Watch Live: Roger Goodell holds Super Bowl press conference as NFL faces Brian Flores' accusations of racial discrimination
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is holding his annual press conference Wednesday ahead of the Super Bowl. Goodell is facing reporters a week after former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores accused the league, the Dolphins and two other teams of racial discrimination in a proposed class-action lawsuit.
In the lawsuit, Flores alleges the New York Giants had already decided who would be its next head coach before Flores was scheduled to interview for the position. On "CBS Mornings" last week, Flores cited congratulatory text messages he received before the Giants interview from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick that Flores said seemed to be intended for Brian Daboll, whom the Giants ultimately hired.
Flores called the Giants interview a "sham," and his attorneys claimed it was only conducted to comply with the league's so-called Rooney Rule, a requirement for teams to interview people of color for top jobs.
A cybercriminal group claims it stole personal data belonging to more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers. Although the event ticketing service, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, hasn't confirmed the attack, security experts warn that it could put users of the platform at risk for a range of scams.
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.