Leaks to Wall Street Journal and New York Times precipitated Jon Gruden's resignation from Raiders

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When Jon Gruden was a prominent broadcaster on ESPN, providing color commentary during"Monday Night Football," he was also sending profane and hateful emails to friends.Gruden later became the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. Now some of his private missives are public; he is out of a job; and his departure was reported during the middle of"Monday Night Football."The sequence of events suggests that someone leaked the ugly emails in order to undo Gruden.

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