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Michael Sam is returning to football, but probably not where you’d expect

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Former pro football player Michael Sam is ready for his next adventure.Sam became the first openly gay athlete to be drafted by a professional sports team when he was picked up by the St.

Louis Rams in 2014. It became a huge story, especially after ESPN broadcast him kissing his then-boyfriend, Vito Cammisano, when he learned he’d been drafted.What followed for Sam was a meteoric rise to fame, high performance expectations, and ultimately, disappointment.

He was cut by the Rams, then by the Cowboys, before he ever made it onto the field for regular season gameplay.Speaking about the experience in 2017, he said: “I had to prove myself, to show that I was one of the guys.

I was cut from the Rams, even though I was in the top five in sacks. Then I went to the Cowboys and had to do it all over again.

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