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MIZZOU’S MICHAEL SAM IS GAY. OK.. NOW WHAT?
SHOULD THE BROTHER OF A MAN WHO MURDERED HIS FAMILY GET DISABILITY?
AND A WOMAN IS SUING HER BANK.. AFTER IT INSISTS SHE’S DEAD.
THAT AND MORE TODAY IN THE SIFT. WELCOME TO THE SIFT...I’M GABRIELLE BIONDO,
FILTERING THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT STORIES IN ST. LOUIS.
HE JUST BECAME MISSOURI’S FIRST UNANIMOUS ALL- AMERICAN IN 50 YEARS.. BUT MIZZOU DEFENSIVE
END MICHAEL SAM MADE EVEN *BIGGER NEWS.. BY ANNOUNCING HE’S GAY.
THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH REPORTS.. SAM, WHO IS TRAINING FOR THE UPCOMING NFL DRAFT,
CAME OUT THIS WEEKEND. OK.. NOW WHAT.
DOES IT EVEN MATTER? THE NFL SAYS.. “NO”.. PUBLICLY . BUT OVERNIGHT
SAM’S DRAFT RANKING IN A CBS SPORTS POLL.. DROPPED FROM 90 TO 160.
IN FACT.. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED IS REPORTING UN-NAMED NFL EXECUTIVES AND COACHES PROJECT
A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN SAM'S DRAFT STOCK, A PUBLICITY CIRCUS AND AN NFL LOCKER ROOM CULTURE
NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER. FORMER DALLAS COWBOY PATRICK CRAYTON WAS ONE
OF MANY POSTING OPINIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH NUMEROUS TWEETS.. ASKING WHY SAM FELT THE
NEED TO COME OUT AND SAYING.. HE NEEDS TO KEEP HIS *** PREFERENCE TO HIMSELF.
THEN THERE WAS THIS TWEET… QUESTIONING WHY THIS IS AN ISSUE.. WHEN THE NFL HANDLES RAPISTS,
DOG KILLERS, AND WIFE BEATERS. AND THIS TWEET .. SAYING IT’S A NON ISSUE..
SHOULD NOT BE NEWS.. AND EVERYONE SHOULD MOVE ON.
SPEAKING OF MOVING ON.. A ST. LOUIS COUNTY WOMAN SAYS HER BANK MOVED ON.. THINKING SHE
WAS DEAD.. AND SHE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE. THE 46-YEAR-OLD FILED SUIT AGAINST HEARTLAND
BANK.. AND EQUIFAX.. BECAUSE SHE’S REPEATEDLY TOLD THEM SHE’S ALIVE, BUT NEITHER HAS FIXED
THE MISTAKE AND CONTINUES TO REPORT HER AS DECEASED.
BY THE WAY.. REMEMBER CHRIS COLEMAN.. HE’S THE EX- SECURITY GUARD FOR JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES..
WHO’S CONVICTED OF STRANGLING HIS WIFE AND YOUNG SONS IN THEIR HOME.
YEAH.. SO THE POST-DISPATCH REPORTS.. HIS BROTHER .. AN ILLINOIS PRISON GUARD .. APPLIED
FOR DISABILITY .. CITING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
*BRAD COLEMAN .. SAY’S CONSTANT WORRYING ABOUT HIS INCARCERATED SIBLING CAUSED THE
TRAUMA. THE CLAIM COULD PAY $32,000 A YEAR FROM THE
LARGELY TAXPAYER- FUNDED STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
AND REMEMBER THE FATHER FROM ST. LOUIS WHO MADE THE YOUTUBE VIDEO APPEALING TO FACEBOOK
FOR HIS DEAD SON’S LOOK- BACK VIDEO. FOX 2 REPORTS.. HE GOT IT.. AND IS SHARING
IT WITH ALL OF US. YOU CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO BELOW.
CHECK THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE ON *ALL OF THESE STORIES.
AND… DON’T FORGET TO FOLLOW REALTIME STL ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE PLUS AND YOU
TUBE. WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS ST. LOUIS META MOMENT..
TWEETS ABOUT THE NEW STAN MUSIAL VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE THAT IS NOW OPEN OVER THE
MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI. SO FAR.. SO GOOD!