5-at-10: Weekend winners (Braves topple L.A.) and losers (the Pacers) and remembering Bobby Cox

Atlanta Braves designated hitter Drake Baldwin sports a pink bat in honor of Mother's Day during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman) Atlanta Braves designated hitter Drake Baldwin sports a pink bat in honor of Mother's Day during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

By Jay Greeson May 11, 2026 6 min read

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Weekend winners

The Braves, Well, these Braves. Atlanta went to L.A. and smoked the Dodgers twice in three games. Can we all agree that this needs to be the NLCS matchup?

The Knicks. Wow, are the Knicks actually playing well enough to warrant all the wall-to-wall coverage they routinely get? New York hammered Philly in Game 4 by 30 to sweep into the Eastern Conference Finals as the Pistons and Cavs battle out their series.

“Devil Wears Prada 2.” Wow, sequels 20-plus-years later are crushing it, right? “Top Gun: Maverick” a few years ago and now the folks at Runway Magazine have made more at the box office ($350-plus million) than the original version in nine days,