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A league source confirmed the accuracy of the Times report to
Reuters and said the emails had been uncovered by the NFL and
presented to commissioner Roger Goodell last week.
The emails used misogynistic and homophobic language to mock the
drafting of a gay player in 2014, the hiring of women referees,
tolerance for player protests aimed at promoting racial justice
and the league's emphasis on reducing concussions, the report
said.
He also referred to Goodell using a homophobic slur, it added.
The emails came to the NFL's attention during a review of
workplace misconduct at the Washington Football Team that was
completed this summer.
Gruden's emails were sent to Bruce Allen, the former president
of the Washington Football Team, and others while Gruden was
working as an analyst for ESPN, the report said.
The league source said the NFL sent the emails to the Raiders
and officials were waiting for the team to review them with
Gruden.
The Raiders did not immediately respond to a request for
comment. Gruden could not be reached for comment.
On Friday the NFL called an email by the Super Bowl winning
coach in 2011 that included a racist slur directed at NFL
Players Association (NFLPA) chief DeMaurice Smith, who is Black,
"abhorrent".
Gruden, who is white and who was working as a television pundit
at the time, said he regretted the email but said he did not
have "a blade of racism" in him.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter
Rutherford )
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