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• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
• RAMS CUT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED
• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL DRAFT, IS DROPPED BY RAMS
• ST LOUIS RAMS CUT MICHAEL SAM, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
• ST. LOUIS RAMS MAKE MICHAEL SAM FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL TEAM
• ST. LOUIS RAMS PICK MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL TEAM
• RAMS DRAFTED NFL'S FIRST BLACK PLAYER, AND S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY-GAY NFL PLAYER, CUT BY ST. LOUIS RAMS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• ST. LOUIS RAMS’ MICHAEL SAM: EXPERTS ANALYZE ENDORSEMENT POTENTIAL OF NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• ST. LOUIS RAMS MAKE MICHAEL SAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL
• ST. LOUIS RAMS DRAFT MICHAEL SAM, WHO ULD BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER
• MATT GAY

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS

Michael Sam, who 2014 beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, announced on Twter Friday eveng that he is walkg away om football for mental health reasons.

After he failed to fd a al wh an NFL team, Sam signed wh the Montreal Alouett of the Canadian Football League, at which pot he beme the CFL's first openly gay player. 7, he beme the first openly gay player to play a regular season CFL game, though he did not register any tackl or sacks his appearanc. Louis Rams have cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team.

Michael Sam first openly gay player drafted to NFL. Michael Sam, First Openly Gay NFL Draft, Is Dropped By Rams: The Two-Way The former Missouri fensive end was edged out a petn agast undrafted rookie Ethan Wtbrooks for a spot on St. Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team, was released by the St.

RAMS CUT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED

ET Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted to an NFL team, has been released by the St.

Wr: "Sam's efforts to bee the first openly gay player NFL history me up jt short a petn agast undrafted rookie Ethan Wtbrooks. " Sam, who played fensive end for Missouri llege, was picked 249th out of 256 the May draft after g out earlier the year about his homosexualy.

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL DRAFT, IS DROPPED BY RAMS

Cyd Zeigler, -founr of OutSports, a sports news se that's dited to LBGT athlet, said an terview wh NPR's All Thgs Consired May, that he didn't thk that Sam's homosexualy would be a cidg factor, but he also suggted that the groundbreakg nature of the move would make difficult for the Rams to drop him.

ST LOUIS RAMS CUT MICHAEL SAM, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER

"[Everythg's] gog to be cid on his abily to help the team w, but I don't thk the Rams beme the first team ever to draft an openly gay player jt to be the first team to cut an openly player, " Zeigler told ATC host Melissa Block. Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, has been cut by the St Louis Rams announced their fal 53-man roster for the new season, which begs on Thursday, shortly before the 4pm eastern time cut-off and after a nervo Saturday for Sam and other NFL Twter, Sam said: “I want to thank the entire Rams anisatn and the cy of St Louis for givg me this tremendo opportuny and allowg me to show I n play at this level.

Then, the -fensive player of the year the Southeastern Conference, who had e out to his Missouri team-mat before the precedg llege season, told the New York Tim: “I’m Michael Sam, I’m a football player, and I’m gay. NFL teams had to settle wh the ia of a gay athlete well before the selectn procs. He wanted a team that would embrace him and his boyiend, one that wouldn’t shy away om the fact that he is gay.

Dpe the naysayers claimg that Michael would stggle to fd a home bee NFL teams didn’t want the “distractn” of a gay player, his character, work ethic and skill shone through. He is now the first openly gay active athlete our natn’s bellwether of masculy.

ST. LOUIS RAMS MAKE MICHAEL SAM FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL TEAM

Many gay people were losg fah the NFL durg the draft, as the number of selectns remag dwdled: 30 … 25 … 20 … 15 … 10 … Some tweeted that they would be swchg terts to the NBA, where the openly gay Jason Colls was weled by the Brooklyn Nets.

Sudnly, wh the 249th pick the draft, an openly gay player was weled wh open arms by a team the heartland. The advancement of gay rights, cludg the issug of same-sex marriage licens neighborg Arkansas today, ntu. In January, he had a visn of shatterg stereotyp and blazg a trail for gay athlet.

The NFL, the biggt game town, has drafted an openly gay football player. Louis Rams the seventh round of the NFL draft Saturday, beg the first openly gay player drafted by a pro football team. Sam played at Missouri, and me out as gay media terviews earlier this year.

ST. LOUIS RAMS PICK MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL TEAM

At a time when gay marriage is gag acceptance among Amerins, Sam's entry to the NFL is a huge step toward the tegratn of gay men to profsnal team sports.

RAMS DRAFTED NFL'S FIRST BLACK PLAYER, AND S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

Hours passed, rounds me and went, and eventually, there were only eight more picks left on the third and fal day of the NFL jt a moment, looked as if his chance of beg picked by a pro team and beg the league's first openly gay player might take a tour. "Sam me out as gay media terviews earlier this year. "Michael Sam wouldn't have been drafted five years ago, " said former Vikg punter Chris Kluwe, who has acced Mnota of cuttg him part bee of his vol support for gay the last year, NBA veteran Jason Colls has e out publicly as gay, and is now playg for the Brooklyn Nets.

