Jon Gruden out as Raiders coach over offensive emails

(AP) — Jon Gruden is retired arsenic manager of the Las Vegas Raiders aft emails helium sent earlier being hired successful 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments.

A idiosyncratic acquainted with the determination said Gruden is stepping down aft The New York Times reported that Gruden often utilized misogynistic and homophobic connection directed astatine Commissioner Roger Goodell and others successful the NFL.

It was a accelerated downfall for Gruden, who is successful the 4th twelvemonth of a 10-year, $100 cardinal declaration helium signed with the Raiders successful 2018. It started connected Friday erstwhile the Wall Street Journal reported that Gruden utilized a racist word to picture NFL national main DeMaurice Smith successful a 2011 email to erstwhile Washington enforcement Bruce Allen.

The emails were discovered successful a workplace misconduct probe into the Washington Football Team but ended up costing Gruden his job.