The 2019 NBA draft comes with the debut of new odds throughout the lottery (Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN) -- giving more teams a reasonable chance of winning the No. 1 overall pick and a chance to select consensus top prospect Zion Williamson.

There are huge stakes throughout the lottery. Landing No. 1 could completely change a franchise. There will be a debate at No. 2 between Murray State's Ja Morant and Duke's RJ Barrett, and team fit could ultimately settle things. Multiple teams in the lottery are holding onto protected or traded picks. And of course, teams jumping up in the lottery could swing Anthony Davis trade talks.

Here's everything you need to know before the big draw Tuesday night.

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Lottery odds

Here are the odds for each lottery team's selection heading into the draw:

The NBA now draws the top four picks through the lottery instead of the top three, with the teams' chances of a winning selection flattened.

Here's an overview of the new odds for the 14 lottery slots compared to the old ones:

Some key insights to know:

• The difference between finishing with the worst record and the third-worst record has shrunk. The bottom three teams have the same odds at both the No. 1 pick (14 percent) and staying in the top four (12 percent).

• The gap starts with the fourth-worst team, though the difference isn't huge. The fourth-worst team can fall as far as No. 8, but on average that pick lands around Nos. 4 or 5.

• The worst team has a 47.9 percent chance to fall to No. 5. The lowest a team could fall under the old system was No. 4, and there was just a 35.7 percent chance of that happening.

• Look at the middle of the lottery: Teams with the sixth- through ninth-worst records have (in some cases) doubled their chances of landing in the top five.

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• Likely picks, odds and questions for every lottery team

The traded picks

There are three protected or traded picks to know about in the lottery, along with projections from ESPN's Basketball Power Index on where they land:

Mavericks-Hawks

The Mavericks owe their pick to the Hawks if it falls outside the top five. If not conveyed, the pick remains top-five protected in 2020, falls to top-three protected until 2022 and becomes unprotected in 2023.

• Chances Dallas keeps its pick: 26.2 percent

• Chances Atlanta gets a top-8 pick from Dallas this year: 29.4 percent

Grizzlies-Celtics

The Grizzlies owe their pick to the Celtics if it falls outside the top eight. If not conveyed, the pick falls to top-six protected in 2020 and then becomes unprotected in 2021.

• Chances Memphis keeps its pick: 55.6 percent

• Chances Boston gets a top-10 pick from Memphis this year: 43.2 percent

Kings-Celtics-76ers

The Kings owe their pick to the Celtics unprotected, but the 76ers will get the selection if this becomes the No. 1 pick. In that scenario, Boston would get Philadelphia's pick.

• Chances Philadelphia gets the No. 1 pick from Sacramento: 1.0 percent

• Chances Boston gets a top-4 pick from Sacramento: 3.8 percent

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• NBA draft assets for all 30 teams

Top prospects and mock draft projections

Zion is the clear No. 1 overall player. But which prospects will make up the rest of the lottery?

Here's the top 14, based on intel and scouting from ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz.

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Get to know Zion

The education of Zion Williamson
His dunks inspire awe, his all-around game will make him millions. But to understand his legend, you have to go back to the place where it all started. Mina Kimes spends a day in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Ranking the best fits for Zion Which teams have the best chance to maximize Williamson's star potential? Four of our NBA experts rank each team with a chance to land the No. 1 pick based on how likely they are to help Zion reach his superstar ceiling.

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As we get deeper into the season's second month, we're seeing some teams iron out their early-season hiccups and regain their place near the top of our Power Rankings. Witness a pair of big comebacks in this week's rankings, with the Red Sox and Brewers -- the 2018 win leaders from each league -- both returning to our top 10.

That doesn't mean there isn't still room for surprises. The Twins made their first appearance of the season in our top five, a reward for their sustained excellence in the early going, something that might ultimately lead to an AL Central title with the ailing, short-handed Indians looking vulnerable.

That appearance owes something to the Twins getting a first-place vote this week, a first for them this season. Minnesota was one of four clubs to get one, with the Dodgers holding on to their top slot with two, and the Astros and Rays getting one apiece. And with the Cubs moving up to No. 4 overall on the strength of their own in-season rebound, the voting might get even more split up in the weeks to come.

While the Brewers and Red Sox both climbed four slots in the rankings, they did not make the week's single biggest gain. That honor goes to the Reds, who made a seven-spot leap. Can they sustain it? And the biggest decline was suffered by the injury-wracked Nationals, who tumbled six spots and out of the top 20. That fall was almost matched by the Cardinals, whose 2-5 week -- losing four games while scoring either one run or no runs -- almost took them out of the top 10 with a five-rung slide.

For Week 6, our panel of voters was composed of Bradford Doolittle, Christina Kahrl, Eric Karabell, Tim Kurkjian and David Schoenfield.

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1. Los Angeles Dodgers

2019 record: 27-16
Week 5 ranking: 1

Is it time to start recognizing Hyun-Jin Ryu as one of the best lefties in the league? Since coming off the injured list last Aug. 15, he has a 1.78 ERA over 17 starts with a 107:8 ratio of strikeouts to walks. In his first eight starts of 2019, he has yet to give up more than two runs in a game. He fired a four-hit shutout over the Braves last Tuesday, then allowed one hit in eight innings against the Nationals on Sunday. -- David Schoenfield

ICYMI: Is Ryu the new Greg Maddux?

