title IX investigation into sexual harassment claims against head football coach Mel Tucker has been ongoing since December of 2022, but it only took a few hours of media scrutiny for MSU to decide to discipline him. Funny how that works....

Larry Nassar got shanked in prison — it’ll be hard finding anyone who feels sorry for himLarry Nassar got gutted like a fish....

Team USA gymnasts file for $1 billion in restitution in wake of Larry Nassar abuse

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney are joined by about 90 other girls and women in seeking over $1 billion dollars from the FBI after the bureau’s bungled investigation into Larry Nassar’s decades of sexual abuse. Nassar, estimated to have assaulted over 300 victims over the course of hi...

‘How much is a little girl worth?’

(TW: Sexual assault)...

John Geddert, the ex-USA gymnastics coach with ties to Larry Nassar, kills self after being charged with a litany of heinousness

John Geddert, the former USA gymnastics coach who employed monster Larry Nassar at his gym, has reportedly died by suicide. The report comes on the same day that he was charged with 24 counts of human trafficking, sexual assault, racketeering, and lying to police....

Olympic Gold Medalist Jordyn Wieber Tells Deadspin Why She Won't Attend USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Induction

As Jordyn Wieber walked off the mat after her floor routine at the 2012 Olympics, she was giddy, and a big smile danced across her face as she walked down the performance steps....

Gymnastics Trailblazer and Innovator Kurt Thomas Dead at 64

When I was very young, Kurt Thomas came to visit my gymnastics club in Rockford, Ill. I’m not sure if I was aware of who he was at the time, but the excitement in the week leading up to his arrival was as if The Beatles were coming to town. Or, at that time, maybe Rick Springfield or Duran Duran....

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Another Day, Another Horrible Mess For USA Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics may be finally listening to its athletes. ...

by Donovan Dooley|

|Fri May 01 2020

Simone Biles Keeps Finding New Worlds To Conquer

It was quite the week to be Simone Biles. On Tuesday, at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, the diminutive 22-year-old superstar helped her team to their seventh consecutive gold medal, at the same time beating the record for the most world medals ever won by a f...

by Jessica Taylor Price|

|Mon Oct 14 2019

Simone Biles Has Once Again Broken Gymnastics

American gymnast Simone Biles won the all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championship on Sunday, making this the sixth time she’s taken home that title in the last seven years. She also unleashed two moves that no gymnast has ever done in competition before....

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Aug 12 2019

Simone Biles Tears Up While Expressing Anger At USA Gymnastics

Simone Biles is getting ready to compete in the U.S Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Mo. this weekend, and Wednesday night she met with reporters after her training session. When she was asked about how she feels to be competing under the USA Gymnastics banner after the organization failed t...

by Tom Ley|

|Thu Aug 08 2019

USA Gymnastics Can't Stop Fucking Up, So Why Should It Exist At All?

When Li Li Leung, USA Gymnastics’ fourth CEO in under two years, came to the job in February, she had her work cut out for her. She’s been tasked with guiding the organization as it attempts to resolve dozens of lawsuits, survive a bankruptcy, and restore trust with a community of athletes USAG has ...

by Jessica Taylor Price|

|Tue May 14 2019

The New USA Gymnastics Director Of Sports Medicine Lasted Just One Day On The Job

It doesn’t seem possible that one organization could find as many different ways to fuck up as USA Gymnastics has over the past several years, but they somehow added another one to the list earlier this week. On Monday, the bankrupt USAG hired its first-ever full-time director of sports medicine and...

by Lauren Theisen|

|Wed May 01 2019

Michigan Attorney General Takes Over Investigation Of Former Olympic Gymnastics Coach John Geddert

The Michigan attorney general’s office, which oversaw the criminal case of disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, has taken over the investigation of gymnastics coach John Geddert. Geddert owned Twistars USA Gymnastics Club in Lansing, Mich., and coached the U.S. women’s team in the 2012 Olympics...

by Diana Moskovitz|

|Thu Feb 21 2019

USA Gymnastics Hires NBA VP Li Li Leung As New CEO<em></em>

Four months after Nike-hating Mary Bono stepped down as president of USA Gymnastics after about five days at the helm, the organization has named Li Li Leung as its new boss. Leung, who has a sports marketing background, had previously worked at the NBA as a senior vice president. She also has exper...

by Dvora Meyers|

|Tue Feb 19 2019

Senator Boasts About How Happy He Is That SafeSport's Conflict Of Interest Is Getting Worse

When Congress authorized the U.S. Center for SafeSport, it decided to not directly fund the organization that was supposed to independently investigate sexual abuse across all Olympic sports. Instead, it set up a grant—which, it turns out, couldn’t be used to pay for the investigators that SafeSport...

by Diana Moskovitz|

|Thu Feb 07 2019

The USOC Should Be Abolished, Not Reformed

Earlier this week, more than two years after the Indianapolis Star reported the first allegations against former USA Gymnastics/Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar, Senator Cory Gardner, a Republican who represents Colorado, introduced the “Strengthening U.S. Olympics Act” to closely scrutinize the U...

by Dvora Meyers|

|Thu Jan 17 2019

Michigan Hires And Fires Former USA Gymnastics Executive All In One Weekend

If you watched the University of Michigan women’s gymnastics team compete this weekend, you might have seen Rhonda Faehn out there on the floor with them. Faehn was the former senior vice president of the women’s program at USA Gymnastics, a role she held with the organization from 2015 until she wa...

by Dvora Meyers|

|Mon Jan 14 2019

USA Gymnastics Wants To Pay Its Staff Bonuses While Male Gymnasts Haven't Received Their Monthly Stipends

Last week, USA Gymnastics asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to approve $88,000 in holiday bonuses for its office staff. On Thursday, the Orange County Register reported that the gymnasts on the U.S. men’s national team have not received their monthly support checks from the federation, and that coache...

by Dvora Meyers|

|Fri Jan 11 2019

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