Mavericks' Cooper Flagg wins NBA Rookie of the Year ... and more news

The 19-year-old became the third Mavericks player to win the award after Luka Doncic in 2019 and Jason Kidd in 1995. In the second-closest Rookie of the Year race since the 2002-03 season, Flagg received 56 first-place votes from a global media panel of 100 voters. In other news, Dallas-Fort Worth may be renowned for better housing affordability than other large U.S. metros, but skyrocketing home price trends have changed that reality; the former home of a 7-Eleven executive, credited with growing the convenience store into a global business with his brothers, sold in late March; and American Airlines says it will begin restricting the use of portable chargers during flights Friday (May 1), following crosstown rival Southwest Airlines with a move it says will “support safety on board while ensuring our customers continue to have the ability to charge when on the go.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices