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USA Today
25 minutes ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Previewing the 2025 season for Penn State DE Enai White with his player profile
Previewing the 2025 season for Penn State DE Enai White with his player profile Going into the 2025 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will examine each player listed on the Penn State roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover the player's background, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season. Defensive end Enai White was a member of Texas A&M's historic 2022 recruiting class, which still ranks as the best class of all time per the 247Sports rankings. White had a promising start to his college career but sustained a knee injury midway through the 2023 season, which kept him sidelined for all but one game in 2024. After three seasons with the Aggies, he entered the transfer portal and landed at Penn State, where he's seemingly recovered. Here's a look at Kemajou entering the 2025 season. Preseason Player Profile Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Height: 6-5 Weight: 264 lb Class in 2025: Redshirt junior Recruiting Rankings Class of 2022: Consensus 4-star recruit, No. 47 player, No. 4 edge rusher and No. 2 Pennsylvania native, per 247Sports White, a near 5-star recruit and one of Pennsylvania's top talents, was brought back to the Keystone State by Franklin through the transfer portal, continuing the trend of returning in-state players like Julian Fleming from Ohio State and Nolan Rucci from Wisconsin. Career Stats Games Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks Forced fumbles 2022 7 8 2 1 0 2023 5 3 1 1 0 2024 1 0 0 0 0 Depth Chart Overview The two-deep at defensive end is expected to consist of Dani Dennis-Sutton, Zuriah Fisher, Max Granville and Jaylen Harvey, but if there's one player who could throw a wrench into that, it's White. His recruiting pedigree and early trajectory at Texas A&M indicate he could be a contributor, but his injury status is a major question mark. For what it's worth, White appeared in the Blue-White Game, signifying at least some level of health.
IOL News
2 hours ago
- Sport
- IOL News
Jake White celebrates Bulls' comeback URC quarter-final victory and valuable lessons learned against Edinburgh
Bulls No 8 Cameron Hanekom scores the first try against Edinburgh after slicing through a gap in the defence during their quarter-final clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Image: BackpagePix Bulls director of rugby Jake White praised his team's fighting spirit after their comeback win over Edinburgh in Pretoria on Saturday to secure a home semi-final in the United Rugby Championship (URC). Having trailed their Scottish visitors 21-8 at a stage after an early yellow card, the Bulls mounted a superb fightback before and after halftime that blew the opposition out of the water to secure the victory at Loftus Versfeld. They scored six brilliant tries and the interplay between the backs and forwards was outstanding for most of them. Although they leaked five tries, of which at least two were questionable, their defensive effort in the final 20 minutes will give them plenty of confidence heading into the next match. The Vodacom @BlueBullsRugby charged home in the Quarter-Final 😤 Can they keep the momentum up in their home Semi-Final next weekend? #BKTURC #URC | #BULvEDI — BKT United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) May 31, 2025 Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading However, the experienced coach feels they didn't play as well as they could have. He lamented their yellow cards especially, although he believes they might have been a bit harsh. 'We learned our lessons from the last time we played them in Edinburgh,' White said. 'We were 24-7 down and today 21-8 down. Not many teams would come back in a quarter-final when you are down by that much and win it as convincingly as we did at the end. One lesson we can't ignore is that we can't play with 14 men and give them two tries while down and think you can always come back and win. 'I am just very happy that there was the fight and resilience and learning. I always talk about being in this competition and learning from what happened previously. We were down but got a (winning) result. Whereas the last time we played them, we didn't.' According to White, people think the team placed seventh should automatically lose to the team that finishes second. He made reference to Leinster losing to Scarlets and his side during the round-robin season and being pushed by the same Scarlets in their quarter-final on Saturday evening. The Bulls mentor added that some choice words went down from the coaching booth to the field when they were so far behind. 'A couple of choice words were said. I can't say that on national TV,' he laughingly said. 'But what are you going to do? You can't shout and scream and behave like a lunatic up there. I just had confidence that it was an 80-minute game and although they had a fast start, going from 21-8 to 21-18 in that space must've given the guys belief that we learned from last time.' Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt said they knew the first 20 minutes were going to be vital and he was happy with how they reacted from the first whistle.