2. Houston Astros

2019 record: 26-15
Week 5 ranking: 3

The early leader for the best offseason free-agent signing in terms of 2019 impact is Houston's addition of Michael Brantley. Brantley signed for a modest $32 million for two years and has outproduced Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and A.J. Pollock while sporting an OPS approaching 1.100. He has crushed it at home and on the road, against lefties and righties. Brantley has been just what the Astros needed, and they didn't need much. -- Bradford Doolittle

ICYMI: Unsigned Keuchel stands his ground on market value

3. Tampa Bay Rays

2019 record: 24-15
Week 5 ranking: 2

This weekend brought bittersweet news for breakout starter Tyler Glasnow and the Rays. When he left Friday's start against the Yankees with "forearm tightness," it was hard not to assume the worst. The words are too often a precursor for a coming Tommy John surgery. Thankfully, it was just a strain. Still, the four to six weeks Glasnow is expected to miss could have a major impact on the postseason awards chances for a pitcher who has been as good as anybody during the season's opening weeks. But thanks to gambits like the opener, the Rays have the pitching depth to cover Glasnow's innings for a few weeks. -- Doolittle

ICYMI: Snell still the man to beat for AL Cy Young

4. Chicago Cubs

2019 record: 24-14
Week 5 ranking: 5

Recently, chief decision-maker Theo Epstein said that pitching coach Tommy Hottovy's name came up too often during the staff's poor start over Chicago's first nine games. So it would only be fair to mention him now that things have turned. During that 2-7 start, Cubs pitchers ranked last with a 7.51 ERA. Since then, they have the best ERA in the majors. So, Tommy Hottovy, consider your name mentioned, and for a good reason. -- Doolittle

ICYMI: How a mid-at-bat change to an ax-handle bat helped ignite Kris Bryant

5. Minnesota Twins

2019 record: 25-14
Week 5 ranking: 7

The Twins are among the OPS and slugging leaders despite receiving dismal production from third base, mainly free-agent bust Marwin Gonzalez. Enter Miguel Sano. It might not be as early as this week, as Sano continues his rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester from a heel laceration, but it is coming. Sano is a career .477 slugger; Gonzalez can return to utility status. -- Eric Karabell

ICYMI: The Twins are baseball's most pleasant surprise

6. New York Yankees

2019 record: 24-16
Week 5 ranking: 6

DJ LeMahieu has a huge home/road split over his career thanks to Coors Field -- .331 at home, .266 on the road -- but like some other Rockies hitters in the past, he has left Coors Field and his home/road splits have evened out. (The theory is that not seeing as many good breaking balls at home hurts Rockies hitters on the road.) He's hitting well over .300 so far and has been getting on base from the leadoff position. -- Schoenfield

ICYMI: Meet the Yankees: Five unlikely Bronx heroes to watch

7. Milwaukee Brewers

2019 record: 24-18
Week 5 ranking: 11

Through mid-April, it looked as if the Brewers would be stuck with a couple of open seats in a game of rotation musical chairs, but things have settled nicely since, with Milwaukee's starters fueling a seven-game win streak. Over their first 19 games, the rotation put up an ugly combined ERA of 6.19. Since then, it has been 3.26 over 23 games, including an MLB-best 1.65 ERA during the streak through Sunday. -- Doolittle

ICYMI: Yelich driven to show last year was anything but luck

8. Boston Red Sox

2019 record: 22-19
Week 5 ranking: 12

You don't need next-level stats to appreciate how dramatic the turnaround has been for the Red Sox. After their first 19 games, the Sox were an AL-worst 6-13 with 77 runs scored and 119 runs allowed for a minus-42 run differential. In the 22 games since then, they are 16-6 with 143 runs scored, 74 allowed and a plus-69 differential. -- Steve Richards

ICYMI: Red Sox are (probably) going to be OK

9. St. Louis Cardinals

2019 record: 22-19
Week 5 ranking: 4

A rough 2-9 run bumped the Cardinals from first place in the NL Central, but there have been bright spots: Miles Mikolas began the year with a 5.29 ERA in his first six turns but has pitched three consecutive quality starts, and Paul DeJong has batted .308 (8-for-26) with two home runs in his past eight games. -- Tristan Cockcroft

ICYMI: Do the Cardinals need rotation help?

10. Philadelphia Phillies

2019 record: 23-16
Week 5 ranking: 10

The Phillies come home from their Missouri trip with ace Aaron Nola scheduled to face the Brewers and Rockies, teams hitting significantly better and more than normal, in home games. Nola appears to have regained his ace-level status, posting a 1.47 ERA over his past three outings, with one home run allowed. In his first five starts, his ERA was 6.84 with seven homers allowed. -- Karabell

11. Arizona Diamondbacks

2019 record: 22-19
Week 5 ranking: 9

Arizona has lost six of eight, including the last three of a four-game series with Atlanta this weekend. In the three losses to the Braves, the Diamondbacks left 25 runners on base and went 4-for-24 with runners in scoring position. -- Richards

12. Cleveland Indians

2019 record: 21-18
Week 5 ranking: 8

After a stone-cold start to his season that had his OPS below .400 through April 14, Jose Ramirez has started showing some signs of life at the plate, producing a .735 OPS since April 15. Unfortunately, his unremarkable 89.9 mph exit velocity in that same period of time is parked right around the MLB average, and there's no sign of the power spike he delivered last season, something the Indians badly need now. -- Christina Kahrl

ICYMI: Is Oscar Mercado ready for the call?

