"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 Flores’ racial discrimination lawsuit against the league.
Super Bowl vs. Olympics: Will Winter Games get sacked by America’s biggest event?| Sports Seriously
Andy Nesbitt and Mackenzie Salmon react to the Brian Flores’ 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.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.comFormer Dolphins coach Brian Flores talks about lawsuit, alleged racist hiring practices in NFL: "Humiliation, disbelief, anger"
The lawsuit sought class-action status and unspecified damages from the NFL, the New York Giants, the Miami Dolphins, the Denver Broncos, and other unnamed individuals.
cbsnews.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 – 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.comDolphins say they were doing 'due diligence' on Watson
Miami considered making a trade with Houston for Deshaun Watson but did not ask his accusers to sign nondisclosure agreements in the hopes of resolving the sexual assault and misconduct cases against the embattled quarterback, Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said Wednesday.
49ers trade up to acquire No. 3 pick from Dolphins
The San Francisco 49ers have made a big move to grab their quarterback of the future by trading up with Miami for the No. 12 pick along with first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 and their compensatory third-rounder in 2022 to get the third overall pick. The Dolphins then immediately traded the 12th pick, the 123rd pick and their own 2022 first-rounder to Philadelphia for the No. The Dolphins have stockpiled draft picks since beginning a rebuilding project when Brian Flores was hired as coach two years ago. 3 overall pick, the Dolphins gave up their primary bargaining chip in a potential deal to acquire Watson.
Nobody comes for free in NFL free agency that begins Monday
Regardless, on Monday, two days before the NFL's 2021 business year begins, the 32 teams and agents for the players will be making deals. “Legal tampering, and tampering is illegal? AdOf course, free agency always is a buyer-beware situation. AdVoila: Lavonte David, a key linebacker, was re-signed, and several other key guys in the title run could be back. “We do have some money from a cap standpoint that we can spend; but again, it’s an interesting year.
Franks-to-Yeboah TD seals National's 27-24 Senior Bowl win
American Team quarterback Kellen Mond of Texas A&M (12) has his throw tipped by National Team offensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa of UCLA (92) during the first half of the NCAA Senior Bowl college football game in Mobile, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)MOBILE, Ala. – Texas A&M's Kellen Mond was the Senior Bowl Most Valuable Player but two fellow Southeastern Conference Western Division products made the decisive big play. Fitzpatrick had six catches for 90 yards in the showcase game for senior and graduate NFL prospects, earning offensive player of the game honors. Obviously, kind of shaky at the beginning but it definitely shows a lot of poise to be able to bounce back.”North Carolina running back Michael Carter also had a big game. Jamie Newman completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Trevon Grimes with 49 seconds left for the American team after Franks and Yeboah made it a two-score game.