Jon Gruden hasn’t coached in the NFL in nearly four years, to the day. On this day, he ran his winning streak against the NFL to two.

After persuading the Nevada Supreme Court to keep his civil lawsuit against the league and Commissioner in the court system (and not relegate it to the league’s secret, rigged, kangaroo court of arbitration), Gruden got another victory when the same court denied on Thursday the NFL’s request for a rehearing.

It was a procedural move aimed at satisfying the requirement for the filing of a petition for appeal (writ of certiorari, if you’re fancy) to the United States Supreme Court. Which is what the league will undoubtedly do.

Whether the league prevails in the highest court in the land is a different issue. First, the NFL has to convince the court to take

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