raiders. a torrent of sexist anti-gay language ranging from players to legal officials. in a statement to the team, gruden saying in part, i love the raiders and do not wish to be a distraction. i m sorry, i never meant to hurt anyone. the emails confirmed by the nfl but not seen by nbc were initially discovered during a misconduct investigation into the washington football team while gruden was an analyst for espn. last week, it was believed that gruden used a racist trope to describe demaurieris smith. and then the floodgates opened with a the new york times report detailing and showing offensive language to insult commissioner roger goodell and calling the league s first openly gay player michael sam a