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• RAMS' MATT GAY: RAMS-SEAHAWKS MOVED TO TUDAY
• HERE’S WHAT MATT GAY SAID ABOUT HIS FAH
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• RAMS KICKER MATT GAY BROUGHT TO HIS KNE BY UNIFORM FE OM NFL
• RAMS' MATT GAY, WAIVED BY BUCS BEFORE SEASON, KICKS GAME WNER VS. FORMER TEAM: 'YOU N'T WRE '
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER TO PLAY NFL GAME

RAMS' MATT GAY: RAMS-SEAHAWKS MOVED TO TUDAY

Gay and the Rams will no longer play the Seahawks on Sunday, after the NFL officially rchled the matchup between the two teams for Tuday at 7 p.

Los Angel Rams kicker Matt Gay (8) kicks durg an NFL wild-rd playoff football game agast the Arizona Cardals Monday, Jan.

HERE’S WHAT MATT GAY SAID ABOUT HIS FAH

Gay and the Los Angel Rams will play the Ccnati Bengals Super Bowl LVI. Matt Gay creded his fah for beg a drivg force his life, days before the third-year NFL kicker sued up for his first Super Bowl wh the Los Angel Rams. Gay, the youngt of eight children, served a missn for The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats to Hoton.

Especially raisg kids, that’s how you want to raise them, wh certa prcipl and valu, ” Gay said. Gay played a central role two of the Rams’ playoff victori this postseason that helped them reach the Super Bowl.

In the NFC champnship, he shook off an early field-goal miss and h field goals of 40 and 30 yards the fourth quarter as the Rams rallied to beat San Francis 20-17 Gay was also asked about whether he and his wife hope to add a girl to their fay the future.

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On Monday, the Super Bowl champns are hostg a kickoff party to lnch the Varsy Gay League flag football divisn. The party will be held at the Gym Sportsbar Wt Hollywood, one of the most well-known gay sports bars the U. There were five out gay cheerlears on the Rams’ squad last season, and they were all on the sil for Super Bowl LVI.

The New England Patrts the first NFL team to sponsor Gay Bowl, the Natnal Gay Flag Football League’s annual champnship tournament, back when Boston hosted the event 2017.

By publicly supportg LA’s newt gay flag football league, the Rams are flippg that old narrative around. Michael Sam, who beme the first openly gay active player when drafted by the Rams 2014, is movg overseas to take a job wh the European Football, who his brief time on the Dallas Cowboys 2014 practice squad earned praise for his work preparg offensive le teammat for game days, will now do the same as a former Universy of Missouri pass-shg standout played briefly for the Rams the preason.

RAMS KICKER MATT GAY BROUGHT TO HIS KNE BY UNIFORM FE OM NFL

Matt Gay, Matt Orzech and Riley Dixon all left ee agency and have been replaced by three rooki. Gay was always known for his powerful leg, but durg his time wh the Rams, he was also one of the most accurate kickers football. The Rams hope Brown n jt ntue to drill kicks si of 50 the way Gay did for several years.

Matt Gay kicks off for the Rams. (Kyung Gong / Associated Prs)Rams kicker Matt Gay sported yellow football pants several siz too large at practice Friday, part to make a statement to the NFL about the hefty amount of sh the league extracted om his, a Pro Bowl selectn last season, said he was rmed by letter that he had been fed $5, 000 bee the pants he wore the Rams’ season-openg loss to the Buffalo Bills did not ver his fashn statement for practice me after he posted a statement and photos of his baggy troers to social media. “How to drs as a kicker the @NFL per @nflmish to avoid a $5k pant length fe, ” Gay tweeted.

RAMS' MATT GAY, WAIVED BY BUCS BEFORE SEASON, KICKS GAME WNER VS. FORMER TEAM: 'YOU N'T WRE '

”Kickers and punters are exempt om havg to wear thigh or knee pads, Gay said.

You n follower her on Twter Angel Rams kicker Matt Gay said was "kd of crazy" to return to Tampa Bay to face his former team on Monday Night kicked a 40-yard field goal wh 2:36 remag the game to put the Rams ahead 27-24, and Rams safety Jordan Fuller tercepted quarterback Tom Brady wh 1:57 remag to secure the w and improve to 7-3.

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

"You n't wre , " Gay said. "The Bucneers selected Gay wh a fifth-round pick 2019 but waived him before this season. The Rams signed Gay last Monday om the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad.

"As a rookie Tampa Bay last season, Gay nverted 27 of 35 (77. "Johnny texted me and said he really wanted me here, " Gay said. The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.

16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster.

CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER TO PLAY NFL GAME

Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.

The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn. In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay.