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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Nyeem Wartman-White knows how quickly promise can disintegrate into heartbreak.Nearly one year to the day that a torn left ACL robbed him of all but three series of his junior season, the Penn State linebacker will return to the lineup when Kent State visits Beaver Stadium on Saturday.Hell do so with a whole new outlook.I had selfish thoughts, Wartman-White said of last seasons opener against Temple. I remember in that game going over to a teammate and saying, `Yo, its going to be a good year. I had high expectations but I felt like that was very eye-opening because after I said that, it probably happened right there.Wartman-White began that game on a tear with two tackles and a third-down pass breakup in his first action as the teams middle linebacker. It appeared the defense was in good hands with Wartman-White as its de facto captain.It all ended moments later when he crumpled to the Lincoln Financial Field grass in agony. As he sat in the locker room, all he could think about is how badly he had wanted to put on a show in his hometown. Now, personal glory means little to him.This year, its all about winning, Wartman-White said. If I have one tackle per game but we win the Big Ten championship and I can put that ring on my finger and keep it for the rest of my life, that matters more to me than getting 140 tackles.Its why he had no trouble shifting back to the less-glamorous weakside position hed played in previous seasons. And its why he quickly saw the silver lining of his season-ending injury. It provided teammate Jason Cabinda with critical playing time in the middle.Now with Cabinda back, Penn State has its most experienced trio of linebackers since Wartman-White can remember with Brandon Bell at the other outside spot.It definitely wouldve been a huge year for Nyeem, Bell said. He has all the tools, athleticism, hes vocal, smart.Here are some other things to watch for as Penn State plays Kent State:NEW FACES UP FRONTWartman-Whites return gives Penn State a second vocal contributor. He and Cabinda are basically interchangeable, head coach James Franklin said, and their combined experience organizing the defense will help young players -- particularly a host of freshmen tackles -- along the defensive front.Defensive end Garrett Sickels is the lone returning starter from what was one of the best fronts in the country.Theyre ready to show that we dont rebuild, we reload, Wartman-White said. Theyre ready to step in and show people were good too, were not just shadows.QBS GALOREKent State will likely play three quarterbacks as the Golden Flashes try to find a long-term starter. Freshman Justin Agner will start with Mylik Mitchell and George Bollas coming off the bench.RETURN ON INVESTMENTThe Golden Flashes struggled to cover kickoffs last season allowing 26.3 yards per return and the Nittany Lions want to take advantage of that. Penn State star running back Saquon Barkley could handle kick return duties, Franklin said. The Nittany Lions last return touchdown came in the 2011 opener.ROTATING LINEExpect Penn State to rotate offensive linemen especially if the game gets out of hand early. The Nittany Lions will debut a new spread-based, up-tempo offense and have used a handful of underclassmen to augment starters Brendan Mahon, Andrew Nelson, Derek Dowrey, Brian Gaia and Ryan Bates through training camp.Lebron Shoes Canada .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. Cheap Nike Shoes Canada . 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Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL.LA UNION, Colombia -- Colombian authorities searched for answers Tuesday into the crash of a chartered airliner that slammed into the Andes mountains while transporting a Brazilian soccer team whose Cinderella story had won it a spot in the finals of one of South Americas most prestigious regional tournaments. All but six of the 77 people on board were killed.The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before 10 p.m. Monday (0300 GMT Tuesday), according to Colombias aviation agency. It said the planes black boxes had been recovered and were being analyzed.The aircraft, which departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was carrying the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil for Wednesdays first leg of the two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin. Twenty-one Brazilian journalists were also on board the flight.Colombian officials initially said the plane suffered an electrical failure but there was also heavy rainfall at the time of the crash. Authorities also said they were not ruling out the possibility, relayed to rescuers by a surviving flight attendant, that the plane ran out of fuel minutes before its scheduled landing at Jose Maria Cordova airport outside Medellin.Whatever the cause, the emotional pain of Colombias deadliest air tragedy in two decades was felt across the soccer world.Expressions of grief poured in as South Americas federation canceled all scheduled matches in a show of solidarity, Real Madrids squad interrupted its training for a minute of silence and Argentine legend Diego Maradona sent his condolences to the victims families over Facebook.Brazils top teams offered to loan the small club players next season so they can rebuild following the sudden end to a fairy tale season that saw Chapecoense reach the tournament final just two years after making it into the first division for the first time since the 1970s. It is the minimum gesture of solidarity