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THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Former NFL head coach and current ESPN analyst Jon Gruden, left, talks with Washington Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen, right, on the sideline during organized team activities at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

NFL facing renewed calls for Washington workplace report to be released

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Atlanta Falcons safety Jaylinn Hawkins (32) celebrates making an interception during the first half of an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, England, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

Ryan, Pitts lead Falcons past Jets in London

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden speaks with officials during the second half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) **FILE**

Jon Gruden again says he’s not a racist after Raiders loss

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden stands on the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

NFL condemns ‘appalling, abhorrent’ Jon Gruden email

By Barry Wilner - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, file photo, An 'NFL on prime video' banner hangs on the field prior to an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz. The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season with new rights agreements announced Thursday, March 18, 2021 including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” beginning in 2022.(AP Photo/Jennifer Stewart, File) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Amazon telecast just another sign Bezos’ tentacles are all over NFL

By Thom Loverro

In this Oct. 18, 2020, file photo, New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore stands along the sideline during the second half of the team's NFL football game against the Denver Broncos in Foxborough, Mass. The Carolina Panthers have acquired veteran cornerback and 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore from the New England Patriots for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) **FILE**

Panthers acquire Gilmore from Patriots for sixth-round pick in 2023

By Steve Reed and Kyle Hightower - Associated Press

FILE - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, stands with head coach Bill Belichick, right, during an NFL football practice, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. Without Bill Belichick, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl and is on pace to throw a career-high 53 touchdown passes at age 44. Without Brady under center, Belichick is 54-61 over his career, including 8-11 since the future Hall of Fame quarterback left New England for Tampa Bay. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)

Sports books: Brady-Belichick showdown most heavily bet game

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith works the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) **FILE**

Falcons, Washington share need for ‘Ted Lasso’ positivity

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker (9) kicks a 66-yard field goal in the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Baltimore won 19-17. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)

Tucker’s NFL-record FG lifts Ravens to win over Lions

By Larry Lage - Associated Press

General view of Lambeau Field before the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions NFL football game Monday, Sept 20. 2021, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

NFL adds Monday night to Wild Card Weekend

Associated Press

NFL keeps dividing people

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Bill Maher, winner of the First Amendment Award, speaks to the crowd at the 26th Annual Literary Awards Festival at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this file photo. On the Friday, Feb. 3 edition of his "Real Time with Bill Maher," the liberal comedian spoke out against the anti-free speech climate at UC Berkeley that resulted in Milo Yiannopoulos's planned speech being canceled and ended in riots on the campus. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)

NFL playing Black national anthem is ‘segregation,’ Bill Maher says: ‘We should have one’ anthem

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence (90) pressures Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)

Brady throws for 379 yards, 4 TDs, Bucs beat Cowboys 31-29

By Fred Goodall - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt works through drills during the NFL football team's practice Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) **FILE**

Steelers, T.J. Watt agree to lucrative extension

By Will Graves - Associated Press

Eddie George, other former All-Pros making impact at HBCUs

By Teresa M. Walker - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2018, file photo, Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed (86), warm up before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, in Landover, Md. The Washington Redskins have released injury prone tight end Jordan Reed, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Washington creates $8.5 million in salary-cap by cutting ties with him. Reed missed all of last season with his fifth documented concussion of his seven-year NFL career. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

LOVERRO: ‘Are you not entertained?’ Yes Maximus, we are, so add a 17th game

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 3, 2021, file photo, Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) carries the ball for a touchdown during an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Houston. Fresh off becoming just the eighth man to run for at least 2,000 yards, Henry now has a 17th game giving him a chance at Eric Dickerson's league record of 2,105 yards set in 1984. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson, File) **FILE**

Henry poised to run into more NFL history in 2021

By Teresa M. Walker - Associated Press

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson looks downfield before throwing the ball against the Washington Football Team during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Super Bowl is next step in progression for Jackson, Ravens

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) calls a play against the Houston Texans during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

The new abnormal: The NFL returns, forever changed by COVID-19, social activism

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times