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I’m celebrating a football milestone. It’s been over a year since I’ve tuned into the NFL, and I am happy to say, I don’t really miss it.

Former NFL player Michael Sam was likely the worst example that gay NFL prospects could have had, but at least one NFL executive seems to think that Sam’s short-lived NFL career has served to block other gay players from entering the field.

Michael Sam blamed bigotry and did not blame Islam for the Orlando mass-shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 50, including the gunman, early Sunday morning.

Former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam believes he’s not in the NFL because he’s gay.

On the Thursday broadcast of “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1, Jason Whitlock reacted to the report that then St. Louis Rams made a deal with the NFL to draft openly gay Michael Sam out of the University of Missouri in order

Openly gay football player Michael Sam might never have been drafted if not for the league crafting a deal with the St. Louis Rams to pick him in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft.

New York’s attorney general wrote the NFL expressing “serious concerns” about league scouting events “that may violate New York State law concerning sexual orientation discrimination.”

Former Canadian Football League and University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam appeared on Friday’s “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1 and told host Colin Cowherd that he is still an NFL player. Sam, the first openly gay player to

Michael Sam, the openly gay football player who competed at the University of Missouri from 2009-13, tweeted his delight after Mizzou president Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday morning.

In wake of the announcement of University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe stepping down after protests and demands from students and professors for his response to alleged racial incidents on campus, MSNBC had former Missouri Tiger football player Michael Sam on to give

During ESPN’s Saturday broadcast of “College Gameday,” host Rece Davis featured the story of Princeton University offensive lineman Mason Darrow. The segment highlighted Darrow coming out to a teammate and the acceptance from fellow teammates in the locker room. Ex-Missouri

Michael Sam announced a leave from football on Friday night. The Montreal Alouettes player cited pressures over the last year adversely impacting his mental well-being.

Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by the NFL, has told the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes that he is leaving the team.

Michael Sam has returned to Montreal, making a reunion with the Alouettes a fait accompli before their second game of the Canadian Football League season.

The Montreal Alouettes needed to pare down their roster to meet league limits on Monday and Michael Sam does not appear on it.

Less than a month after signing with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, defensive end Michael Sam has taken leave of the team for undisclosed personal reasons.

Former Olympic gold medalist Jenner has been announced as the 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner and is set to receive the award at the 2015 ESPY’s for the journey taken to change from a man to a woman. Jenner took

Michael Sam came out to the media as a Montreal Alouette on Monday.

Michael Sam transitioned from the SEC to the NFL as the most celebrated seventh-round pick in football history. Should he transition from the CFL to the NFL, he will have succeeded in navigating the road less traveled.

Michael Sam, the first openly-gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, agreed to play football for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Sen’Derrick Marks questions the NFL’s motives in hiring Sarah Thomas, its first female referee.

In an interview with Robert Klemko of Sports Illustrated, current NFL free agent and first openly gay NFL draft pick Michael Sam opened up about other gay pro athletes reaching out to him. “There’s been a lot of closeted players

On Thursday’s airing of “Olbermann,” fill-in host Pablo S. Torre, substituting for the suspended Keith Olbermann, discussed recently announced news that NFL free agent and first openly gay player to be drafted is going to be on ABC’s show “Dancing

Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, will be joining the cast of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars in March, reports TMZ.

In an autobiographical article released on Wednesday, former University of Missouri football player Michael Sam wrote that he does not believe that being a gay man kept him from being on a NFL roster.

As a backdrop for his marriage proposal to his boyfriend, Vito Cammissano, NFL defensive end Michael Sam chose Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

Former NFL player Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted in the NFL, is engaged to his boyfriend, former University of Missouri swimmer Vito Cammisano.