(CNN) -- Not long after Michael Sam became the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, some made clear his reaction was not welcome. Immediately after learning of his selection by phone, a visibly ...

In looking back at the defining sports images of 2014, one leaps out: Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend, Vito Cammisano, live on ESPN after being selected by the St. Louis Rams in the NFL Draft. It ...

ST. LOUIS -- Michael Sam dismissed the thought that his sexuality has cost him a spot in the NFL. "I don't like to think that way," Sam said in an Oprah Winfrey Network documentary that aired Saturday ...

Business giant Donald Trump praised Michael Sam for his NFL draft but said that the first openly gay NFL player’s kiss of his reported boyfriend in reaction to the good news was “out there,” and that ...

Michael Sam being selected by the Rams, and the nationally televised kiss he shared with a boyfriend shortly thereafter on Saturday, immediately set off a wave of reaction on Twitter. Rams' ...