13. Atlanta Braves

2019 record: 21-20
Week 5 ranking: 13

The Dodgers swept the Braves earlier in the week before the Braves bounced back to win their series in Arizona. As they scuffle along at .500, they basically just need to improve their "clutch" performance. They're fourth in OBP and fifth in slugging in the NL, but seventh in runs as they're hitting just .240/.319/.346 with RISP. The bullpen ranks 25th in win probability added as A.J. Minter (0-4, 9.82) lost his closer role and was demoted to Triple-A. -- Schoenfield

ICYMI: Ronald Acuna Jr. is quietly getting better

14. San Diego Padres

2019 record: 22-19
Week 5 ranking: 16

Fresh off the disappointment of losing out on NL Rookie of the Month honors for April, Chris Paddack dominated the Mets with 7⅔ shutout innings of 11-strikeout baseball this past Monday, lowering his ERA to 1.55. He has been instrumental in keeping the pitching staff ranked among the game's top 10 in ERA (3.96), but questions about his innings cap will multiply as the summer progresses. -- Cockcroft

ICYMI: Paddack's start radically changes his season forecast

15. New York Mets

2019 record: 19-20
Week 5 ranking: 14

Todd Frazier is running out of time to make an impression. The veteran third baseman has struggled to hit since his delayed season debut. He pushed J.D. Davis aside, but Jed Lowrie, when healthy, has to play. How the Mets line up with Lowrie, who compiled a .356 on-base percentage the past two years for Oakland, will be interesting; he batted third last season. Will he push struggling Robinson Cano aside in the lineup? -- Karabell

16. Pittsburgh Pirates

2019 record: 20-17
Week 5 ranking: 18

Despite injuries to two of their key starting pitchers, the Pirates have been getting valiant efforts from both Trevor Williams and Jordan Lyles. Williams' 2.21 ERA since last year's All-Star break is third best among qualifiers in baseball, and Lyles' 2.09 mark this season is sixth best -- and the Pirates have won six of his seven starts to date. -- Cockcroft

17. Cincinnati Reds

2019 record: 18-23
Week 5 ranking: 24

From Nick Senzel's two-homer game last Monday to the team being no-hit by Mike Fiers Tuesday to Luis Castillo's 11-strikeout gem in a 7-0 victory Friday, the Reds had quite the up-and-down week. That has been the story of their season, as the team hasn't had a streak longer than three games on either side, win or lose, since April 14-17 and have been mired in last place since the beginning of said streak. -- Cockcroft

ICYMI: Is it too late to save Joey Votto's season?

18. Colorado Rockies

2019 record: 19-21
Week 5 ranking: 19

German Marquez has seemed like the Rockies' only reliable starting pitcher this season. His 3.43 ERA is more than three-quarters of a run lower than any of his rotation-mates, and he chipped in a key three-run double in his most recent turn. Despite his work, Rockies starters still have a 7.38 ERA in May, third worst in baseball. -- Cockcroft

19. Seattle Mariners

2019 record: 20-23
Week 5 ranking: 15

Felix Hernandez is in the final year of his contract and it's starting to look ugly. He has given up 14 runs in 7⅓ innings his past two starts as his ERA has ballooned to 6.52. The Mariners are in free fall after their hot start, have put him on the IL and don't have any obvious long-term replacements for him, at least until Wade LeBlanc is ready to come off the IL. But you also don't want to keep him sending him out there if he's just going to get pounded. The Mariners might be facing a tough choice for a franchise icon. -- Schoenfield

ICYMI: No MLB ruling on substance on Kikuchi's hat

20. Los Angeles Angels

2019 record: 19-21
Week 5 ranking: 21

Jonathan Lucroy hit .292 with 24 home runs for the 2016 Brewers and Rangers. Over the following two seasons with the Rangers, Rockies and Athletics, he hit .253 with a total of 10 home runs. Perhaps that explains why Lucroy, 32, had to settle for a one-year deal with the Angels in December. So far, so good -- a rejuvenated Lucroy homered twice off Justin Verlander last weekend and should reach double digits in HRs. -- Karabell

ICYMI: Passan: The inside story of the 7-year-old Mike Trout fan and his Troutfits

21. Texas Rangers

2019 record: 17-21
Week 5 ranking: 20

The Rangers seem to be sinking fast (5-13 since April 22), but how about Hunter Pence? In his past 16 games, Pence has a .340/.424/.820 slash line with six doubles, six homers and 22 RBIs. Not bad for a guy who few figured would even land a job coming off a .590 OPS season in 2018. -- Richards

22. Oakland Athletics

2019 record: 19-23
Week 5 ranking: 23

Remember when Khris Davis was parked atop the MLB leaderboard with 10 home runs, back on April 12? He hasn't hit one since, a 20-game stretch (punctuated by a hip injury) that is his second-longest set of games without a home run in his career, and his longest since his 36-game (and 126 plate appearance) drought in 2015 -- his last year in Milwaukee, and his last hitting fewer than 40 home runs in a season. Or 30. -- Kahrl

ICYMI: Mike FIers spins MLB's improbable, incredible 300th no-hitter

23. Washington Nationals

2019 record: 16-24
Week 5 ranking: 17

The Nationals had lost six series in a row before splitting the four-game series to the Dodgers, leading to increased speculation that Dave Martinez's job is on the line. You get the feeling that the club better perform well in its next 10 games -- seven against the Mets, three against the Cubs -- or GM Mike Rizzo will be seeking a new manager. -- Schoenfield

ICYMI: The Nats are in trouble, and so is Dave Martinez

24. San Francisco Giants

2019 record: 17-23
Week 5 ranking: 27

It would be hard to have a worse May than the Giants' starting rotation has put up so far, getting shellacked for an MLB-high 49 runs in 43 ⅔ innings, with MLB worsts in home runs allowed (19), ERA (8.66) and WHIP (1.99). Shelving Derek Holland and demoting Dereck Rodriguez might reshuffle the deck chairs, but pitching was supposed to be a strength; this boat by the Bay is definitely taking on water. -- Kahrl

