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Good afternoon. Welcome back to another week full of top sports stories. Let’s get you up to speed.

—Kyle

1) Victor Wembanyama wins historic DPOY

The Spurs’ 7-foot-4 superstar last night became the first player in NBA history to unanimously win the Defensive Player of the Year award, receiving all 100 first-place votes.

• Wemby is also the youngest DPOY winner ever at 22 years old.
• His 8-foot wingspan helped him lead the league in blocks/game (3.1) for the 3rd time in his 3 seasons, and quickly become the NBA’s top rim protector.
• Thunder C Chet Holmgren and Pistons G Ausar Thompson came in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

Victor-y comes natural to Wemby

2) NY Mets losing streak stretches to 11 games

The Mets blew a save and lost in extra innings to the Cubs on Sunday, dropping to an MLB-worst 7-15 record and extending their losing streak to 11 games (their longest since 2004).

• New York, which carries the 2nd-highest payroll in MLB history (~$382M), has seen their playoff odds dip from 79.5% to 41.4% since the start of the season, per FanGraphs.
• The Mets will try to become just the 4th MLB team to reach the postseason despite a 10-game losing streak at any point in the year.

Big Apple sours on the Mets

3) Pistons, Knicks, Nuggets upset in early Round 1 action

The #1-seeded Pistons suffered a Game 1 loss to the #8 Magic on Sunday, with Orlando leading wire-to-wire in Detroit to take a 1-0 series lead. 

• Meanwhile, the #3-seeded Knicks blew a 12-point lead in the 4th quarter last night, as the #6 Hawks rallied for a series-tying victory behind C.J. McCollum’s 32 pts.
• The #6 Timberwolves also upset the #3 Nuggets last night to tie the series at 1 game apiece.
• All other games in the NBA Playoffs thus far have seen the lower seed win.

Latest playoff news (w/ live bracket)

4) Stanford reaches 50 straight years with NCAA title

Stanford’s victory at the Men’s Gymnastics Championship over the weekend extended the school’s record 50-year streak of winning at least 1 NCAA team championship.

• The Cardinal has won 126 of its 138 overall NCAA team titles during the 50-year streak, which began with the men’s water polo program in 1976.
• The next-longest active streak of NCAA championships belongs to North Carolina, with just 7.

The Cardinal rule: All we do is win

5) John Korir sets Boston Marathon record

Kenya's John Korir won his 2nd straight Boston Marathon on Monday, riding a tailwind to finish in a blistering 2:01:52—the fastest time in the race’s 130-year history by over a minute.

• Korir’s unofficial time also represents the 5th-fastest marathon ever, ranking just over a minute behind Kelvin Kiptum’s world record of 2:00:35 (Chicago 2023).
• Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi won the women's division for a second straight year, though her time fell shy of the course record she set last year.

Korir runs into the history books

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