The St. Louis Rams aren't afraid of making history as a franchise. In 1946 (a year before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color-barrier), the Rams signed Kenny Washington the first black player in the modern era of the NFL.
Friday, May 16
College baseball (7-10 p.m., ESPNU): Ole Miss faces Texas A&M in the final regular season series of SEC—and an SEC West title is on the line for the Rebels.
Saturday, May 17
Horse racing (3:30-5:30 p.m., NBC): California Chrome looks to win the second leg of the Triple Crown in the running of the 139th Preakness Stakes.
Sunday, May 18
MLB (7-10 p.m., ESPN): The Boston Red Sox hope to keep climbing the AL East standings with a win against the AL Central leading Detroit Tigers.
Monday, May 19
College baseball (8-11 p.m., ESPNU): The 2014 SWAC Baseball Tournament Championship Game will be played Sunday, but will air Monday due to tape delay.
Tuesday, May 20
NBA (7-7:30 p.m., ESPN): The worst teams in the NBA will hope the ping-pongs bounce their way and they earn the chance to land a franchise-changing player in the 2014 NBA Draft Lottery.
Wednesday, May 21
College baseball (All day, FSN & CSS): Catch a quadruple header of the 2014 SEC Baseball Tournament with two morning games starting at 9:30 a.m. on FSN and two evening games starting at 4:30 p.m. on CSS.
St. Louis drafted Michael Sam with the 249th pick in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Sam is the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL and will try to become the first openly gay player to make an NFL roster.
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