ICYMI: Holland rips Giants brass

25. Detroit Tigers

2019 record: 18-20
Week 5 ranking: 25

With Matthew Boyd and now Daniel Norris pitching well in the Tigers' rotation, the David Price trade has turned out pretty well; add in homegrown rookie Spencer Turnbull filling the strike zone with 93-94 mph velocity and nice complementary breaking stuff. Even with Michael Fulmer on the IL, the Motor City Kitties' starting pitching is legitimately brag-worthy for keeping games in reach. -- Kahrl

ICYMI: Fan who kept Pujols milestone ball changes his mind

26. Toronto Blue Jays

2019 record: 16-24
Week 5 ranking: 22

Vlad-mania hasn't exactly turned Toronto's season around. Since the Jays swept Oakland on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s first weekend in the majors to push their record to .500, they've gone 2-10, with Guerrero checking in at 6-for-35 (.171) with one extra-base hit (a double Sunday) no runs and one RBI in that stretch. -- Richards

ICYMI: Edwin Jackson set to play for record 14th team

27. Chicago White Sox

2019 record: 18-21
Week 5 ranking: 26

Travis d'Arnaud. Gerardo Parra. Edwin Jackson. Chris Stratton. Aaron Altherr. These are all possibly-useful veterans who changed teams this week and could have been had cheaply by any club looking to shore up the back end of a roster. That said, the Sox did get in on the act, adding pitcher Ross Detwiler and trading for outfielder Paulo Orlando. More of that stuff, guys. Reaching .500 level is still within sight. -- Doolittle

ICYMI: Tim Anderson shows no mercy to Tribe's Bauer after tweet

28. Kansas City Royals

2019 record: 14-27
Week 5 ranking: 28

The Royals were patient with third baseman Hunter Dozier, and wisely so. Dozier hit .229 with 11 home runs over 388 plate appearances last season. This year has been vastly different, as he is among the league leaders in OPS, walk rate and home runs. Dozier was the No. 8 pick in the 2013 amateur draft, and has drastically cut down on his chase rate and strikeout rate, raised his launch angle. This excellent start might be for real. -- Karabell

ICYMI: How much Dozier's breakout changes his projections

29. Baltimore Orioles

2019 record: 14-26
Week 5 ranking: 29

The good news: Baltimore got two solid mound performances from John Means, who won twice and gave up only two runs over 13 innings, lowering his ERA to 2.33. The bad news: In between, the O's went 0-4, giving up 37 hits, 21 walks and 25 runs over 39 innings (5.77 ERA, 1.49 WHIP). -- Richards

30. Miami Marlins

2019 record: 10-29
Week 5 ranking: 30

Caleb Smith is now among the NL's top five in ERA (2.11), as is his strikeout rate among starting pitchers (11.8 K/9). But he could use some help. The Marlins aren't just struggling to score -- averaging an NL-low 2.3 runs per game in May -- they're not even generating many hard knocks. Between them, Jorge Alfaro, Starlin Castro, Brian Anderson and Miguel Rojas -- half the starting lineup -- has one extra-base hit, a double by Anderson, in the month of May. -- Kahrl

Former winners to join Mo Farah in racing the 10km in the UK capital

Andy Butchart and Steph Twell are to form part of two strong domestic fields when they return to the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday May 27.

The former winners will join the previously-announced defending champion Mo Farah in racing over 10km in the UK capital, with Butchart back in action after his two wins in 2016 and 2017.

The men’s field includes six athletes who have run sub-29 minutes, including Nick Goolab – the fastest man over the distance in the UK this year (28:22) – plus Luke Traynor, Andy Vernon and Jonny Mellor.

Also on the elite start list are Sam Stabler, Charlie Hulson, Kieran Clements, Josh Griffiths, Matt Sharp, Daniel Studley, Richard Allen, Derek Rae, Ben Connor and Derek Hawkins.

The women’s race also has a loaded domestic field that includes three former winners in defending champion Twell, 2016 victor Lily Partridge and Gemma Steel, who won in 2014.

Charlotte Arter, the reigning British 10,000m champion on the track, and Tish Jones, who was the second British woman home at the Virgin Money London Marathon to qualify for the World Championships, are also racing, as are three of the six-strong team that Great Britain sent to the World Cross Country Championships in March: Kate Avery, Jennifer Nesbitt and Jess Piasecki.

They will be joined by Hayley Carruthers, Louise Small, Tracy Barlow, Helen Davies and Verity Ockenden.

The Vitality London 10,000 takes place on bank holiday Monday, the day after the Vitality Westminster Mile where Laura Muir will be starting a summer season which she hopes will end in glory at the World Championships in Doha.

Multiple European champion Muir leads the entrants in a star-studded elite women’s field as she will be joined by defending champion Melissa Courtney, the Commonwealth Games 1500m bronze medallist, plus 2017 champion Adelle Tracey.

European indoor 800m gold medallist Shelayna Oskan-Clarke will make her debut in the event while Sarah McDonald, who won the Vitality Westminster Mile in 2016 and was runner-up a year later, returns to the streets of central London.

In the men’s race, defending champion Chris O’Hare is hoping to become the first man in the history of the Vitality Westminster Mile to break the four-minute barrier.

O’Hare, who won a bronze medal over 3000m at the European Indoor Championships in March, is aiming to break the mark and win the Bannister Trophy just weeks after the 65th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s first sub-four-minute mile.

O’Hare will face competition from rising star Jake Heyward, who was fourth in the 1500m at last year’s World U20 Championships, and three-time British 800m champion Elliot Giles. Jamie Webb, who won a bronze medal in the 800m at this year’s European Indoor Championships, and the current course record-holder Goolab, who ran 4:01 to win in 2016, will also be on the start line on a busy weekend for Goolab.

