Hawks' Budenholzer is NBA coach of the year

After leading the Atlanta Hawks to the top seed in the Eastern Conference coming off tumultuous summer, Mike Budenholzer beat out Golden State's Steve Kerr for NBA coach of the year on Tuesday.

Budenholzer, in his second year as a head coach, was honored after the Hawks went 60-22 during the regular season, the best mark in franchise history. They won their first division title since 1994, which also was the last time they held a No. 1 seed.

"He deserves it," said Jeff Teague, the Hawks' All-Star point guard. "He's made me a better player. He's made our team better. I'm glad to have him as my head coach."

Budenholzer received 67 first-place votes and 513 points overall in national balloting by sportswriters and broadcasters. Kerr, who guided the Warriors to an NBA-best 67-15 record in his first season as coach, received 56 first-place votes and 471 points.

A longtime assistant under San Antonio's Gregg Popovich, Budenholzer went 38-44 with the Hawks during an injury-plagued debut year. But the Hawks surged to the top of the East in his second season, giving Atlanta its first coach of the year since Lenny Wilkins 21 years ago.

Milwaukee's Jason Kidd finished a distant third in the balloting with one first-place vote and 57 points.

Popovich and Chicago's Tom Thibodeau were the only other coaches to receive first-place votes.

A grand jury has indicted the Phoenix Suns' Marcus and Markieff Morris on felony aggravated assault charges for allegedly beating a man outside a city recreation center in January.

According to a Phoenix police report, Erik Hood said five people including the Morris brothers repeatedly punched and kicked him.

Police say it is alleged that Hood, 36, was assaulted for sending an inappropriate text message to the Morris brothers' mother.

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The film "Iverson" will air on the premium cable channel May 16 after a debut at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.

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Auto racing: Fox NASCAR announcer Steve Byrnes died of cancer. He was 56. Byrnes joined Fox Sports in 2001 and served as a pit reporter for its Sprint Cup Series coverage through the 2014 season.

He was also a play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports 1's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races and hosted several auto racing shows on the company's channels.

Horse racing: Eddie Olczyk is on his way to the Kentucky Derby. The NHL analyst will take a break from the playoffs and turn handicapper when NBC Sports Group's coverage of the Derby begins April 29 and ends with the Run for the Roses on May 2.

Golf: Tim Clark withdrew from the Match Play Championship next week because he's still recovering from an elbow injury.

Jeptoo has also filed an appeal seeking to overturn her ban by Kenya's athletics federation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport. She tested positive for the blood-booster EPO in a sample taken while training last September, several weeks before winning her second straight Chicago Marathon title.