UPI
12 hours ago
- Politics
- UPI
On This Day, May 31: Mark Felt reveals ID as Watergate figure 'Deep Throat'
1 of 6 | On May 31, 2005, Mark Felt (pictured) admitted that, while No. 2 man in the FBI, he was "Deep Throat," the shadowy contact whose help to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the 1972 Watergate break-in led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation. File Photo courtesy of the FBI On this date in history: In 1790, President George Washington signed a bill creating the first U.S. copyright law. In 1859, construction concluded and bells rang out for the first time from London's Big Ben clock tower. In 1889, a flood in Johnstown, Pa., left more than 2,200 people dead. In 1902, Britain and South Africa signed a peace treaty ending the Boer War. In 1916, the Battle of Verdun passed the 100-day mark. It would continue for another 200 days, amassing a casualty list of an estimated 800,000 soldiers dead, injured or missing. In 1921, the Tulsa race massacre was set off when a mob of White residents attacked the Black residents and businesses in the Greenwood District. The total number of those killed in the violence is unknown, with an Oklahoma commission established in 2001 estimating between 75 to 100 people dead. The number of displaced Black residents was far greater. In 1940, a thick fog hanging over the English Channel prevented the German Luftwaffe from flying missions against evacuating Allied troops from Dunkirk. Troops evacuated from Dunkirk on a destroyer about to berth at Dover, England, on May 31, 1940. File Photo courtesy of the Imperial War Museum In 1985, seven federally insured banks in Arkansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oregon were closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It was a single-day record for closings since the FDIC was founded in 1934. In 1996, Israeli voters elected opposition Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. In 2003, Eric Robert Rudolph, the long-sought fugitive in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing and attacks on abortion clinics and a gay nightclub, was arrested while rummaging through a dumpster in North Carolina. Rudolph, whose bombings killed two people and injured many others, was sentenced to four life terms in prison. In 2005, Mark Felt admitted that, while No. 2 man in the FBI, he was "Deep Throat," the shadowy contact whose help to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the 1972 Watergate break-in led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation. File Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI In 2012, John Edwards of North Carolina, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, was acquitted on a charge of taking illegal campaign contributions, and a judge declared a mistrial on five other charges against him. In 2014, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, captured in Afghanistan nearly five years earlier, was released by the Taliban in exchange for five detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In March 2015, the Army announced that Bergdahl had been charged with desertion. In 2019, a shooting a a Virginia Beach, Va., municipal center left 12 victims and the shooter -- a disgruntled former employee -- dead. In 2021, China announced plans to allow couples to have a third child, scrapping its controversial two-child policy amid a slumping birth rate and aging population.
The Citizen
14 hours ago
- Sport
- The Citizen
Jake White: Bulls' previous loss to Edinburgh was a ‘blessing'
The Bulls coach said he was grateful his side had no space to feel overconfident as they take on Edinburgh in a URC quarter-final. The Bulls will have no room to feel overconfident after their defeat to Edinburgh during their last encounter, at Hive Stadium. Picture:Bulls director of rugby Jake White said he was thankful his team lost their last match against Edinburgh – the Challenge Cup quarter-final played in Scotland last month. The lessons from that 34–28 defeat at Hive Stadium provide more insight than a victory would have, as the Bulls prepare to face Edinburgh again in their United Rugby Championship quarter-final at Loftus this Saturday (kick-off 1.30pm). The teams clash for the third time this season after the Bulls emerged victorious at Loftus in September (final score 22–16). Head-to-head, Edinburgh have won three of the five games between the sides, though both teams have won every match played at home. Bulls might have been overconfident 'I think what is a blessing for us is we lost to them a couple of weeks ago. I think had we had beaten them there and maybe won easily then maybe there would be a feeling of 'gee, we whacked them or we beat them away',' White said. Had the Bulls done, so they would have made history as the first South African team to beat Edinburgh in Scotland. As it happened, the Sharks took that honour with an 18–17 win thanks to a last-minute try in the URC the next weekend. 'The blessing for us is that we lost to them [Edinburgh], and we gave them a good start. They were 24–7 up at half-time [and then 31–7 after 42 minutes]. So those lessons surely must be as clear as day. We cannot give them a 24–7 start and we can't just believe that we will beat them because they beat us the last time that we played.' When it comes to fast starts, however, the Bulls have led the way with 29 tries in the first 20 minutes this competition. But when asked about it, White said there is no magic formula and largely out of his hands. Edinburgh have top internationals who 'don't go away' White said Edinburgh were perhaps not a side that drew attention from world media but they probably have mroe international players than the Bulls do. 'I don't ever want you to ever underestimate the value an international cap does for a player. You look at how our players have grown. When you look at a guy like Ruan Nortje, when he got here compared to now. 'When you've played the All Blacks twice and beaten the All Blacks as a Springbok you must become a better provincial rugby player. It just happens like that.' White made mention of the extensive budget Edinburgh possess, making it one of the wealthiest clubs in the world. 'They have lots of British & Irish Lions players in that squad as well. There is no doubt that a person who plays for the British & Irish Lions or Scottish rugby… must be a better player than you sometimes give them credit for.' 'The most important thing that they can do is they just don't go away. It's not just against us, it's any games that they have played – they stay in the fight. This is a 'very different' play-off for Jake White White also drew attention to the growth of his players since their first URC campaign in 2021/22. They reached the final of that tournament, losing to the Stormers in Cape Town. They followed that up with a quarter-final exit in 2023 before reaching the final again last year, and losing to Glasgow at Loftus. 'I've done this many times, and I'm not saying this in an arrogant way, I've been lucky enough to experience these feelings of playing knockout games in different competitions. 'It's very different, this one. Because this group of players has exceeded expectations early on.' He said they played in their first final when the average age was about 23. 'I get the feeling we are maturing as a group.' He said while Willie le Roux joined the side to add experience, players such as Johan Grobbelaar, Ruan Nortje and Simphiwe Matanzima had clearly matured and developed their games. 'I feel the vibe is different. I feel the lessons they learnt are a lot more meaningful now because they've played together a lot more.'