The Vitality Westminster Mile is the world’s biggest timed mile event with races for all ages and abilities, from families to adults, schools, wheelchairs, masters and Olympians. The under-13, under-15, under-17, under-20 and senior races are also the British One Mile Road Championships.

A record number of more than 17,000 participants are expected to run the Vitality London 10,000 on a course which passes iconic London landmarks such as Admiralty Arch, Nelson’s Column, St Paul’s Cathedral, Mansion House, the Bank of England, the Old Bailey, Somerset House, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.

The Vitality London 10,000 also incorporates the British Athletics 10km Championships for men and women.

Mostafa Asal takes out home hope Tom Richards
By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor

Top seed Marwan ElShorbagy imposed himself on the tournament as he beat fellow Egyptian Fares Dessouky in the second round of the Squash Squared Open at The Wimbledon Club.

On the same day, three top seeds fell by the wayside as Tom Richards, Cesar Salazar and Mathieu Castagnet were all beaten, with world junior champion Mostafa Asal toppling Richards, the number four seed and local favourite.

ElShorbagy and Dessouky treated the packed crowd to a special occasion, with competitive squash of the highest quality.

In the first game, both players took a while to settle but once Dessouky got into his groove he struck some beautiful winners and took the game 11-7. Marwan was much more solid and relaxed in the second, playing some trademark backhand drops and volleys and upping the pressure on Dessouky to take the game 11-7.

The third game saw both players at their best and had it all. The crowd also enjoyed great interaction with referee Steve Richardson, epitomised on one occasion when Dessouky queried a let decision and asked Steve what was going on. He replied, much to the amusement of the crowd, ‘He’s tying his shoelace’, referencing Marwan who was indeed doing just that.

One 80-plus shot rally finished off by a rolling cross court drop shot nick brought a standing ovation from an utterly absorbed crowd. Marwan sneaked it 11-9. Someone shouted out ‘Squash doesn’t get any better than this’.

ElShorbagy looked imposing in the fourth and he kept his focus superbly, weathering a ferocious attack from his opponent as Dessouky fired in some breathtaking crosscourt nick winners.

Dessouky needed a short injury break after some contact, but the top seed eventually took it 11-7 in a match that lasted 64 minutes and will go down as one of the finest matches seen at the club, and one played in great spirit.

Mostafa Asal, Baptiste Masotti and Mahesh Mangaonkar are all into the quarter finals after beating their seeded opponents.

Masotti and Mangaonkar are tied at 61st in the world rankings, but both are through, after defeating Mathieu Castagnet and Cesar Salazar, respectively.

The Frenchman got the better of compatriot Castagnet, who made it all the way through to the semi-finals of the Citigold Wealth Management Canary Wharf Classic in March.

Masotti, who has won the Carter Classic and the Crawford Fund Management Open this year, continued his good form with a victory over his countryman.

The lower ranked man held the lead twice, at 1-0 and 2-1, but Castagnet refused to go away, fighting back to level the match on both occasions. However, Masotti got over the line in the fifth, taking an 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7 victory in exactly an hour.

India’s No.3 Mangaonkar got the better of Mexico’s Cesar Salazar, beating the World No.24 in straight games, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9.

He will now face Egypt’s World No.33, Asal, who overcame England’s Tom Richards, ranked 11 places above him in the world.

Asal demonstrated that he could make the move from junior to senior ranks in the Black Ball Open in December, winning two 89-minute matches against Youssef Soliman and Declan James before bowing out to Ali Farag.

At Wimbledon, he beat wild card Jordan Warne in the first round in less than 20 minutes and also overcame Richards in straight games, winning 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 in 42 minutes.

The first game was very close. Richards failed to settle and looked quite distracted, challenging a lot of decisions. Asal’s composure and focus was hugely impressive.

He wowed the crowd with his forehand in the first round but his backhand looked equally potent against Richards, who struggled to cope with Asal’s power, intensity and largely error-free squash.

PSA $51,250 Men’s Squash Squared Wimbledon Club Open 2019, The Wimbledon Club, London, England.

Second Round (top half):
[1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bt Fares Dessouky (EGY) 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (64m)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt [5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7 (60m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt [7] Cesar Salazar (MEX) 11-9, 11-5, 11-9 (44m)
Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [4] Tom Richards (ENG) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 (42m)

Bottom Half:
[3] James Willstrop (ENG) v Chris Simpson (ENG)
[8] Lucas Serme (FRA) v Ben Coleman (ENG)
[6] Daryl Selby (ENG) v George Parker (ENG)
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)

First Round:
[1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bye
Fares Dessouky (EGY) bt Asim Khan (PAK) 11-3, 11-2, 11-0 (27m)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt [WC] Tom Walsh (ENG) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 (30m)
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bye
[7] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bye
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Ramit Tandon (IND) 11-9, 11-3, 11-2 (38m)
Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [WC] Jordan Warne (ENG) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2 (19m)
[4] Tom Richards (ENG) bye
[3] James Willstrop (ENG) bye
Chris Simpson (ENG) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-7, 11-4, 16-14 (47m)
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Carlos Cornes (ESP) 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 (59m)
[8] Lucas Serme (FRA) bye
[6] Daryl Selby (ENG) bye
George Parker (ENG) bt Patrick Rooney (ENG) 11-13, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (66m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bt Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3 (70m)
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bye

Pictures from Squash Mad files

MONTEREY, Calif. — The three-day Ferrari Racing Days event concluded with winners crowned in the third round of Ferrari Challenge North America and demonstrations from the Corse Clienti F-1 and XX programs capturing the imagination of the fans in attendance.

