George asked the Bears up front whether this was simply to fulfill the Rooney Rule requirement of having two minority ...

CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones says a well-intended rule is no longer useful as teams find ways to skirt it ...

The National Football League now has more coaches of color than ever, but it also puts potential coaches who are men of color through the wringer by setting them up ...

The NFL's "Rooney Rule" mandates that NFL teams engaging in a head coaching search interview two minority candidates before ...

The year is 2022. The month, February. Two days ago, the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals punched their tickets to ...

Tennessee State football's Eddie George says the Chicago Bears cited his work as a coach and not his minority status for ...

The NFL’s Rooney Rule is a worthy idea clumsily executed. Established in 2003 and tweaked in 2021, it requires teams to ...

The Rooney Rule was meant to increase the number of minority interviews – and thus actual opportunity for those coaches – in the NFL. In many ways it has achiev ...

Tennessee State head football Eddie George opens up on his unexpected mid-January coaching interview with the Chicago Bears.

George's interview made the Bears compliant with the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview minority candidates before filling a head coaching position. But George made it clear he did ...

The Dallas Cowboys hired Brian Schottenheimer and Shannon Sharpe claims they faked interest in Deion Sanders because of ...