ST. William Perry 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 Walter Payton Jersey . 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Charlie Coyle put Minnesota ahead with 8:22 remaining after Florida scored twice in the third period, and the Wild hung on to beat the Panthers 3-2 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games. "We kind of fell into that trap a little bit after the second period, where we wanted it to be easy," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We were hoping it was going to be easy the rest of the way. When you want it to be easy and youre not ready to do the hard things, then it ends up being very difficult." After a scoreless second period, the Wild paid for their mid-game sluggishness by giving up goals to Tomas Kopecky and Jonathan Huberdeau about 5 1/2 minutes apart. Minnesotas top line was buzzing all night, though, and came through when it counted. Mikko Koivu, who had two assists, controlled the puck along the end boards and leaned forward for an off-balance pass to Coyle, who was muscling for position in the crease with Mike Mottau. Coyle poked the puck in for his second goal in four games. "He put it right on my stick, so it found a way home," Coyle said. Since Coyle returned from injury, the Wilds lines have finally been settled. The results have been obvious. "Its nice to have, for sure, when you have guys that are going out there and they know what to expect out of their linemates," Yeo said. "At the same time we just have to make sure that we dont fall asleep here." Josh Harding stopped 22 shots to improve to 9-0 at home. The NHL leader in goals-against average has given up two goals or fewer in all but one of his 16 appearances. The Wild improved to 9-1-2 at home this season for 20 points, the most by any NHL team. At 12-4-4, they set a franchise record for most points (28) through 20 games. Zach Parise scored early in the first period during a power play off a pretty tic-tac-toe-style passing sequence from Koivu and Jason Pominville, and Pominville pushed the lead to 2-0 with his teaam-leading 12th goal. Brian Urlacher Jersey. 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After firing coach Kevin Dineen last week and replacing him with Peter Horachek, Florida general manager Dale Tallon has promised more changes if the Panthers dont get in a groove. They started a five-game, 6,448-mile trip by falling to 1-8-1 on the road. Their last win away from home was the season opener at Dallas. "The good thing is that we showed character in coming back again, you know? A great effort," Thomas said. "But we have to find some way to quit getting down and getting behind right off the bat." The Panthers went 0 for 3 on the power play and fell to 6 for 69 this season. "It seems like theres the same picture coming back over and over again," Horachek said. "This is definitely a project for us to get over that mental part of the game." NOTES: Rookie Johan Gustafsson was recalled from the AHL to back up Harding, with Niklas Backstrom out because of an upper-body injury sustained Wednesday when Torontos Nazem Kadri levelled him in the crease. 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