Roger Goodell defends Rooney Rule, despite recent hiring trends
As expected, Monday's Super Bowl press conference from Commissioner Roger Goodell included multiple questions about the effectiveness of the league's diversity policies, given a hiring cycle that resulted in 10 head-coaching vacancies filled by one minority candidate (Robert Saleh) and no Black candidates.
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😳 Werder legend eyes Steffen’s job, could join Ailton
After ten winless games, Werder Bremen has pulled the emergency brake and relieved coach Horst Steffen of his duties.In this tense situation, both in terms of sports and atmosphere, club icon Ivan Kla...
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Como defender navigates the transfer market as her own agent: ‘It’s not for everyone’
At their apartment in Italy, FC Como defender Sophie Howard’s partner is reading the instructions for a dog bed they’ve bought for the Bernedoodle that will arrive at the end of this month. It is probably far less complex than some of the documents that Howard, a defender capped more than 50 times for Scotland, will have read over a career representing herself in transfers between professional clubs. One of the few elite women’s footballers without an agent, Howard negotiated her own transfer fr
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