The Corse Clienti Formula One cars brought racing machines once driven by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello during a successful 2004 season to the iconic 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

While the F-1 cars brought high-speed thrills and familiarity to racing fans, the supercars in the XX program evoked curiosity and wonder to an audience that had largely never seen them before.

The XX cars are developed to be driven by exclusive customers on race tracks only. They are developed free of the homologation restrictions of a road car and series-implemented technical restrictions of a race car. Ferrari engineers created marvels of engineering that demonstrate mind-blowing levels of horsepower, handling and downforce.

Ferrari explains cars in the XX program as being “aimed at a small, highly select group of Ferrari clients: supercar enthusiasts eager to share the development of technologically innovative content with the Prancing Horse technicians, through driving a closed-wheel laboratory car.”

Nearly 20 cars from the XX program hit the track between the FXX K Evo, 599XX Evo and FXX models. The 1,036-horsepower V12s of the most populous group – FXX K Evo – roared through the undulating circuit to the delight of the crowd.

The third round of the Ferrari Challenge North America championship series concluded with winners being crowned in Race 2 for Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell. Martin Burrowes took the overall Trofeo Pirelli win and was joined by Joseph Rubbo and Thomas Tippl on the podium. Race 1 winner Cooper MacNeil, who turned the fastest lap at 1:29.667, finished fourth. Karl Williams won the Pro-Am class.

The Coppa Shell victory went to Mark Issa for the second day in a row with Joe Sposato winning in the Amateur category.

While Ferrari wrapped up its only annual celebratory racing event of this caliber in the United States, World Superbike racers completed their Pirelli Italian Round at the circuit named after Enzo Ferrari – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.

Alvaro Bautista, Jonathan Rea, Tom Sykes and the rest of the grid come to the United States for the only time this season during the next premier event scheduled at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship GEICO Motorcycle U.S. Round with MotoAmerica July 12-14.

JIM FALLS, Wis. — Eagle Valley Speedway and JP Mechanical presented the WISSOTA Pure Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks, Modifieds and EVS Hornets on Sunday night.

Once again, it was a beautiful early season night and the Mother’s Day crowd was greeted to good racing action in each class. The feature winners were Michael Truscott, Curt Myers, Derrek Haas, Danny Richards, Dean Pronschinske and Jason Junker.

Grant Southworth and Michael Truscott won the WISSOTA Modified heats as Truscott went on to sweep the night in an impressive feature win.

It was Mike Anderson moving out front at the start of the feature and he continued to guide the field for the first five laps.  As Anderson ran up high, Truscott showed him the lower groove was faster and he drove under him to take the point.  Anderson dropped down behind Truscott and set chase but a late caution flag flew for pole sitter Mike Knopps as he hit the turn one wall hard.

The restart saw Truscott cruise to the win as Anderson and Darrell Nelson restarted side by side behind him.  Nelson was able to overtake Anderson on an impressive lap coming back to green and they followed Truscott home as Grant Southworth and Sam Fankhauser rounded out the top five.

Curt Myers and Terran Spacek won the WISSOTA Super Stock heats and it was Tony Falkner leading the feature impressively early in the action.  Falkner lead the pack by several car lengths for the first five laps when he spun coming off of turn two on his own.  Curt Myers inherited the lead and although second finishing Tommy Richards challenged at various moments, Myers went on to win his third feature of the weekend and fifth in his las six races.  Terran Spacek finished third.

Jason Quarders also was involved in a late spin which forced him to the back of the pack but both he and Tony Falkner had fine runs to recover from their bobbles.  Falkner finished fourth and Quarders rounded out the top five.

Nick Koehler and Derek Haas won the WISSOTA Midwest Modified heats and Hass blasted from the pole position to absolutely dominate the event which ran nonstop from start to finish.  He was very impressive in his first ever feature win.  Calvin Iverson started dead last in the feature after having a flat tire in his heat and he too was a stand out as he carved his way all the way to the runner up position.  Shane Halopka, Nick Koehler, and Josh Smith rounded out the top five.

Danny Richards and C.J. Wagner led the WISSOTA Street Stock heats to the checkered flags and the two eventually battled each other throughout the feature with Richards earning the victory.  It was Braden Brauer leading the first three laps before Richards drove low to take over the point.  At the halfway point, Wagner had worked his way through traffic after starting in eighth to take over the runner up position.

A spinning Leslie Jackson drew a caution flag just as the leaders were in very heavy traffic resetting the field.  Wagner used the restart to pull even with Richards but was not able to overtake the position.  Wagner regrouped and at the white flag, had a nice run and was able to pull side by side with the leader down the backstretch.  There was contact as the two entered into turn three, but both were able to continue.  Richards gained a slight advantage through the turns and was able to power home to the victory.  Throughout all the excitement, Parker Anderson was immediately in their shadows waiting for an opportunity, but he settled for third at the finish.  Travis Hazelton and Braden Brauer rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Pure Stock heat was won by George Richards but he was not able to capture the feature win.  Dean Pronschinske took the early lead of the finale and Richards set chase.  Pronschinske looked very good as he led cover to cover even though Richards took a look both inside and outside on several occasions.  Richards faded on the last lap as Pronschinske, coming off his first ever feature win on Friday night, scored number two on this evening.  Richards finished second, the rookie Cole Richards finished third, and Nicholas Hazelton was scored in fourth at the finish.

