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ST. Bob Lilly Cowboys Jersey . LOUIS - Michael Sam dismissed the thought that his sexuality has cost him a spot in the NFL.I dont like to think that way, Sam said in an Oprah Winfrey Network documentary that aired Saturday night. But I do believe Im a very talented football player and Im going to continue working hard and try to get that opportunity to play in the league.The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL has no regrets.I did everything I was supposed to do. I did everything right, Sam said. I am proud of how I handled things.Sam said coming out was the right thing to do. He would have preferred the news come out after he informed the team that drafted him, but he feared it would be revealed and felt pressure to control the situation.It didnt need to be public, Sam said. Why do gay people have to do it?The production was billed as the players first TV appearance since being cut by the Dallas Cowboys in mid-October and played like a personal Hard Knocks. The 90-minute program was followed by a one-on-one with Winfrey, who asked Sam whether he believed sexual orientation is hurting his chances, and how long hed keep trying.As long as I can, Sam replied.The documentary details countless anxious hours during the NFL draft, which Sam called the longest three days of my life. The New York Jets telephoned his agents to say they werent interested, and the Cowboys texted to say they were out, too.Sam, who rose to stardom after a difficult childhood in tiny Hitchcock, Texas, asked that the sound on the TV be turned down at one point before the St. Louis Rams took him late in the seventh round.Am I going undrafted? a frustrated Sam asked agent Cameron Weiss. This phone still has not beeped.Sam said the reassuring hand of his boyfriend, Vito Cammisano, on his shoulder during the wait to get picked affirmed the decision last February to reveal his sexual orientation to the nation. He informed Missouri coaches and players before his senior season and was the team MVP and SEC co-defensive player of the year.In that moment, I was like I dont care what happens. I made the right choice to come out, Sam said.Sam broke down in sobs when Rams coach Jeff Fisher telephoned just before the team made him the 249th pick of the 256-pick draft. He had been projected to be chosen as early as the fourth round.Sam kissed and hugged Cammisano and then the two smashed cake in each others faces as a national television audience looked on.Some say the kiss, the cake, it was all just too much, Winfrey said in the voiceover prom for the program. Some say he wasnt good enough. Others say he should have never come out, one saying during the introduction to the program that he would be the mother of all distractions.Sam called it the infamous kiss. He said it was spontaneous and added hed thought the cameras had been turned off.Everyone made a big deal out of it, Sam said. Its just a kiss. Did you forget that I was gay? Should I be kissing a woman instead?Sam was among 21 players waived by the team to reach the 53-player limit before the season opener.Echoing his remarks after making the pick, coach Jeff Fisher said several times it was purely a football decision. The Rams were well-stocked with pass rushers, and undrafted Ethan Westbrooks grabbed the final defensive end spot.I will tell you this: I was pulling for Mike, Fisher said then. I really was, and I dont say that very often. Mike came in here and did everything we asked him to do.On Twitter, roughly an hour after he was cut, Sam thanked the Rams and the city of St. Louis. He also wrote The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson Ive always known. The journey continues.Sam spent seven weeks on the Cowboys practice squad before being released and is currently a free agent.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Tony Dorsett Jersey .com) - Former foes from the Mountain West Conference battle in the 23rd annual Las Vegas Bowl, as the 23rd-ranked Utah Utes clash with the Colorado State Rams at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday. Connor McGovern Cowboys Jersey . -- Mike Shanahan gave Robert Griffin III a rest, and may have turned up the pressure on himself, too. http://www.cowboysrookieproshop.com/Customized/ . -- Canadian ski cross star Marielle Thompson accomplished two goals in one race Saturday.ANAHEIM, Calif. - Corey Perry, Matt Beleskey and Kyle Palmieri staked Anaheim to a big lead, and the Ducks then held on for their 19th straight home victory against Calgary, beating the Flames 3-2 on Tuesday night.The Flames havent won in Anaheim since Jan. 19, 2004. Only three players who played for Calgary in that game are active in the NHL.Jonas Hiller, who spent his first seven NHL seasons with Anaheim before signing with Calgary in July, stopped 29 shots in his return.Anaheim got to the playoffs five times in Hillers seven seasons, but never made it past the second round.The Flames, coming off a 4-1 homestand that included shootout wins over the Ducks and New Jersey Devils, spoiled Frederik Andersens shutout bid with 8:58 remaining when T.J. Brodie beat him with a screened slap shot.Jiri Hudler made it 3-2 with 25.4 seconds to play after Hiller was pulled for an extra skater.Andersen made 32 saves.Another potential goal by Johnny Gaudreau with 3:11 remaining was overturned by video replay after he was ruled to have kicked the puck in during a delayed penalty.The Ducks opened the scoring at 4:37 of the first when Beleskeys intended centring pass for Perry caromed off the riight skate of defenceman Kris Russell and past Hillers left skate. Michael Irvin Womens Jersey. Almost 3 minutes later, Hiller got a break of his own when Beleskeys one-timer from the slot hit the left post. But Perry made it 2-0 at 5:04 of the second period with his team-high 12th goal. Beleskey was hit in the skate by Francois Beauchemins slap shot, and kicked the puck to Perry.The Ducks went the entire game without a power-play, and have had no more than three in their last eight games. Calgary was 0 for 4 with the man advantage, making Anaheim 5 for 43 on the penalty kill the past 14 games.Beauchemin didnt play in the third period after blocking a slap shot by Brodie with about 3 minutes left in the second.NOTES: The Flames are 1-20-8 in their last 29 visits to Anaheim. ... Ducks C Andrew Cogliano played in his 563rd consecutive game, the sixth-longest streak in NHL history and the longest among active players. He took over that distinction from St. Louis Jay Bouwmeester, whose streak ended at 737 on Sunday. ... While with the Ducks, Hiller was 6-5-1 against Calgary with a 2.92 GAA.