His draft moment, in which he kissed his boyfriend on national television, provided an inspiring moment, but most football people did not think he had a chance at making the team.
I take full responsibility for them and I regret that these tweets took away from his draft moment," said Jones, a second-year defensive back, in the same Sunday statement.
Hillary Clinton said she backs legislation requiring women to register for the draft, moments before the Senate voted in favor of the measure.
Coach Jeff Fisher called the draft pick a "second historic moment" for a franchise that signed running back Kenny Washington in 1946 as the league's first black player in the modern era, but he was most interested in describing Sam as a way to upgrade the Rams' defense.
The United States was in an incomprehensible and undeclared war in a far-off place called Vietnam and we were all liable to be drafted at any moment.
For the young players hoping to be chosen by one of the league's 29 teams, draft night is the moment when most are unveiling their off-court image.
The N.F.L. draft is also the moment on the calendar when the intersection of college sports and capitalism comes into clearest focus, and this year brings into view a couple of timely, overlapping crises: one of health care, the other of inequality.
Known mostly as a promising former No. 1 overall draft pick before that moment, Price has since catapulted himself into the national baseball consciousness — not just for the way he pitched, but for the what-me-worry sense of calm with which he did it.
Draft highlights at the moment include Radiant Pig Junior IPA, Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA, and Southern Tier Pumking, a fine ode to the season.
I.e. it takes time to give, to make an introduction, to give feedback on an article, to support a friend on a difficult moment, to draft a business strategy together, to spend Sunday mornings at an orphanage, to talk on Skype with your brother.
And some measures are placed on the city's ballot at the last moment, "poorly drafted, with no public input," Mr. Wiener said.
