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Ingles, Exum to face Golden State in NBA semis

Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum (left) shoots as Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul defends.

​Australians Joe Ingles and Dante Exum will face title favourites Golden State in the NBA western conference semi-finals after their Utah Jazz claimed a 4-3 playoffs series win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

A business deal and a murder, seen through the rearview mirror

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.

A silver 2006 Toyota 4Runner. Mint condition. Only 19,300 km on the odometer. This is what the car dealer in East Providence, Rhode Island, had to offer Aaron Hernandez, an up-and-coming star with the New England Patriots when he arrived at the lot in 2010.

Aaron Hernandez's brain to undergo CTE study

Aaron Hernandez, pictured after the AFC Championship game in 2012. His New England Patriots side went on to lose the ...

At issue is whether Hernandez's violent behaviour and mood swings could have been partly explained by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative nerve disease found in the brains of those who have had repeated or severe hits to the head.

Brady among players to skip White House visit

Tom Brady (left) also skipped his team's visit with President Barack Obama at the White House in 2015.

Like many sports teams before them, the New England Patriots visited the White House where they met with President Donald Trump on Thursday to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. But two dozen or more members of the team, including quarterback Tom Brady, were not on hand, and some of them explicitly cited politics as their reason.

Whittaker has UFC gold in sights

Unstoppable: Robert Whittaker celebrates his win over Derek Brunson at UFC Fight Night in Melbourne in November 2016.

Since gaining weight and moving up to the middleweight division, Australia's Robert Whittaker has remained undefeated, and he knows that whatever happens on the weekend, his future will at some stage involve a UFC title fight.

LA Lakers honour Shaq with statue

Shaquille O'Neal poses after the unveiling of his statue in front of Staples Center, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Los ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have honoured Shaquille O'Neal with a bronze statue of the Hall of Fame centre who helped them to three consecutive NBA titles.