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
boras smith has lips the size of michelin tires. then the floodgates open with the new york times report showing emails of gruden using offensive language to assault commissioner roger goodell, also calling the league s first openly player michael sam a queer, panning the hiring of female referees and mocking league efforts to reduce concussions. it wasn t just something that crossed his mind, which is bad, but that he then took that thought, formalized it in a writing and hit send. people say all sorts of things sort of on the cuff that they shouldn t. this is more than that. reporter: according to the times, gruden also exchanged email photos with other men showing women only wearing bikini bottoms, including nfl cheerleaders. in his statement the league slammed gruden s actions calling them appalling, abhorrent and
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while gruden was an analyst for espn. and last week, it was learned gruden used a racist trope to describe demaurice smith in a 2011 email writing that i has lips the seize of might be lynn tire measure lin might be lin tires. and he also called michael sam a queer, disparaging players who protested during the national anthem, panning the hiring of female referees and mocking league efforts to reduce concussions. it wasn t just something that crossed his mind, but he formalized it in a writing and hit send. people say all sorts of things sort of on the cuff that they shouldn t. this is more than that. reporter: according to the times, gruden also exchanged