Kevin Seifert, ESPN Workers AuthorAug 23, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a workers author who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has lined the NFL for over 20 years, becoming a member of ESPN in 2008. He was beforehand a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and … Read more
Jul 25, 2023, 11:01 AM ET NEW YORK — A federal choose mentioned Tuesday that she’s not altering her determination to let NFL coach Brian Flores put the league and three of its groups on trial over his claims that he and different Black coaches face discrimination. Choose Valerie Caproni’s written ruling in Manhattan federal … Read more
NEW YORK — NFL coach Brian Flores can pursue a few of his discrimination claims towards the league and its groups in courtroom somewhat than by way of arbitration, a decide dominated Wednesday. The written determination by Choose Valerie Caproni in Manhattan was issued months after attorneys for the league tried to get the lawsuit … Read more
EAGAN, Minn. — Not lengthy after changing into an NFL quarterback, Kevin O’Connell earned a repute as a future coach. It wasn’t simply due to his management expertise. Early within the 2009 season as a backup with the New York Jets, he began suggesting pass-rush schemes to coach Rex Ryan and his staff. “He was … Read more
EAGAN, Minn. — Amid a job search this winter that included interviews for NFL head coach and defensive coordinator positions, Brian Flores visited a Pittsburgh-area church. The pastor’s message that day was clear: There are occasions in life the place you possibly can have management or progress, however you possibly can’t have each. That message, … Read more
EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings are hiring Brian Flores as their new defensive coordinator, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday, ending a month-long search to exchange the fired Ed Donatell. Flores spent final season because the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ senior defensive assistant/linebackers after being fired as head coach by the Miami Dolphins following … Read more
PITTSBURGH — It’s a chilly, gray October day as Brian Flores stands on a sideline of the Pittsburgh Steelers Practice fields and laughter at your question. A week and a half from this moment, he’ll step back inside Hard Rock Stadium for the first time since he was fired as the Miami Dolphins He was … Read more
NEW YORK — Three Black NFL coaches claiming racial bias were criticized by Roger Goodell Wednesday. They made their latest arguments against the arbitration of a dispute that they believe belongs in front of a jury. In Manhattan federal court papers, the lawyers stated that arbitration would allow unconscionably biased one side ‘kangaroo courts,’ to … Read more
NEW YORK — A judge has accelerated the time for Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, to decide the merits racial discrimination claims by Black coaches against the league. The judge stated that it seems like an attempt to gather additional evidence and is a bid at “an impermissible fishing expedition”. Valerie Caproni, U.S. District Judge, stated … Read more
Tuesday’s filing by the NFL in federal court was to force Brian Flores’ class action lawsuit against the NFL and several other teams in which he and two coaches claim racial discrimination in hiring practices to arbitration. The United States District Court for Southern District of New York filed it. The redacted contracts for all … Read more