that is within our reach, the teams said in a statement.Sportsmanship also prevailed, with Atletico Nacional asking that the championship title be given to its rival, whose upstart run had electrified soccer-crazed Brazil.Rescuers working through the night were initially heartened after pulling three people alive from the wreckage. But as the hours passed, heavy fog and stormy weather grounded helicopters and slowed efforts to reach the crash site.At daybreak, dozens of bodies scattered across a muddy mountainside were collected into white bags. They were then loaded onto several Black Hawk helicopters that had to perform a tricky maneuver to land on the crest of the Andes mountains. The planes fuselage appeared to have broken into two, with the nose facing downward into a steep valley.Officials initially reported 81 people were on board the flight, but later revised that to 77, saying four people on the flight manifest did not get on the plane.Images broadcast on local television showed three of the six survivors on stretchers and connected to IVs arriving at a hospital in ambulances. Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel was in the most serious condition, and was later transported to another facility to undergo surgery for a spinal fracture. Teammates Helio Zampier and Jakson Follmann also suffered multiple trauma injuries, with doctors having to amputate the goalkeeper Follmanns right leg.A journalist traveling with the team was recovering from surgery and two Bolivian crew members were in stable condition, hospital officials said.The aircraft is owned by LaMia, a charter company that started off in Venezuela but later relocated to Bolivia, where it was certified to operate last January. Despite such apparently limited experience the airline has a close relationship with several premier South American squads.Earlier this moonth, the plane involved in Mondays crash transported Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team from Brazil following a World Cup qualifier match.dddddddddddd. The airliner also appears to have transported the national squads of Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela over the last three months, according to a log of recent activity provided by Flightradar24.com.Before being taken offline, LaMias website said it operated three 146 Avro short-haul jets made by British Aerospace, with a maximum range of around 2,965 kilometers (1,600 nautical miles) -- about the same as the distance between Santa Cruz and Medellin..Hans Weber, a longtime adviser to U.S. aviation authorities, said the aircrafts range deserves careful investigation. He noted that the air distance between cities is usually measured by the shortest route but planes rarely fly in a straight line -- pilots may steer around turbulence or change course for other reasons.Given the model of the plane and that it was flying close to capacity, I would be concerned that the pilots may have been cutting it too close, Weber said.Bolivias civil aviation agency said the aircraft picked up the Brazilian team in Santa Cruz, where the players had arrived on a commercial flight from Sao Paulo. Spokesman Cesar Torrico said the plane underwent an inspection before departing for Colombia and reported no problems.We cant rule out anything. The investigation is ongoing and were going to await the results, said Gustavo Vargas, a retired Bolivian air force general who is president of the airline.Colombian authorities said they hope to interview the Bolivian flight attendant who relayed the fuel concerns on Wednesday.Moments before the flight departed, the teams coaching staff gave an interview to a Bolivian television station in which they praised the airline, saying it brought them good fortune when it flew them to Colombia last month for the championships quarterfinals, which they won.Now were going to do this new trip and we hope they bring us good luck like they did the first time, athletic director Mauro Stumpf told the Gigavision TV network.The team, from the small Brazilian agro-industrial city of Chapeco, was in the midst of a breakout season. It advanced last week to the Copa Sudamericana finals after defeating some of the regions top teams, including Argentinas San Lorenzo and Independiente, as well as Colombias Junior.The team is so modest that tournament organizers ruled that its 22,000-seat arena was too small to host the final match, which was moved to a stadium 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the north, in the city of Curitiba.The team won over fans across Brazil with its spectacular run to the finals, with some even taking up a campaign online to move the final match to Rio de Janeiros iconic Maracana stadium, where the 2014 World Cup finals were played.The tragedy of so many young and talented players lives and dreams cut short brought an outpouring of support far beyond Brazils borders. Atletico Nacional said in a statement it was offering its title to the team, saying the accident leaves an indelible mark on the history of Latin American and world soccer.Closer to home, fans mourned the terrible loss.This morning I said goodbye to them and they told me they were going after the dream, turning that dream into reality, Chapecoense board member Plinio De Nes told Brazils TV Globo. The dream was over early this morning.---Goodman reported from Bogota. Associated Press writers Mauricio Savarese and Stephen Wade in Chapeco, Brazil; Renata Brito in Rio de Janeiro; Carlos Valdez in La Paz, Bolivia; Luis Henao in Buenos Aires and David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report. ' ' '