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Sunday Bloody NYT Sunday: Special NFL Crams Michael Sam Down America's Throats Edition

You better believe that the St. Louis Rams drafting Michael Sam, the first openly gay football-flavored sportsball player, in the seventh round of the NFL draft, is one of the lead stories in today's New York Times. The Times does its usual dispassionate bit of reporting about it, but if you'd like to tear up a bit about the whole thing, go watch the video (ESPN had cameras at Sam's house) of Sam tearing up and hugging and kissing his boyfriend.