The team's general manager said he was aware, and was Davis, a gay former NFL player who is now the executive director of the gay rights advocy group "You Can Play, " said that Sam only needs to do his job to have an impact beyond the field. "Michael Sam don't have to be a vol advote (for gay rights), " Davis said.

Louis Rams drafted Michael Sam, the first openly gay player league history.

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY-GAY NFL PLAYER, CUT BY ST. LOUIS RAMS

Michael Sam, the first openly-gay football player to be drafted by the NFL, was cut by the St.

Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team, was released by St. 30, 2014, 9:41 PM UTCMichael Sam, the first openly-gay football player drafted by the Natnal Football League, was cut om the St. The news as a major disappotment to Sam's many fans (acrdg to ESPN, his was the seventh-bt sellg jersey on the league's onle store om April 1 through July 31), who had hoped he would break the league's signifint cultural barrier to bee the first openly-gay announcement that the fal roster did not clu Sam had nothg to do wh his sexualy, said ach Jeff Fisher, but the plexi of an already very petive procs and the particular needs of the Rams team.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

"Michael Sam, who first announced publicly that he is gay Febary, shared his gratu wh fans on Twter after the news broke. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

In his 10 years wh the pany, Nick has led ESPN's verage of the Ners' 2019 Super Bowl n, Col Kaepernick's prott, the Rams makg Michael Sam the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, Sam's subsequent pursu of a roster spot and the team's relotn and stadium saga.

Louis Rams have released fensive end Michael Sam, the first openly gay player selected the NFL, a seventh-round draft choice, had been battlg undrafted rookie Ethan Wtbrooks for a fal roster spot. ' He said, 'Thanks for the opportuny, ' and I said, 'Mike, I'm lookg forward to visg wh you tomorrow, ' and he go, 'I am, too, ' " Fisher said of their phone Colls, who beme the first openly gay athlete North Ameri's four major profsnal sports when he signed wh the NBA's Brooklyn Nets late Febary, tweeted out his support for Sam.

ST. LOUIS RAMS’ MICHAEL SAM: EXPERTS ANALYZE ENDORSEMENT POTENTIAL OF NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

#workhard- Jason Colls (@jasonlls98) Augt 30, 2014Former tennis great Billie Jean Kg, who is openly gay, lled Sam "remarkable" spe beg cut.

Louis Rams roster, he will have plenty of people watchg — cludg those sutg to see whether the first openly gay pro football player has what tak to be a Corporate Ameri pchman. -founr Cyd Zeigler says few pani worry the days about outright boytts om gay-tolerant nsumer segments. But that don’t mean that gay athlet don’t suffer om stigma.

Sam was also the first publicly gay player wag to be drafted. Was ready to accept an openly gay player, particularly bee the Natnal Basketball Associatn broke that barrier Febary when Jason Colls joed the Nets. L., though, has been preparg for the emergence of an openly gay player for several years, and Gooll and other league executiv will no doubt be happy that Sam was drafted.

ST. LOUIS RAMS MAKE MICHAEL SAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL

VioThe fensive leman om the Universy of Missouri spoke publicly about his sexual orientatn and uld bee the first openly gay player the Natnal Football Francis Peters for The New York TimBut if Sam had been passed over the draft, every N. Team would have risked suggtg that he was nsired a was, many teams re-evaluated Sam’s stat Febary — not long after he publicly said he was gay — when he had a medcre performance at the N.

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ST. LOUIS RAMS DRAFT MICHAEL SAM, WHO ULD BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER

But he gets the chance after a long, strsful beme one of the biggt stori the draft when he announced Febary he was gay.

The NFL didn't want to al wh the story of a man who was attemptg to bee the first openly gay player the league, a player who earned -top fensive player the nference honors llege football, not beg drafted.

Through three preason gam, Sam -- the first openly gay active player NFL history -- has five tackl and three sacks. Louis Rams have cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL 7th-round draft pick has been outspoken and nfint as his progrs was watched as closely as any rookie the league.

MATT GAY

"Sam told his teammat at Missouri that he was gay before his senr year, and judgg by the rults was no distractn at all. Jon Gn su NFL for “Soviet-style character assassatn” by sharg his real homophobic emails.

The NFL is still not ready for an openly gay player. The league, would seem, isn’t que ready for s first openly gay player.

Coach Jason Garrett said Wednday that the league’s first openly gay player will be add to the practice roster. Louis Rams ach Jeff Fisher says he was Michael Sam’s rner om the start and that havg the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team was no distractn at all trag mp.