The EVS Hornet heat was topped by Jason Bauer as it was Jason Junker being the only repeat feature winner from last week.  The first lap saw the Hornets two wide for the lead and three wide directly behind them.  It was Bauer leading lap two and Junker taking the point at the end of lap three.  Jake Halterman was racing through the field as he moved into the top three and then overtook second.  Halterman began to challenge for the lead and as they were coming to the white flag, the two were side by side and there was contact on the front stretch which caused the only caution flag of the event.  The restart saw Halterman relegated to the rear as Junker led the pack to the checkered flag.  Jason Bauer and Chad Halterman rounded out the top three.  Jake Halterman rebounded to finish fourth and Dean Butler was scored in fifth.

The Hurricanes are in an 0-2 hole after a 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Sunday, and Carolina captain Justin Williams dropped a pretty epic postgame quote about how his team can climb out of it.

Here's a recap of last night's action (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+) and what to watch for tonight, in today's edition of ESPN Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily:

Jump ahead: Last night's game | Three stars
Play of the night | Today's game | Social post of the day

About last night ...

Game 2: Boston Bruins 6, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (Bruins lead the series 2-0)

After Matt Grzelcyk opened the scoring with about five minutes remaining in the first -- on a goal Canes goalie Petr Mrazek probably wants back -- the Bruins cruised. Boston goalie Tuukka Rask admitted it was probably the best, full game the Bruins has played in a while, maybe throughout the playoffs. Carolina's offense was stagnant; they were credited with just nine scoring chances for the entire game. And many wondered why Rod Brind'Amour never pulled Mrazek. The coach said Mrazek wanted to stay in, but it would be surprising if there wasn't a goalie change for Game 3.

Three stars

1. Matt Grzelcyk, D, Boston Bruins. After absorbing a gnarly hit by Micheal Ferland early, Grzelcyk bounced back with two goals to lead the Bruins. Not bad for the local kid, who scored only three goals all regular season.

2. Marcus Johansson, LW, Boston Bruins. Johansson and linemate Charlie Coyle were buzzing all game. They probably deserve a co-shoutout here, flexing the Bruins' depth with a combined five assists.

3. Connor Clifton, D, Boston Bruins. Scoring your first career NHL goal in the playoffs? Have yourself a day, Connor Clifton. The 23-year-old rookie played in only 19 regular-season games and 10 playoff games (three total assists). And he nailed the answer of what he's doing with the puck, given the day on which he scored it:

Connor Clifton was asked where the puck for his first NHL goal is going.

"I guess to my mom, right?"

- Marisa Ingemi (@Marisa_Ingemi) May 12, 2019

Play of the night

MOJO TO CLIFTON! Marcus Johansson with a beaut of a pass to Connor Clifton for the geno! #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/PIh0rvofik

- Casey Baker (@CaseyBake16) May 12, 2019

Just a gorgeous pass from Johansson.

Dud of the night

Brad Marchand is toeing the line of peskiness yet again.

Brad Marchand draws a penalty on Justin Williams, signals for Williams to go to the penalty box and taunts him with the "C" pic.twitter.com/1UukK3ZeQt

- Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) May 12, 2019

After baiting Justin Williams into taking a holding penalty -- "I'm old enough, I gotta know better," Williams said -- Marchand mocked the Canes' captain by miming a "C" on his chest and pointing to the penalty box.

Marchand has remained clear of the NHL's Department of Player Safety this season, but he's still getting under opponents' skin this postseason like only he can.

On the schedule

Game 2: St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks (Sharks lead the series 1-0)

The Sharks' offense is looking mighty scary these days. In 15 playoff games, San Jose has scored five goals on at least five occasions. The Sharks spread the wealth by flexing their depth scoring in a 6-3 win in Game 1. The Blues, by contrast, have yet to hit the five-goal mark in any game. They need to amp things up -- there's been some talk about how to get star winger Vladimir Tarasenko more involved -- but also rediscover their stingy defensive structure that got them to this point.

Social post of the day

Mrazek's night, in a photo.

I'm no goalie coach but I think Petr Mrazek lost his net there pic.twitter.com/z1UoMJId1R

- Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) May 12, 2019

Quotable

Incredible postgame commentary -- and imagery -- from the Canes' captain.

Justin Williams on Canes' 0-2 hole �� "You spend all this time leading up w/ everyone writing articles about how great we are. You come out and sometimes you gotta eat a poop sandwich. It doesn't taste good. You have to chew on it for a couple days & hopefully get the taste out"

- Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) May 12, 2019

Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez has taken to social media to apologise for his below-par performances this season.

Sanchez, who admitted the whole team struggled under former boss Jose Mourinho, also found himself on the fringes of the team after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as caretaker in December, then permanent manager in March.

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The Chile international scored just one goal in 20 Premier League games (11 of which came off the bench) this season, after arriving in a swap deal with Arsenal's Henrikh Mkhitaryan last summer. He was handed a reported £400,000-a-week contract which has allegedly caused issues in the United dressing room as the team finished sixth and out of contention for a place in the Champions League.

"It was a very tough season..." he wrote. "The fans are the ones who deserve an apology as they always support you no matter what happens. Personally, I didn't perform as much as I was expecting because of unpredictable injuries.

"Press and people were speculating of things that were not even true. I was always a professional in all aspects. I apologise to the fans for not be able to achieve our goals. Nevertheless we are Manchester United!

"Players and staff are questioning if we were doing the right thing and if we were giving our best for this football shirt... I'm certain that Manchester United one day will return to be the club, as it was in the old days with Mr. Alex Ferguson."

