These monsters get away with it because they are protected by those around them in one way or another, whether it’s sports, business or in my experience church. For these young women to do what I could never do because I am so embarrassed about what happened to me, I am so very proud of them. It is tough as a man to…

Thank you for your incredible, insistent, thoughtful, and well-written coverage of this story. Thank you.

Ms. Meyers -thank you for your coverage of this important story. I have tried to read all your posts and all the comments to them and that has been a gut-wrenching exercise. To be covering it had to be difficult. And then to imagine the horror these women and girls have endured - the stripping away of trust, the…

“Your decision to assault was calculated, precise, devious, despicable,” Aquilina said. “You played on everyone’s vulnerability. I’m not vulnerable.=

Well, it is Canada.

I’d assume a lot of it is self preservation.

I have no inside knowledge, and I’ll probably get this totally wrong, but I’ve gotta think it snowballed. They tried to cover up the first few reports to cover their own asses, then the next few, and then they realized the problem was way bigger than their pathetic, self-serving, miserable, piece of shit organization…

I mean, it’s really all we’ve got unique to the US.

I GOT THIS ONE!

Fair enough (though I think the youngest victims of both were approximately equal in age), but I just don’t think there needs to be a ranking of the acts or the perpetrators. They’re all rank.

Sandusky, backed by Penn State, starts a statewide charity for troubled youth in Pennsylvania. He uses this charity to attract kids he then molests. Also, the kids were younger and the acts more atrocious.

It doesn’t look so bad, Rondón just kicked him in the back of his second knee on his right leg. Wait a minu... 

You know you gotta fuck up pretty bad to be worse than Penn State, yet here we are.

USA Gymnastics would be well served to bring her into the organization, not just as some PR stunt but as an athlete advocate or ombudsman. Her strength, her love of the sport and her obvious desire to rectify this awful situation would certainly be an asset.

I clerked for Judge Aquilina in law school. I can’t imagine her response to Nassar’s request for a pity party for having to listen to all his victims. I’m sure she kept her cool and remained professional, but behind closed doors I bet she let loose. I have no doubt she’ll throw the book at this asshole.

Their first and only instinct was CYA. Finally they grudgingly replaced the CEO. So far the new CEO’s first and only instinct is CYA. If ever there was a need for Congressional intervention, this would be the case. Don’t hold your breath.

I just want to thank Deadspin and Jezebel for giving this the frontline attention it needs and deserves. Other outlets are giving it so little attention relative to its importance it is very disheartening.  I listen to the radio in the morning on the way to work and you would have little idea this was happening if…

Kruporushnikov also went on to say that Russian interference only occurs in lower level elections in the US, and that the national elections like president are “the cleanest and most checked in the world.”

That is an absolutely phenomenal, outstanding take.