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He just always been a fraud to me. >> reporter: gruden was in year four of a 10-year, $100 million contract. today skew company skechers cropped him as a brand ambassador. his downfall comes after the n.f.l. began investigating workplace misconduct within the washington football team. and out of 650,000 emails, "the new york times" obtained some emails exchanged over a seven-year span between gruden and then-washington team president bruce allen. gruden allegedly called the n.f.l. commissioner a homophobic slur, denounced women referees, the drafting of a gay player, and slammed players for kn...

Your Monday Briefing Image An empty stadium in Tokyo moments before the Japanese and South African soccer teams took the field.Credit...Ken Belson/The New York Times The Olympics begins The Tokyo Games opened on Friday to a sea of empty seats and a somber opening ceremony that tried to project a world moving on from the worst of Covid-19. Naomi Osaka, Japan’s most famous athlete, lit the Olympic cauldron. The Japanese public is widely opposed to the Games. In quieter moments throughout the ceremony, protesters outside the stadium could be heard yelling “Stop the Olympics” through bullho...

Years from now. but in the meantime we'll be rooting for jake and team usa against italy. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. thanks, ken. >> taylor crabb and ken belson. we have dr. irwin redlener. thank you for being here. should players like taylor who you hust just now who are asymptomatic be allowed to play? it's probably as good if not better than a covid asymptomatic player. >> well, it's a tough call. it's heartbreaking to hear a player who's been training all these years and this is the ultimate activity they want to do, and they've been so prepped for physically and mentally. this ...

Brain impairment. the cognitive tests of former black players are measured by using data that assumes a lower level of cognitive brain function to start with. so former black players call the practice discrimination. let's talk about this with ken belson who covers the nfl for "the new york times." we've been wanting to do this. this is such an amazing story you have been following and writing about here. explain what race norming is, and how was the nfl using it? >> so basically they set up two sets of criteria, one for black players and one for white players, to make assumptions about their ...

Suit. many of them didn't know why their scores were scored the way they were. many of them didn't go ahead and file claims. so it's hard to know precisely how many players could end up getting them. but it's fair to say that hundreds and maybe thousands could end up having a claim approved. now, of course, as i said, the devil is in the details, so to speak, in this new formula they want to develop. >> ken belson is the reporter here for "the new york times." i would encourage you to check out his work on "the times." great work. thank you for appearing. really appreciate it. >> thank you, do...