11:31 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jessica Pegula surprised even her coaches with her quarterfinal run. It was the 2005 Eddie Herr International Junior Championship and the 12-and-under field included Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Ajla Tomljanovic and Eugenie Bouchard. Pegula hadn’t played in many tournaments, so no one knew how she would handle the pressure competing
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7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Left-hander Justin Wilson returned to the New York Yankees after two seasons with the Mets, agreeing Monday to a deal, a source confirmed to ESPN. Wilson joins a bullpen headed by closer Aroldis Chapman and Zack Britton, both left-handers. Hard-throwing right-hander Chad Green is joined by
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10:38 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Alex Galchenyuk has a new home for the second time in just over 48 hours. The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired the winger in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday for forward Egor Korshkov and defenseman David Warsofsky. Galchenyuk, 27, appeared in eight games with Ottawa
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11:04 AM ET The Washington Football Team hired Chris Polian on Monday, adding another experienced voice to its revamped front office. Polian, the third former general manager Washington has added this offseason, will serve as the director of pro personnel. Polian filled a similar role with Jacksonville from 2013 to ’19; he was out of
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1:47 PM ET Tennessee is set to hire Penn State co-defensive coordinator Tim Banks as the Volunteers’ defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Banks, 49, has spent the past five seasons at Penn State, where he also coached the Nittany Lions’ safeties. Before that, he was the co-defensive coordinator at Illinois, the co-defensive coordinator at Cincinnati
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12:03 PM GMT As the countdown to the return of Super Rugby AU enters its final week, all eyes will soon turn to the debut of Australia’s latest code-hopper: Suliasi Vunivalu. Despite some mid-season uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic last year, particularly during Rugby Australia’s crippling financial slide, Vunivalu later proved to be a man
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