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Fue una temporada muy complicada, pero ellos los fans, son los únicos que se merecen unas disculpas, te apoyan siempre a pesar de todo por este club. En lo personal, no jugué todo lo que esperaba, me lesioné de cosas que nunca me habían pasado. Hay cosas internas que la gente y periodistas hablan sin saber. Siempre fui profesional en todo sentido, ofrezco disculpas a los fans ?? por no estar peleando cosas importantes, siendo que somos el Manchester United. Jugadores y Staff saquemos conclusión, si hicimos lo correcto y entregamos lo mejor de cada uno por esta camiseta... Estoy seguro que el Manchester United, volverá a ser el club, que algún día fue, con el señor Alex Ferguson. ⬇️ ?? It was a very tough season...the fan are the ones who deserve an apology as they always support you no matter what happens. Personally, I didn't perform as much as I was expecting because of unpredictable injuries. Press and people were speculating of things that were not even true. I was always a professional in all aspects. I apologise to the fans ? for not be able to achieve our goals,Nevertheless we are Manchester United! Players and Staff are questioning if we were doing the right thing and if we were giving our best for this football shirt ... I'm certain that Manchester United one day will return to be the club, as it was in the old days with Mr. Alex Ferguson. ??....

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Sanchez, 30, has played more than 700 games for club and country since making his senior debut as a teenager, raising suggestions that he has already peaked and may not recapture the outstanding form he showed at Barcelona and Arsenal.

He has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford already, and Juventus are reportedly ready to make a move for him this summer. Calciomercato reported last week that Sanchez's agent Fernando Felicevich has met with Juve sporting director Fabio Paratici.

From start to finish, a whiff of panic lingered over the way the Big Bash League and its clubs handled AB de Villiers' brief and ultimately dead end flirtation with the tournament. As the most game-changing addition to Australian cricket, and indeed sport, in well over a decade, the BBL deserved better than to play host to a saga that had no winners.

Whether it was Cricket Australia, the clubs or their broadcasters Seven and Fox Sports/News Corp, the eagerness to secure de Villiers after he declined to take part in the tournament last season seemed motivated as much by worry about the summer to come as it was by robust belief in the strength of the competition that already exists.

De Villiers and his management, having fielded offers by more than half the clubs, indicated on Friday that he was no longer interested, providing no concrete reasons other than to complain about the "repeated media leaks" about his interest and then the terms by which he would be secured.

Given the length of the tournament, the constraints of the BBL salary cap and the close proximity of news that Australia's best white-ball players would be away in India for an ODI tour during much of January, thus depriving the league of much of its best homegrown talent, the sense that it was "AB or bust" left plenty of questions hanging in the air.

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For one thing, the sort of money that needed to be cobbled together, via the successful club, CA's marketing funds and the broadcasters - both of whom were involved in discussions around signing de Villiers to "value-add" deals to help get him to the figure he desired - made a mockery of the payments usually available to players taking part in the tournament, while raising the issue of whether de Villiers would be in Australia as a cricketer or a billboard.

A figure in the region of A$350,000 for a handful of games made even the headlining five-year, A$1 million deal signed by Chris Lynn with the Brisbane Heat in 2017 look puny. Global market pressures from the BPL and elsewhere forced CA, the clubs and broadcasters to raise their eyes above the usual sorts of deals, but there were plenty of voices questioning the integrity of an arrangement that would allow the successful - most likely major market - club to benefit from one player being paid so much outside the cap in broad daylight.

Not for the first time, tails seemed to be wagging dogs. The first indications of de Villiers coming to Australia only became apparent after it was clear that the BCCI would insist on a tour of India in mid-January, duly depriving Fox Sports of the exclusive ODI content on home soil it had paid the lion's share of a A$1.18 billion rights deal to secure. ESPNcricinfo understands that broadcasters were contacted and asked to put in lucrative commentary offers to de Villiers' management by way of sweetening the deal, this after CA had itself written to the clubs to indicate it was willing to put in extra funds in the region of A$50,000 to help add ballast to any club's offer.

Such exchanges bore the stamp not of the maturing and successful league that the BBL now is, but instead of the nascent exhibition tournament that it was eight years ago. Back then in 2011, similar package deals ensured Shane Warne and Kevin Pietersen, to name two, were secured as high profile talent.

Elsewhere Chris Gayle was attracted to the Sydney Thunder on a deal that was believed to constitute near enough to half the club's entire salary cap. Entering season number eight, having grown from a start-up as part of Fox Sports' then modest domestic rights deal to being worth roughly half of the total $1.18 billion rights value, the BBL really should be past such dealings.

Imagine, for a moment, a salary capped league such as the AFL in which broadcasters were approached to offer extra money outside the cap to a particular player to ensure their arrival at a club in the league's preferred market. While the constraints of the BBL cap are determined as much by CA's wider strategic goal of maintaining the primacy of international cricket as by any cash shortage, there has to be a more systematic and professional way to go about things.

That, of course, is if the BBL is to be viewed as a league with genuine club support, and not an exhibition tournament where the overall "product" watched by as many viewers as possible regardless of the competing teams or their context means more than anything. This tension has been evident in discussions about the shape of the competition for next season, from whether the finals series should include the current four teams or be raised to five out of eight, as well as the aforementioned issues around marquee recruitment.

Undoubtedly the exponential increase in the number of games per team has created problems, but so too the vagaries of pitches such as problematic drop-ins at Docklands Stadium - home to the Melbourne Renegades - and the Sydney Showgrounds - home to the Thunder.

Among the most intriguing learnings from last summer was that some of the biggest television ratings for the entire tournament took place when the Heat's Ben Cutting and Max Bryant laid waste to the Melbourne Stars by chasing down 156 inside 10 overs - an audience not for a contest, but for freakishly big hitting.

That sort of display was most certainly in the minds of all those parties working to get de Villiers to Australia. In their future decisions, the integrity and longer term growth of a competition must take greater precedence. All the scrambling made the BBL look less like the biggest addition to cricket down under in decades, and more like a league struggling to stay afloat.