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Back-to-back: Federal Way's White clears 6-11, repeats as state high jump champion
It was only a matter of time before Friday's 3A Boys Triple Jump at Mount Tahoma Stadium turned into The Geron White Show. Federal Way's defending state champion makes skyscraping jumps look easy. When officials set the opening height to clear at 5-6, White sat patiently for his turn. By six feet, he was hurdling the bar feet-first — a confident, effortless warm-up for what was to come. White cleared 6-8 on his third and final attempt, a clutch leap that etched repeat titles into stone, but the senior star was far from finished, and the spectacle was only beginning. A personal-record 6-11 came next. With family, coaches, and friends glued to the surrounding fenceline, White flashed a thumbs up for a personal fan club, his trademark tradition. He shouted, 'Let's Go!' for the hundreds of onlookers and began a slow clap that built in tempo; even White's competitors joined in. 'They know that I put on a show,' White said. 'If I can do it for them, that's just great.' Then came the unforgettable leap that sent both sides of Mount Tahoma Stadium into celebration. White cleared the bar at 6-11, notching an official mark of 6-11.25. Three more attempts at 7-2 fell just short, but the Eagles star settled for a new personal record and back-to-back gold medals. 'This is a surreal feeling,' White told The News Tribune. 'Coming out here and doing this not once, but twice? It's something that not a lot of people can say they did. Me being able to do that is just a blessing, and I love that I could do it for my coaches and teammates.' White claimed last year's 4A Boys High Jump title (6-6) before Federal Way reclassified to 3A last fall. Unrelenting rain and high winds ravaged the 2024 contest, but Friday featured picture-perfect weather conditions: clear, sunny skies with minimal wind. 'I'm stronger,' White said. 'Much stronger. That comes with maturing and really getting your work ethic to be there with you. You get that up, and the sky is the limit.' Ingraham's KingDavid Jackson (6-6) and Liberty of Issaquah's Oden Hatcher tied for runner-up honors. Mount Tahoma's Zane Cordero (6-2) finished T5 on his home track. White already took home hardware at this year's meet with a third-place finish in Thursday's 3A Boys Long Jump (22-1.5) and enters Saturday's 3A Boys Triple Jump (47-7.5) as the top seed. Nine of the 20 contestants failed to clear six feet in the high jump — the bar that White hurdled. 'That's what I usually do,' he smiled. 'It could scare some people… but I'm such a high-class jumper that popping over those heights is really nothing to me.' Callie Wilson couldn't believe it. When Bonney Lake's senior hurdler was first to cross the finish line in Friday's 4A Girls 100-meter hurdles, the emotions poured out — a mixture of shock and jubilation with a hint of relief. Fueled by adrenaline, Wilson bolted off of her starting block and instantly knew she was in position. She clipped a pair of hurdles along the way but finished strong, outlasting top-seed Leilani Mays (Union) for the gold medal (14.22) at Mount Tahoma Stadium. 'It feels absolutely insane,' Wilson said. 'I knew I was (in) a pretty good spot, but to actually do it? Crazy.' Even crazier? Wilson began hurdling in February, just three short months ago. Panthers coaches believed in her potential before she believed in herself, encouraging her to try something new. 'It made track more fun,' Wilson said. 'I have so much room to grow… but it's just absolutely insane.' Curtis duo Shelby Duah (14.58) and Jazzlyn-Rei Smith (14.73) finished third and fourth in a race filled with South Sound track talent. Kentridge's Ayla Johnson (14.93) grabbed a fifth-place finish and Tahoma's Riley Dickson (15.11) took sixth. In Friday's 3A Girls 100-meter hurdles moments prior, Gig Harbor's Eisley Hering (14.89) and Karin Heikkila (15.09) finished fourth and sixth, respectively, bookending White River's Trista Turgeon in fifth (15.05). 'I was thinking… I didn't put in all of this effort in such a little amount of time to not show up and show out,' Wilson said. 'It was going to be my last race ever. I might as well go all-out.' The packed crowds at Mount Tahoma Stadium just witnessed the fastest 4x100 relay the state has ever seen. Curtis sprinters Jayden Rice-Claiborne, Isaac Brooks, Kamil Ross, and Nicholas 'Nico' Altheimer smoked their competition in Friday's 4A Boys 100M preliminaries (40.84), tearing down a Garfield state meet record (41.34) that stood for 39 years. 'They're really good friends with each other, and they just know each other really well,' Curtis head coach Ben Mangrum said. 'The handoffs have been getting better all season long because (we've) been consistent with that group. 'And if something does happen, we have more guys that can step in, and they know that. That frees them up to just be their best.' Curtis captured the West Central District III title with a state-record run (40.97) nine days ago. Now, they've one-upped themselves. Kentridge's 4x100 relay isn't far behind: Jacob Satchell, Berry Crosby, Josiah Brown, and Jordan Miller ran a personal-best 41.11 from Friday's third preliminary heat, another race that brought down Garfield's state meet record from 1986. We'll see the Vikings and Chargers battle head-to-head for gold in Saturday's final alongside the likes of Glacier Peak (41.85), Kamiak (42.18), and Lake Washington (42.36).
