He's a Dartmouth graduate, has played in both the NFL (New England Patriots) and the NLL (lacrosse), is a certified stock broker, a dancer (and part owner of a dance theatre company), a philanthropist (Warm2Kids.com) a model and an actor, having starred in films including Fighting, 12 Rounds, Motives 2, Stomp The Yardand next in Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself out September 11.While Patriots piece is a bit of a stretch – he went to camp with New England but was injured and didn't actually play for the team – White was a terrific player at Dartmouth. He was a first-team, All-Ivy League choice as a senior after picking off four passes, returning one for a touchdown, and making 74 tackles on the corner. He tied and still shares the Dartmouth record for longest kickoff return after breaking one 98 yards against Harvard as a senior. White, by the way, is the son of former Boston Celtics great Jo-Jo White.
The writer of the Mahoganybutterfly story gushes: "Handsome, strong, intelligent and talented - it's fair to say that Brian White is your modern day renaissance man..."
Dartmouth gets another brief mention in a story about the recruiting of a 6-foot-4, 215-pound Montana standout who had 932 receiving yards, 663 rushing yards, 21 touchdowns, 39 unassisted tackles and two interceptions last year. Matt Miller already has 10 scholarship offers.
There's yet another mention of Dartmouth with regard to a possible recruit from New Hampshire. From a story:
"Souhegan's returning cast includes fullback/linebacker Steven Jellison, who has received interest from, among other schools, Dartmouth, Harvard and the University of New Hampshire. He scored four touchdowns when Souhegan beat Portsmouth, 28-14, in last year's Division III championship game."Jellison's brother Sean is an elusive back Dartmouth will see when it plays at New Hampshire in week two. Allen Lessels writes about Sean Jellison in the Union Leader.
Speaking of UNH, the Foster's Daily Democrat preview of the Wildcats centers on All-America tight end Scott Sicko.
Colgate Coach Dick Biddle is quoted this way in a Utica newspaper story about upstate football teams beginning their seasons:
“This is probably the most unsettled year we’ve had. I really don’t know what to expect. I’m not saying we can’t be good, but there is very little margin for error, a lot of uncertainty. It’ll be interesting to see how it turns out.”The Raiders kick off against Monmouth.
Extra Point
Pueblo, Colorado. If you are of a certain age, you might remember public service TV commercials inviting you to write to some government printing office in Pueblo to have them send you a catalogue about consumer this or that. Never did it, but I was always tempted. Mail is cool when you are a kid.
In this age of Google, I was wondering the other day if the folks out in Pueblo were still mailing out booklets and catalogues. It turns out the rechristened Federal Citizen Information Center is still alive and kicking. I guess I'm a little surprised because information has become awfully easy to come by. When I was working on my masters in journalism, I took an entire course in how to locate and obtain obscure government documents. Now a sixth-grader with a Mac and an Internet connection can pull up in 10 minutes what it took me three months to learn how to find when I was in grad school.
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