The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
HOT CORNER
1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL:
Don Donoher, the winningest basketball coach at Dayton and a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 92. The university announced Donoher’s death on Friday night. No cause of death was given. Donoher went 437-275 in a 25year coaching career, all with the Flyers. He led Dayton to the NCAA Tournament nine times and to the NIT seven times. Under Donoher, the Flyers played for the NCAA championship in 1967, losing to UCLA and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was then known as Lew Alcindor. Donoher and Dayton advanced to the Sweet 16 five times and reached the Elite Eight two times. The Flyers won the NIT title in 1968.
2 PRO FOOTBALL:
The Seattle Seahawks are expected to sign veteran guard Laken Tomlinson to a one-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The move adds some needed depth to the Seahawks’ offensive line, instantly providing them with an experienced option on the interior of the offensive line. Tomlinson was a first-round pick of Detroit in 2015 out of Duke and has started 114 consecutive games dating to 2017.
AUTO RACING: 3
Kyle Larson will be the pole sitter for the third NASCAR Cup race in a row after a fast lap of 190.369 mph in qualifying Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. This is the 250th pole for Hendrick Motorsports and the team’s fourth in a row. It is the 19th career pole for Larson. Ty Gibbs also will start today on the front row after a lap of 190.134 mph. Christopher Bell, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, qualified third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Chase Elliott. Byron qualified sixth.
4 HORSE RACING:
Martin Wygod, who parlayed his financial success as an executive in the health care industry into becoming a prominent owner and breeder in thoroughbred racing, has died. He was 84. Wygod’s racing career figures to have at least one more chapter. He gave his 3-year-old colt, Resilience, to his daughter, Emily Bushnell, and last week the horse won the Wood Memorial to earn a berth in the 150th Kentucky Derby on May 4.