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ESPN Reports On Who Is And Isn't Showering With Michael Sam
This morning's episode of SportsCenter briefly checked in with reporter Josina Anderson, who is on the scene at Rams training camp. She was asked to talk about how Michael Sam is fitting in with his new teammates, and Anderson went ahead and told us about how Sam's showering habits....
Michael Sam Bailed A Fan Out On An Unpayable Twitter Bet
Michael Sam sacked Johnny Manziel on Saturday. It was all very exciting. Sam did the "money" thing and everything. And, through a roundabout fashion, a bad-idea Twitter bet turned into a donation to a good charity. Everybody won....
The Gay Games Show What The Future Of Sports Can Be
The more we learn about the differences between sex, sexuality, and gender, the more opportunity there is for sports to really muck it up. Therefor, it's illuminating to examine how the Gay Games, a quadrennial event currently underway in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, handle the issue. ...
What If Baseball's Unwritten Rules Applied To Real Life?
No time for charming intros, so let's get right to it. ...
Tony Dungy Still Isn't Sure What The Problem Is
Tony Dungy tried again today to explain his Michael Sam comments, this time on the The Dan Patrick Show, and it somehow became all about Jonathan Martin. ...
Michael Sam On Dungy: "Thank God He Wasn't The St. Louis Rams Coach"
Maybe Tony Dungy really should rethink whether he would draft a guy like Michael Sam because, for a player dealing with his first NFL training camp controversy, Sam responded to Dungy's I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin' homophobia pretty perfectly. He was funny, mildly self-deprecating, and even said ...
Tony Dungy Is Sorry You Made Such A Big Deal Over What He Said
Tony Dungy has released a statement on his comments that he wouldn't draft Michael Sam. And wouldn't you know it, we're all really to blame....
How To Legitimize Bigotry: Embrace Debate
This morning, Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless shouted at each other about Tony Dungy's comments that Michael Sam's sexuality would be an overriding distraction in an NFL locker room, and whether it was a bigger distraction that Michael Vick's return from prison. I'm sorry, that's the worst sente...
Keith Olbermann Blasts Tony Dungy
On last night's show, Keith Olbermann took Tony Dungy to task for his comments that he "wouldn't have taken" Michael Sam because he "wouldn't want to deal with" the accompanying distractions. ...
Tony Dungy Says He Wouldn't Want To "Deal With" Taking Michael Sam
It's not a shock that former coach and continued insufferable shit Tony Dungy says he wouldn't want anything to do with an openly gay player on his team. It's just surprising it took someone this long to ask him....
Wife Of Ravens Player Ponders Drake, Michael Sam, And Hitler
Lauren Cox is married to Ravens long snapper Morgan Cox, and she maintains a personal blog where she shares her thoughts on all manner of topics. This isn't something that is really worth pointing out under normal circumstances, but she just wrote something about Drake's "Side Pieces" ESPYs perfor...
There's Nothing Awkward About A Bunch Of Athletes Showering Together
The always-enjoyable David Fleming has a story about communal showers in this week's ESPN The Magazine. It's nominally about the Michael Sam controversy, and asserts that no one cares if a gay man is looking at penises in the locker room—because everyone is looking at penises in the locker room....
Every FCC Viewer Complaint About Michael Sam Kissing His Boyfriend
In May, Michael Sam became the first openly gay man to be drafted into the NFL. Seconds later, he became the first openly gay man to kiss his boyfriend after being drafted into the NFL. A handful of Americans complained about the latter; you get the sense they were just as upset about the former. ...
NFL Writers Are Mad At Michael Sam Because NFL Writers Are Clowns
Of the four major American sports, the NFL has the bitchiest and most territorial media, who arrogate for themselves certain rights of access that they decry when granted to someone outside the fraternity. They're dogs who snarl when the cat takes their place on the owner's lap....
Michael Sam Is Doing A Reality Show, And That Sucks
So Michael Sam has a reality show now, and I'm just gonna go ahead and align myself with the HOT TAKES crowd and say that Sam just pissed away a whole lot of the goodwill he'd built up for himself these past few months. They can class up the announcement all they like. They can call it a "document...
No, Halfwit, Donald Sterling Isn't The Real Victim Here
Clay Travis, author of Fox Sports's Outkick the Coverage blog, sure is bent out of shape about ... uh, some damn thing. Internet mobs? The Baltimore Ravens? Something called "fauxrage"? The Real Racists? People all thinking the same thing all the time? Sure!...
A Thunderstorm Nearly Prevented The Michael Sam Kiss From Airing
Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend after being drafted into the NFL will be long remembered as an iconic moment in sports history. Thanks to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch, we now know that the moment very nearly never made it to air....
How To Explain Michael Sam And His Boyfriend To Your 7-Year-Old Child
This is a difficult thing, because small children won't believe you when you tell them that Michael Sam is the first openly gay player ever to be drafted into the National Football League, and will respond with genuine bewilderment when you explain why this is—why there have been no other NFL player...
Marshall Henderson Has Very Dumb Thoughts About Michael Sam
Marshall Henderson is a periodically electrifying college basketball player who is a lot of fun to watch. He is also just one of the legion of mouth-breathing morons and homophobes who revealed themselves to be mouth-breathers and homophobes in the wake of Michael Sam kissing a man on national TV....
The Best Moment: Michael Sam Weeps After Getting Drafted
The kiss with his boyfriend was one thing, but that was only a small twist on a scene we've watched a hundred times before: Player gets drafted, exults with loved ones. The moment that best sums up the Michael Sam saga, however, came just a little before, while Sam was on the phone with the Rams....