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5-at-10: Weekend winners (UTC softball) and losers (The Hawks?) and the biggest week in WNBA history

Photo by Kathleen Greeson / A rare and extreme G5 geomagnetic storm reached Earth on Friday, May 10, 2024 creating an opportunity to view the northern lights in many southern states including Tennessee. This photo was made from a dark sky location on Signal Mountain, TN.
Photo by Kathleen Greeson / A rare and extreme G5 geomagnetic storm reached Earth on Friday, May 10, 2024 creating an opportunity to view the northern lights in many southern states including Tennessee. This photo was made from a dark sky location on Signal Mountain, TN. Photo by Kathleen Greeson / A rare and extreme G5 geomagnetic storm reached Earth on Friday, May 10, 2024 creating an opportunity to view the northern lights in many southern states including Tennessee. This photo was made from a dark sky location on Signal Mountain, TN.

By Jay Greeson 7 min read

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Weekend winners (There were a slew of them)

Folks in the 423 see the Northern Lights as a bucket list item. Man, oh man, was Friday night magical. (Yes, the Mrs. 5-at-10 captured a few choice images of the majesty of Friday night’s heavenly light show. This kind of thing normally bores me to tears; Friday night was pretty excellent though.

UTC softball. Man, Frank Reed has worked a long time and won most of that time during his lengthy career with Mocs softball. Kudos to UTC, which won the SoCon for the 16th time under Reed and will head to Tallahassee for an NCAA regional.

Denver Nuggets. If you come for the King, you best not miss. That was Omar Little’s famous catch phrase (well one of them anyway) from “The Wire.” And it applies to the soft-shoe routine the Minnesota T-Wolves have offered in stunning home losses in Game 3 and 4 that have allowed the defending champs to reclaim home-floor advantage.