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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Tuesday, October 12th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

John Gruden resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. After emails he sent before being hired in 2018, contained racist, homophobic, and misogynistic comments.

Rudin released a statement Monday night saying, I have resigned as head coach of the Raiders. I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction.

Thank you to all of the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation.

I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.

He stepped down after the New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic and homophobic language

directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and others in the NFL.

It was a rapid downfall for him who in his four year,

in the fourth year of the 10-year $100 million contract, he signed with the Raiders in 2018.

It started on Friday when the Wall Street Journal reported that Gruden used a racist term to

describe NFL Union Chief Demari Smith in the 2011 email to former Washington executive Bruce Allen.

The emails were discovered in a workplace misconduct investigation into the Washington

football team but ended up costing Gruden his job when they also showed Gruden denounced the

drafting of a gay player and the tolerance of players protesting during the playing of the

national anthem, among other issues.

Gruden apologized for his insensitive remarks about Smith saying that they were made out of

frustration over the 2011 lockout.

But the latest email sent between 2011 and 2018 when Gruden was an analyst for ESPN show

the use of derogatory language went well beyond that.

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