SOFTBALL

Beavers split with Vikings — Sammi Noland hit a go-ahead double in the top of the sixth inning Tuesday to give Oregon State a 2-1 win in the first half of a doubleheader at Portland State. The Beavers lost 9-1 in the second game. In the opener, Rainey Dyreson (5-1) struck out seven in a complete game, and Mikela Manewa had a game-tying hit in the fifth. In the second game, the Vikings scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game by mercy rule. They scored on two consecutive bases-loaded walks against Taylor Cotton (1-6), a wild pitch and a fielding error. CJ Chirichigno had the lone hit for the Beavers (30-20), while Kristen Crawford pitched four innings of no-hit ball for the Vikings (14-31).

BASKETBALL

Hawks coach gets top honor — Atlanta’s Mike Budenholzer was chosen as NBA coach of the year Tuesday after leading the Hawks to a 60-22 record — the best in franchise history — and the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Budenholzer received 67 first-place votes and 513 points overall in balloting by sports writers and broadcasters. Golden State’s Steve Kerr, who guided the Warriors to an NBA-best 67-15 record, received 56 first-place votes and 471 points.

HOCKEY

2018 Olympics a hard sell for NHL — International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel said Tuesday that he has been consulting players and officials over a deal to ensure the NHL’s best are available to play at the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. “We are working on that. It will not be easy for sure, but our goal is to bring the NHL to Korea,” Fasel said. The IIHF must reach a deal with NHL officials, the NHL Players’ Association and the International Olympic Committee in order to get the players on board for the games. For the Sochi Games, a deal was reached seven months before the games.

RUNNING

Twenty hours for final Boston finisher — A Venezuelan man with muscular dystrophy was honored at Boston City Hall on Tuesday after enduring about 20 hours of sometimes drenching rain, wind and cold to complete the Boston Marathon in the early morning hours. Maickel Melamed finished at about 5 a.m., becoming the last athlete to complete the storied 26.2-mile race, which started Monday morning. “His story is truly one of inspiration,” Mayor Marty Walsh said as he bestowed a medal for completing the race to Melamed at a gathering with supporters and city officials. The 39-year-old has a form of muscular dystrophy that severely impairs his mobility. Boston marks the fifth marathon Melamed has completed, including Chicago, New York, Berlin and Tokyo.

IAAF seeks 4-year ban for marathon champ Jeptoo — Track and field’s governing body has asked sport’s highest court to double a two-year ban for doping imposed on Boston and Chicago marathon winner Rita Jeptoo. Jeptoo has also filed an appeal seeking to overturn her ban by Kenya’s athletics federation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday. 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.

— From staff and wire reports