Michael Sam, the first out gay player to be drafted into the NFL, announced Friday he is leaving football. In a series of Tweets Sam said he was ‘Stepping away’ from the game, reported Buzzfeed. He cited ‘concerns for his mental health’ over the last 12 months. In May, Sam joined the Montreal Alouettes of…
MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes announced today that the club has signed international defensive end Michael Sam to a two-year deal. Sam (6’2’’, 260 lbs.) joins the Alouettes after spending the 2014 season in the National Football League with the St. Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. The 25-year-old athlete developed his playing abilities with the…
According to a report in the Huffington Post the Dallas Cowboys plan to bring in Michael Sam, the first openly gay player ever to be drafted into the NFL, for a physical on Wednesday with the intention of signing him to their practice squad. Sam, who came out as gay back in February 2014 in…
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, has been cut by the St Louis Rams. The 24-year-old University of Missouri standout, who had announced he was gay in February, was one of 22 players waived in the final cuts by the Rams to reach the roster limit before…
Sometime Saturday Michael Sam will find out if he is part of the St. Louis Rams’ 53-man roster, their practice squad, or cut. As the first openly gay player on an NFL team, his fate will be news. His shower habits are not news. Nor is the opinion of an unidentified teammate on said shower…
