"You're seeing the league be a little less afraid" : Why punishing the Miami Dolphins owner sends a message in the NFL
The Dolphins will forfeit a first-round selection in the 2023 NFL draft and a third-round selection in the 2024 draft. The team's owner is suspended through Oct. 17 and will have to pay a $1.5 million fine.
cbsnews.comNFL suspends Dolphins owner for tampering with Brady, Payton
The NFL has suspended Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and fined him $1.5 million for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton following a six-month investigation stemming from Brian Floresโ racial discrimination lawsuit against the league.
Super Bowl vs. Olympics: Will Winter Games get sacked by Americaโs biggest event?| Sports Seriously
Andy Nesbitt and Mackenzie Salmon react to the Brian Floresโ lawsuit against the NFL and take a first look at Super Bowl LVI. Christine Brennan previews the Winter games and Najee Harris and Doug Williams join the show.
news.yahoo.comLionsโ Dan Campbell never had negative interaction with Stephen Ross, the Dolphins owner now accused of pay-to-lose scheme
Former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores alleges Ross offered to pay him $100,000 per loss after taking the job in 2019, in hopes of securing the No. Lions head coach Dan Campbell spent six years in Miami, and was picked by Ross to serve as the interim head coach after Joe Philbin was fired in 2015. Campbell says he never saw anything untoward during his time with Ross and the Dolphins. The move proved to be a good one for Campbell, who served as Paytonโs right-hand man and assistant head coach for five years before landing the Detroit Lionsโ head job last year. He fired Flores last month after a second straight winning season, but now has been accused by his former coach of the pay-to-lose scheme.
mlive.comEx-Dolphins coach's racial discrimination lawsuit exposes NFL's EMPTY corporate diversity efforts
Team Rising weighs in on Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL for racial discrimination. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/ Instagram: @HillTVLive Twitter: @HillTVLive
news.yahoo.comAs Brian Floresโ lawsuit rocks NFL, Lionsโ Aaron Glenn gets another shot at head-coaching interview
Belichick meant to text Brian Daboll (who is white) congratulations for landing New Yorkโs head coaching job, but accidentally sent the message to Brian Flores -- even though Floresโ interview for the position wasnโt for another few days. He wants to be an NFL head coach, and three interviews in two years suggests heโs already one of the hottest minority candidates in the league. Like Glenn, Staley is a Black man with ambitions of becoming a head coach. This week, that includes serving as a head coach. โItโs awesome, first of all, to be able to come down here and be the head coach for the week,โ Staley said.
mlive.comNew England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick accidentally texted Brian Flores to congratulate him on NY Giants job, thinking he was Brian Daboll
Brian Flores sued the NFL on Tuesday, taking aim at the league's "Rooney Rule," which requires teams to interview diverse candidates for top roles.
news.yahoo.comWH: Spotify warning a 'good step,' but more needed
The White House called the decision by the music streaming service Spotify to add a disclaimer before all podcasts that discuss COVID-19 "a positive step," but said more needs to be done across all tech platforms to call out misinformation. (Feb. 1)
news.yahoo.comLunar New Year celebrations hit NYC streets
New York City's Chinatown celebrated the Lunar New Year Tuesday with dancing lions, cultural pageantry, and firecrackers to ward off evil spirits. This year marks the year of the Tiger, one of the 12 animals in the Chinese astrological chart. (Feb. 1)
news.yahoo.comFormer Miami Dolphins head coach sues NFL for racial discrimination
Brian Flores, fired last month as head coach of the Miami Dolphins, has sued the National Football League and each of its franchises for racial discrimination. Why it matters: The NFL for decades has been criticized for its paucity of Black coaches, and now Flores plans to hold the league's feet to the legal fire.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free. What the lawsuit says: "Mr. Flores has determined that the only way to effectuate real change is through the
news.yahoo.comUkranians hopeful Russian invasion will not come to pass
Passers-by in Kyiv show little sign of being intimidated by Russia's ongoing military build-up on the border with Ukraine. Although one man says that "wars are to be expected, especially from Moscow", others believe that Russia will not risk a full-scale invasion, with one Kyivan calling Putin "not quite insane enough" to carry out the threat.
news.yahoo.comShaq buys sneakers for 6-year-old
Six-year-old Zion was upset that his parents were buying him a coat, not the sneakers he wanted. Then he saw a "giant man" standing over him. It was Shaquille O' Neal, who gave him some words of wisdom about listening to his parents โ then bought him a gift.
news.yahoo.comTom Rinaldi on the upcoming NFL playoff weekend
FOX Sports reporter Tom Rinaldi provides insight into the upcoming NFL Conference championship games, the final playoff games leading up to the 2022 Super Bowl. Play the Fox Bet Super 6 'Stack the Cash' contest for a chance to win big cash prize!
news.yahoo.comCountry on high alert one month before Winter Olympics
Around 20 million people are restricted due to coronavirus measures in China, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases just one month before the Winter Olympics will be hosted in Beijing. But as Elizabeth Palmer reports, the fast-spreading Omicron variant is bringing the safety of the Games into question.
news.yahoo.comCollege football championship and the start of NFL playoffs
The NFL is gearing up for the start of its playoff season. Meanwhile, the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide for their first college football championship title since 1980. CBS News special correspondent James Brown, host of "The NFL Today" and "Inside the NFL," joins CBSN to discuss the latest headlines in sports.
news.yahoo.comColumn: Raiders have their coach after Bisaccia aces tryout
The firing in Miami was a head scratcher, considering Brian Flores won eight of his last nine games and seemed to have the Dolphins moving firmly in the right direction. Black Monday offered up the usual number of casualties across the NFL, where missing the playoffs means a pink slip might not be far behind. No reason to dally around looking for a new coach, either, though diversity interviews โ and hopefully some diversity hires โ will slow the process some.
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