Reported racist comment from Jon Gruden draws NFL rebuke


A report that Jon Gruden used a racist comment about NFL Players Association leader DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago drew a strong and quick rebuke Friday from the NFL.

A Wall Street Journal story noted that Gruden, then working for ESPN and now coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, referred in a racist way to Smith’s facial features.
“Dum*b*oriss Smith has lips the size of michellin tires,” Gruden wrote in the email re*viewed by the newspaper.
https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/10/08/re...he%20newspaper.