Michael Sam

It's been almost a year since Michael Sam became the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, and in the months since, things haven't gone quite according to plan.

Sam was cut by the St. Louis Rams before he ever had a chance to play a down in a regular season game.

Forget Beagle puppies riding around on a Roomba.

Television viewers are gearing up to see D-List celebrities tearing up the small screen with their versions of a Roomba.

Michael Sam is yet to find a permanent home in the NFL.

But the former SEC co-defensive Player of the Year is set to tackle a new challenge while he pursue his professional football playing dreams:

Michael Sam and boyfriend Vito Cammisano are getting married!

The 25-year-old football player, the first openly gay man to be drafted into the NFL, has been taking a vacation with his college sweetheart in Europe.

One of the biggest stories in football in 2014 (a year with lots of major news) was the drafting of Michael Sam by the St. Louis Rams.

Sam was the first openly gay athlete to be selected in any of the nation's major sports drafts, and many in the GLBT community saw the move as a major step toward a more widespread acceptance of gays in all career fields.

Michael Sam has set a new milestone:

He's the first openly gay man to suit up for a professional football team's practice squad.

Michael Sam made history as the first openly gay player to be drafted by NFL team, but he won't make history as the first to take the field in the pros just yet.

The St. Louis Rams cut Sam on Saturday, as the former college all-pro was among final four players released before the team finalized its 53-man roster.

Many have expressed their displeasure with ESPN's coverage of Michael Sam and his upcoming NFL regular season debut.

They feel the network is devoting too much time to speculating about Sam's locker room interactions with his teammates, and unfairly focusing on his sexual preference over his gameplay. 

Football history was made back in May when Michael Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams, making him the first openly gay man selected in an NFL draft.

Tony Dungy won the Super Bowl as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts in 2007.

But he didn't win over a lot of fans this week when he said he would NOT have drafted Michael Sam for his team, explaining that the first openly gay player in NFL history would be too much of a "distraction."

The Michael Sam reality show has been indefinitely placed on hold.

The former Missouri defensive end and SEC Defensive Player of the Year became the first openly gay player drafted by the NFL this month.

From Lindsay Lohan to... Michael Sam?

Let no one accuse Oprah Winfrey's struggling television network of not being diverse.