Showing posts with label Cindy Boren. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cindy Boren. Show all posts

Friday, December 26, 2014

Michael Sam To Oprah: Gay NFL Players Reached Out To Me In Gratitude

Cindy Boren, Dec. 24, 2014, Washington Post

“A very few reached out to me and pretty much just told me their gratitude and how thankful they were that I had the courage [to come out],” Sam said in the interview, which will be shown on OWN on Saturday night. “They wished that they had the courage to come out.”

Sam was cut by the Rams just before the season began. Although he was signed to the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad, he was cut Oct. 22 and has not been signed by another team.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

ESPN Says It Regrets Michael Sam Shower Report That Drew Criticism

Michael Sam
Source:  www.abcnewsradioonline.com
Credit:  Joe Robbins / Getty
By Cindy Boren, Aug. 27, 2014, Washingtonpost.com

After it found itself at the epicenter of a storm of criticism over a report on the shower habits of Michael Sam, the first openly gay player on an NFL roster, and his teammates, ESPN responded Wednesday morning with a further statement on the report.

“ESPN regrets the manner in which we presented our report. Clearly yesterday we collectively failed to meet the standards we have set in reporting on LGBT-related topics in sports.”

On Tuesday, while providing an update about Sam’s quest to make the St. Louis Rams’ final roster, reporter Josina Anderson said that a Rams “defensive player told me that ‘Sam is respecting our space’ and that, from his perspective, he seems to think that Michael Sam is waiting to take a shower, as not to make his teammates feel uncomfortable.”

She also said that [defensive end Kendall] Langford and linebacker Alec Ogletree said “they didn’t know that, specifically, and also weren’t tracking that.”


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