Jim Buzinski

"That would not be something that I have ever done," Jerry Jones says. Plus, Pats start 0-1 for first time in 11 years; bonehead plays; hot player of the week.

Players team up for campaign the same week soccer reporter comes out as gay.

The English lads show more -- or less -- of what they've got to launch 2015 calendar.

Had Sam not made a practice squad, it would have showed that homophobia trumps performance.

News items: GM tells me: “Teams want to sign Michael Sam but fear the media attention.” To me, that’s cowardice. But that’s just me. — mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) September 1, 2014 Peter King of Sports Illustrated: “I talked to three [NFL] team architects over the weekend. They’re concerned about the circus coming to town with […]

The rookie defensive end is unclaimed during the waiver period; last chance is a practice squad somewhere

Sam faces several scenarios as the Rams decide whether to keep him. Decision day is Saturday.

"He's been making his teammate very uncomfortable. He's not been getting naked around them at all."

"Clearly on Tuesday we collectively failed to meet the standards we have set in reporting on LGBT-related topics in sports," network says. Rams coach upset.

Michael Sam, the St. Louis Rams rookie defensive lineman, will get a final chance to secure a roster spot in final preseason game on Thursday.

Today ESPN's Josina Anderson did a dumb and clueless report discussing Michael Sam's showering habits with his Rams teammates. It was something that was so 1994. The best reply came from Chris Long, the All-Pro Rams defensive lineman and teammate of Sam: Dear ESPN, Everyone but you is over it. — Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) August […]

Sam Mikulak rallied to win his second straight overall title this weekend at the U.S. men's gymnastics championships in Pittsburgh. Mikulak beat out Jake Dalton, John Orozco and Danell Leyva to take the title. The photos are from USA TODAY Sports and Getty Images.

A Twitter joke turns into a fun moment for Sam and a fan.

Third preseason game against Browns crucial to Sam's chances of making Rams roster.

Being first is always noteworthy, especially when it comes to gays in sports.

He's believed to be the first publicly gay major division college football player. He gets total support from his coach and team.

There was a wonderful Gay Games reunion by the pool at Cleveland State University when seven men posed for a photo to commemorate having attended all nine Gay Games going back to 1982. Six of them have swam at all nine Games, while the seventh (Seth Shapiro) has been an official and journalist. They came […]

Swimming (and one from diving) at the Gay Games in Cleveland is being held on the campus of Cleveland State University. Photos by Brent Mullins

Scenes from around the Gay Games: Camera-shy canineOne funny moment at the opening Sunday of the Festival Village, a spot for Gay Games athletes and fans, was when a Cleveland Police officer of the bomb squad and his bomb-sniffing German Shepherd posed with two shirtless models of a new gay app, Grunt. The cop was […]

Irina Myrtceva says her first visit to America is a welcome change from the worsening situation for LGBT people in Russia.