Sentences with phrase «draft choice of»

Chicago native with blue - collar roots, Joe Niego was a star college basketball player and second draft choice of the NBA's Houston Rockets.

A Chicago native, Joe Niego was a star college basketball player and the second draft choice of the NBA's Houston Rockets.

Bradley was a second - round draft choice of the Expos in» 96, but he quickly found trouble.

It was true: Russell White, the pudgy, former Cal tailback and 1993 third - round draft choice of the Los Angeles Rams, who reported to camp looking like the Nutty Professor, had been waived that morning.

Not exact matches

A winner will be chosen based on the performance of each team's three stock draft choices (not including dividends) from the closing price on Apr. 26, 2018, through the 2019 Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2019.

Still in draft form, the Code of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government funding for «confessional activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love of neighbor; to freedom from religious coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective evaluation procedures; to avoidance of «turf wars» with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.

The other draft had been sponsored by German cardinal Julius Doepfner; it represented a grave misreading of what God had inscribed in human sexuality «in the beginning,» the Cracovians believed, and did so in a way that emptied individual choices and acts of their moral significance.

«To coal and iron mines, to freight trains, to fishing fleets in December, to dishwashing, clothes - washing, and window - washing, to road - building and tunnel - making, to foundries and stoke - holes, and to the frames of skyscrapers, would our gilded youths be drafted off, according to their choice, to get the childishness knocked out of them, and to come back into society with healthier sympathies and more sober ideas.

The inquiry's draft report highlighted a «possible conflict» between Australia's laws against anti-competitive behaviour and industrial relations rules that allow some enterprise agreements to restrict employers» choice of contractor.

Curated by a team of beverage experts with decades of experience in the industry, PUB 365's expansive beer list will encompass 365 craft beer choices available by bottle and can, including 40 draft handles.

There isn't anything more beautiful than a freshly poured pint for Pratt, «I would take a fresh draft of Heady Topper to can any day, if I had the choice.»

Ewbank made no mistake in letting Kick Returner Earl Christy go in favor of No. 12 draft choice Mike Battle, one tough, flaky, glass - eating kid out of USC.

Nice credentials, but hardly the stuff of first - round NFL draft choices.

But Barzal was voted as the choice by the readers of this site in the SBNation mock draft, and Provorov was right there as well.

As a youth growing up in Canoga Park, Calif., the son of an Italian - American father and an Irish - French mother, Tim Foli was such a talented athlete that by the time he graduated from high school he was offered both football and baseball scholarships to the University of Southern California and Notre Dame and a $ 75,000 baseball bonus by the Mets, who had made him their first choice in the 1968 free - agent draft.

Last year in the college draft he selected Center Bob Johnson and Defensive Tackle Bill Staley as his first and second picks and Running Back Paul Robinson as one of three No. 3 choices.

I personally think SAM requires more of an elite talent than WILL does and therefore draft Edmunds if they are your only choices.

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His original plan was to play three years of college ball and then accept a hefty contract befitting a high draft choice.

New York reached its nadir in 1975 when Coach Charley Winner, thinking his team was just a few players away from playoff contention, traded his first, fourth and sixth draft choices for three defensive linemen, two of whom now are out of football.

For complete coverage of the major league draft, including a live draft tracker with analysis of each pick (such as possible top choice Kris Bryant, left) go to SI.com / mag

After that, just draft dept with the rest of the draft choices.

I just think we have no choice but to draft a potential franchise QB IF and only IF our FO thinks one of these guys fits the bill.

Teams make «surprise» choices every round of every draft.

Anthony Davis headlines the list of green room invitees at the NBA Draft, which features surprise choice Terrence Ross.

And Robbie got a bargain in Shula, even with giving him a part of the club and dealing the Colts a first draft choice.

They do not have the choice of saying, «We don't see an Ace, so we draft nobody.»

Called «a wasted draft choice and a waste of money,» by Ryan, Fridge has been fat out of luck with the defensive coordinator.

Inevitably the hiring of these coaches will impact the choices made re selection of players in the draft.

In 1979, the Niners were a year removed from making one of the worst trades in NFL history: acquiring a broken - down O.J. Simpson from Buffalo for five draft choices, including the first overall pick in the 1979 draft.

Fridge lumbered more or less into America's consciousness as a 360 - pound All - America nosetackle at Clemson and a 330 - pound first - round draft choice, presumably as a defensive lineman, of the Chicago Bears last spring.

The Nuggets put him with one of their first - round 1991 draft choices in a package and traded him back to the Bullets for Washington's higher first - round draft choice last June.

Atlanta's No. 1 draft choice, Third Baseman Bob Horner, hit two home runs and a double in a 6 - 4 defeat of the Expos, then added another pair of homers in a 9 - 6 win over Montreal the next day.

Then: Andrew Luck was an easy choice at No. 1 overall, narrowly edging out Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III at the top of the draft.

When Todd Van Poppel made his major league debut at age 19 in 1991, he was sporting a $ 1.2 million contract, which had been a record for a draft choice the year before, and had the weight of unrealistic expectations on his shoulders.

Dave Halprin of Blogging the Boys is here to make the choice in the SB Nation NFL writers» mock draft for the Cowboys.

Most coaches would be ecstatic with that running talent, but Knox really had too much, what with Les Josephson, the Rams» third - leading rusher of all time, and Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti, their No. 1 draft choice.

The retirement of Charlie Krueger leaves the 49ers woefully weak at defensive tackle, and their success at running the ball depends on rookie Wilbur Jackson, the No. 1 draft choice from Alabama.

When the Redskins made a trade with the San Francisco 49ers last Feb. 25 that left them with the second and third choices in the first round of the 2000 draft, coach Norv Turner knew before his head hit the pillow that night that he'd be using one of those picks on another tackle.

There's always the publicity value of grabbing some of the NFL's choices, even though the USFL season will be more than two months old when the NFL drafts next week.

Actually, the Colts can thank themselves for making the common sense choice of taking Andrew Luck with the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

The Canucks are loaded with good young forwards, particularly Dennis Ververgaert, Don Lever, Rick Blight and top draft choice Jere Gillis, but new General Manager Jake Milford will have to trade at least one of them in order to correct glaring weaknesses on defense and in goal.

He's not my first choice, but as long as we get one of the top 4 guys I'll leave the draft happy.

In 1961 San Diego and Buffalo were the only two AFL teams to sign their top two draft choices, and the Chargers got themselves a pair of future all - leaguers.

Thomas is not only a superior judge of talent, but he also utilizes his draft choices brilliantly.

Even if the Hawks move up in the draft, the choices he made during the off - season weren't good if the point of the season was to have the worst record.

The Cowboys drafted into their strong suit, using the last choice of the first round for Michigan State Defensive End Larry Bethea.

He began to stockpile draft choices — not give them away, as the Kings had done over the years; he traded for veteran defensemen — Dave Lewis and Jerry Korab in particular — to stop the traffic jam in front of the Kings» goal; he signed scoring champion Marcel Dionne to the biggest contract in NHL history — a six - year, $ 3.6 - million deal; he remedied the Kings» lack of depth by acquiring the services of veteran Center Garry Unger; he gave Berry a bevy of rinkside assistants; he organized a farm club in Houston; and he redesigned L.A.'s uniforms.

With its own first - round choice, 28th overall, San Diego made a surprise pick in Luis Castillo of Northwestern, who had been the top - rated defensive tackle in the draft until he tested positive for androstenedione at the scouting combine in February.

The 36 - year - old Strahan, a second - round draft choice in 1993 and a seven - time Pro Bowler, considered retiring last summer and sat out all of training camp while deciding if he still wanted to play.