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Mike Preston: Brian Flores’ and Hue Jackson’s claims challenge the integrity of the NFL

BALTIMORE — It’s one thing when former NFL coaches accuse team owners of racist hiring practices, but it’s even more disturbing when those coaches claim they were paid by owners to lose games to improve their team’s position in the NFL draft.

Tribune News Service

What If Black Coaches Just Turn Down Interviews?

Minority coaching candidates refusing suspected check-the-box interview requests. It will be part of the fallout from the Brian Flores lawsuit.

Sports Illustrated

LZ Granderson: It's on NFL players. Will they fight for Brian Flores and Black coaches?

LOS ANGELES — In the epilogue of "Forty Million Dollar Slaves," William C. Rhoden's 2006 book critiquing the relationship modern-day Black athletes have with the sports industry, he writes: "The challenge for African American athletes in the twenty-first century, with unprecedented resources at their disposal, is building on the foundation,…

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Business of Football: How Likely Is Brian Flores’s Lawsuit to Bring About Systemic Change?

Our resident lawyer goes over the history of the Rooney Rule, the sham interview dilemma and more as racial discrimination in coach hiring comes back to the forefront.

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Marcus Hayes: Brian Flores’ lawsuit is a brave effort to challenge the NFL’s racism

PHILADELPHIA — He’s the new Curt. The new Kaep.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trying to come to grips with a coach’s lawsuit, the Rooney Rule, the Bears and Jim Harbaugh

The NFL has done a rotten job of hiring Black head coaches. Also, why couldn’t the Bears have hired a certain Michigan coach?

Chicago Sun-Times

Joe Starkey: Brian Flores bombshell recalls a Penguins coach's crisis

PITTSBURGH — We could go any number of ways with the Brian Flores bombshell story from Tuesday afternoon, none of them reflecting kindly on the NFL.

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Emotional Tiki Barber comes to defense of Giants, owners: They aren’t racist

Tiki Barber came to an emphatic defense of the New York Giants on Wednesday and shared an emotional story about Wellington Mara.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Hue Jackson, Browns make conflicting statements regarding bonuses to tank

Hue Jackson made a bonus for tanking claim, the Browns have refuted it. Unless there is proof presented, we have a "He said, they said" situation:

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Debunking the fan theory Dolphins owner Stephen Ross could profit from his team tanking

Stephen Ross allegedly offered Brian Flores $100,000 per loss in 2019. He'd have a hard time betting on the Dolphins either way.

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Tanking allegations against Dolphins could have a Black Sox-level impact on the NFL

If Dolphins owner Stephen Ross encouraged his coaches to lose games on purpose, the NFL will have an unprecedented scandal on its hands.

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Michael Wilbon compares Brian Flores to Colin Kaepernick

The coach may never get another job again.

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Dylan Hernández: Brian Flores’ lawsuit features memorable receipts that could force the NFL to change

John Elway is a two-time Super Bowl champion. He's one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

Los Angeles Times

Dave Hyde: It’s time for Steve Ross to sell the Dolphins

Let’s hope Steve Ross throws in the towel as easily as he allegedly asked his coach to do. That’s the best way out of the latest and messiest fiasco of his Miami Dolphins ownership.

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Miami Herald

Lawyer says there’s ‘corroborating evidence’ Dolphins owner bribed Flores to lose in 2019

MIAMI — Among the potentially seismic allegations Brian Flores made in his racial-discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and Miami Dolphins on Tuesday, one of the most stunning pieces was an accusation team owner Stephen M. Ross bribed Flores to lose games during the 2019 NFL season.

Miami Herald

‘There will be a fall guy.’ Here’s what happens if Ross has to sell Dolphins.

MIAMI — Brian Flores and his attorneys asserted during their media tour Wednesday that they have evidence to support Flores’ allegation that Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 per loss to lose games in 2019, when Ross prioritized snagging a high draft pick.

Sports Illustrated

Marvin Lewis Details Similar Interview Experience As Flores With Panthers

The former Miami coach said he took part in two ”sham“ interviews as teams attempted to comply with the Rooney Rule, citing the Giants and Broncos.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Browns coach Hue Jackson suggests team paid out bonuses for tanking

"Truth just starting to seep out of what really happens in the NFL. Trust me there are some great owners out there and there are some people you better dig deeper and see the truth," Jackson tweeted.

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Brian Flores Asked What Put Him ‘Over the Edge’ to File Lawsuit Against NFL

Flores appeared on CNN to discuss his lawsuit against the league and three of its teams on Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated

Brian Flores Is Fearless Enough to Force the NFL’s Hand

Recently regarded as a rising star, the ex-Dolphins coach knows the consequences of speaking out in the NFL. He chose to, anyway.

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Brian Flores on His Alleged Text Exchange With Bill Belichick: ‘It Was Humiliating’

The purported messages were a part of a lawsuit filed by the former Dolphins head coach.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Hiring Brian Flores as Steelers DC would be a perfect move for both sides

Is now the time for the Steelers to try and bring in Brian Flores?

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Hue Jackson Claims Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam Offered Bonus for Losses

The former Browns coach made some eye-opening claims about the team's owner following Brian Flores‘s lawsuit.

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Brian Flores on NFL lawsuit: ‘We need change’ (video)

Full Brian Flores interview from Wednesday morning can be found here:

Tribune News Service

Ex-Dolphins coach Brian Flores says owner Steve Ross attacked integrity of game, wants to ‘make some real change’ with lawsuit

MOBILE, Ala. — Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores made the interview rounds on Wednesday with his attorneys, Doug Wigdor and John Elefterakis, to delve deeper into his class-action lawsuit against the NFL released Tuesday, which alleged widespread race discrimination in the league for Black coaches pursuing prominent roles.

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