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Killed by a dump truck while trying to cross a highway near ft. lauderdale. steelers coach mike tomlin says hes, "devastated and at a loss for words." haskins was a star player at ohio state and a first-round draft pick in 2019. today at the masters, a tough day for tiger woods following his improbable comeback. tiger finished six over on the day, now seven over for the tournament. cbs jim axelrod is at augusta national taking it all in. jim, a tough assignment for a golf lover. >> reporter: it ...

Status and unspecified damages from the league. the dolphins, the denver broncos and the giants along with unidentified individuals. among the allegations, flores is making, is that the dolphins offered him $100,000 a game, his first season, to purposely lose. this so the club could secure the top draft pick. the nfl says flores claims are without any matter. ♪ >> gillian: breaking tonight, were updating an earlier story out of richmond, virginia where a newspaper there is reporting two office...

Industries. >> sure. >> meanwhile, miami dolphins owner stephen ross has responded to allegations in the lawsuit that he offered flores $100,000 per loss in order to tank the teams 2019 season and get a better draft pick. ross writing in part, i take great personal exception to these malicious attacks. the truth must be known. his allegations are false, malicious and defamatory. former cleveland browns head coach hue jackson is making accusations of a schimpf lar practice in cleveland including ...

In part, an organization can only function if it is collaborative and works well. in his lawsuit, brian flores claimed there is more to the story. in his first season as head coach, flores says in his lawsuit, he refused his owners directive to tank for the first pick in the draft. >> tanking is when a coach goes out and deliberately loses games in order to get a better draft pick in next years draft. because teams with the lowest records get to pick first. flores goes on to claim that during th...

Big game, a damning hit with the class action lawsuit filed by the former head coach of the dolphins, the team he coached to winning two straight winning seasons inside that stadium. in the suit it alleges the nfl has a problem with systemic racism. after three seasons with the dolphins, coach brian flores was fired january 10th, top brass saying he was difficult to work with. he alleges the billionaire owner steven ross told him he fired him because he would not tank the 2019 season in order to...

Look, were going to let this go. youre not going to move on to arbitration. >> the cleveland browns denied these allegations. what could they mean for the nfl? >> in 2019 especially, the tank for tua movement was a real thing, the idea that teams would lose games in an effort to get a better draft pick, to recruit this -- i should say pick this superstar alabama quarterback, that was a real thing. and the fact those conversations may have drifted from fan murmurs into the front offices is not at...

Career of my lifetime. >> wow. that says a lot. i dont think many people would disagree with you on that front. how did he go from the sixth-round draft pick to the greatest quarterback of all time or the greatest athlete? what was it that it drove him? >> tom is just an incredibly competitive person. and thats the thing ive always admired about tom, is not just the accomplishments but the fact of how he did it. he was the 199th pick. he was the sixth pick. nothing was given to him. everything h...

Enough. despite the fact that the rooney rule stipulates, they bolstered it a few months ago. it used to be, you had to have a serious interview with at least one minority candidate. now, they upped it to two a few months ago. well see if theres any subsequent improvement in their record. >> flores also says the dolphins owner offered to pay him to purposefully lose games to get a higher draft pick. is that a common occurrence in the nfl? >> not so far if were aware. if this is true, leave the a...

Modify, we will do it. we will absolutely do it. if we see evidence of discrimination, we will deal with it in a very serious way. >> reporter: yeah, when it comes to the rooney rule, they said keep the rule, add to it, throw it out, everything is on the table moving forward. >> so flores had this allegation that he was paid to lose games in order to get a better draft pick for the dolphins. what did goodell have to say about that? >> reporter: he was asked about that. and he basically said they...