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Rams release Michael Sam, the first openly gay<\/a> player drafted in NFL (CNN)– The St. Louis Rams announced Saturday that Michael Sam, who made history as the first openly gay<\/a> player to be drafted into the NFL, has been waived and did not make the team’s final 53-man<\/a> roster. 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