You cannot cancel a man without shame, and so Jon Gruden refuses to yield. Four years ago, he was stunned to see his crude emails leaked, ending his second stint as the Las Vegas Raiders coach, shaving five figures off his $100 million contract and transforming him from a likable, cartoonish football madman to an outcast with a digital trail of homophobic, misogynist and racist messages. Yet here he stands, over the embarrassment and under the NFL’s skin, pestering the league in court.

You cannot root for Gruden, not after all we’ve had to process about him. Nevertheless, it’s hard to ignore the theater of Gruden, who is relentless and famous for his 3:17 a.m. wake-up call, dragging the NFL into discomfort as he sues the league in hopes of reclaiming lost millions – and perhaps humiliatin

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