{"id":442,"date":"2008-06-28T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2008-06-28T18:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/27\/2008-nfl-first-round-pick-joins-phi-beta-sigma\/"},"modified":"2008-06-30T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T18:58:25","slug":"2008-nfl-first-round-pick-joins-phi-beta-sigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/28\/2008-nfl-first-round-pick-joins-phi-beta-sigma\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 NFL First Round Pick joins Phi Beta Sigma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By way of our good brother, Derrick Smith, President of Eta Beta Sigma Chapter in Nashville. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was recently inducted into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity in Nashville, TN. Here are a few excerpts from the press release:<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/phibetasigma\/2624834049\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie\" title=\"Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3067\/2624834049_66650a2004_m_d.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Following in the footsteps of his father, Stanley Cromartie, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was recently inducted into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated in Nashville, Tennessee.? Rodgers-Cromartie, a Tennessee State University dual athletic standout, was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals 16th overall in the 2008 National Football League Draft.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>?Being a part of this brotherhood is a lifelong dream and one that I can cherish,??? said Rodgers-Cromartie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>?Dominique always showed a strong interest in joining Phi Beta Sigma during his matriculation at TSU and this is another achievement for him,??? said Derrick Smith, president of Eta Beta Sigma Chapter.? ?It?s wonderful to have him as a member of our organization.???<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/phibetasigma\/2625655542\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eta Beta Sigma Chapter May 2008\" alt=\"Eta Beta Sigma Chapter May 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3006\/2625655542_ea50effce6_m_d.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bluephi.net\/files\/DRCRelease.doc\">Official Press Release <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By way of our good brother, Derrick Smith, President of Eta Beta Sigma Chapter in Nashville. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was recently inducted into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity in Nashville, TN. Here are a few excerpts from the press release: Following in the footsteps of his father, Stanley Cromartie, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was recently inducted into Phi Beta &#8230; <a title=\"2008 NFL First Round Pick joins Phi Beta Sigma\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/28\/2008-nfl-first-round-pick-joins-phi-beta-sigma\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2008 NFL First Round Pick joins Phi Beta Sigma<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluephi.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}