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5-at-10: Weekend winners (UT baseball) and losers (PGA third-round leaders) and gladness for the Madness

Founders FFC's Jalen Hurts and Tom Brady warm up ahead of their game against the U.S. National Flag team during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Founders FFC's Jalen Hurts and Tom Brady warm up ahead of their game against the U.S. National Flag team during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Caroline Brehman) Founders FFC's Jalen Hurts and Tom Brady warm up ahead of their game against the U.S. National Flag team during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

By Jay Greeson 7 min read

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Wow. Just wow.

Weekend winners

Everyone with a TV and a full-charged remote. There simply was too much great college hoops to cover in the winners/losers part of this, so we will have a separate Madness addition below. But for Pete Maravich’s sake, that was great theater.

Tennessee baseball. Sure the Vols beating Missouri gives UT and first-year coach Josh Elander their first SEC series win. But when my recently deceased friend Wes Rucker’s 5-year-old son, Hank, threw out the first pitch Friday before a packed house and a huge ovation, well, it got quite dusty at the 5-at-10 compound.