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Jimmy White is still winning big matches into his sixties (Picture: Getty Images) Jimmy White scored a huge win at the Northern Ireland Open on Monday as the 62-year-old beat Hossein Vafaei 4-2 in one of the craziest matches you will see all season. It was a big upset for the veteran to beat the … Read more

Gina Schumacher is said to have taken the name ‘Gina Bethke’ after her wedding (Getty) Michael Schumacher’s former manager, Willi Weber, has criticised the F1 legend’s daughter, Gina, for taking her husband’s surname following her wedding last month. Gina, 27, married her partner Iain Bethke in front of close friends and relatives at a private … Read more

The Nets declined to extend the rookie contracts of three eligible players by Monday’s 6 p.m. deadline, most notably returning leading scorer Cam Thomas.  Injured center Day’Ron Sharpe and offseason pickup Ziaire Williams also were eligible but did not receive extensions, according to Post beat writer Brian Lewis.  Cam Thomas drilled during the Nets-Raptors preseason … Read more

Gord Franson will be inducted into the University of Calgary Dinos Hall of Fame as a builder. Photo by Calgary Dinos Kellen Forrest for Dinos Athletics Special to Postmedia Network You’d be hard-pressed to find a more dedicated University of Calgary Dino than Gord Franson. Franson (BComm ‘72) is the lone builder in the Dinos’ … Read more

LOS ANGELES — Luis Severino was impressed enough with the Yankees’ October surge that he was willing to amend the half-joking comment he made about his former team during the regular season.  The Mets right-hander in July revealed that he tweaked former teammates in a text chain by saying the Yankees have “two good hitters.”  … Read more

MONTREAL — Alexis Lafreniere did not practice with the team on Monday, but the Rangers wing skated on his own afterward. Despite the Rangers saying Lafreniere is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, the 23-year-old did not look hampered during his individual session. Though head coach Peter Laviolette declined to comment on Lafreniere’s status for Tuesday … Read more

Chris Godwin suffered what appeared to be a serious injury and had to be carted off the field with a minute to play in the Buccaneers’ 41-31 “Monday Night Football” showdown loss to Ravens.  Godwin had caught a pass over the middle from Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield before being taken down by a Ravens defender … Read more

The Rockets and center Alperen Şengün agreed to terms on a five-year, $185 million rookie extension, ESPN reported on Monday.  The move came prior to the rookie extension deadline at 6 p.m. ET and includes a player option for the final year.  The two sides had been negotiating since the start of the summer on … Read more

Sabrina Ionescu didn’t exactly have an ideal college ending or start to her WNBA career. Nor was it her dream to shoot a brutal 1-for-19 in the clinching Game 5 of her first WNBA Finals. Yet despite it all, Ionescu proclaimed Sunday night to be a “storybook ending” after the Liberty beat the Lynx in … Read more

Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. became the first father-son duo in the history of Major League Baseball, and the tandem will be on hand to see another father-son tag team potentially play in the same NBA game on Tuesday.  Ken Griffey Jr. confirmed in an interview on SiriusXM this week that he and his dad … Read more