Michael Sam Cut from St. Louis Rams Roster, Practice Squad

If Michael Sam is going to be the first out gay player to play in the NFL, it probably won't be with the St. Louis Rams.

Coach Jeff Fisher called Sam last weekend and met with him Sunday to tell him he's one of four players cut from the Rams' 53-player roster.

"It was a football decision just like it was a football decision back in May to draft Mike," Fisher tells Yahoo Sports. "It's been all about football. I was pulling for Mike; I really was. I don't say that very often."

Immediately after being cut from the roster, Sam had two options: sign to the Rams practice squad or join another team, either as a waiver pick or a freeINDIANAPOLIS — Many school buses across Indiana are on the road despite serious safety violations that could put thousands of students at risk, according to an investigation by an Indianapolis television station.

WTHR-TV obtained inspection results (http://bit.ly/16AlFDX ) for every Indiana school bus and found that the number of buses ordered out of service for serious safety violations statewide has jumped 35 percent over the past five years. Statewide, 13.5 percent of all buses inspected from January 2012 through March of this year were ordered out of service.

Buses transporting students in Gary and Indianapolis had some of the worst ratings.

"Every day, I put her on that bus, but I didn't know about any of that," said Art Mabry after putting his granddaughter, Haley Mabry, on a bus in Indianapolis'