Earlier this year, we heard that fans had an opportunity to be paid to watch all 2,430 regular season MLB games, plus the playoffs, as part of MLB's Dreamjob program. This sisyphean task seemed like a bit much for us—the mere thought of having to watch every Kansas City Royals "major league moment" filled us with dread and self-loathing. But it did appeal to some of you who wrote us for more info, erroneously thinking we were affiliated with Bud Selig. Now, MLB has announced the sacrifices winners of the contest, along with the location they'll spend the majority of their time for the next eight months. more ›

Are you a die-hard baseball fan? Does the concept of watching every single game in a season not fill you with dread, confusion and self-loathing? If so, then you are the perfect candidate for MLB's Dreamjob program. more ›

Authorities are still trying to make sense of triple murder suspect Maksim Gelman's 28-hour stabbing spree. Gelman is accused of stabbing his stepfather, his ex-girlfriend and her mother to death on Friday, as well as stabbing four others (two carjacking victims, a livery cab driver, and a subway passenger) and fatally striking a pedestrian with a car. Before he stabbed his last victim on the train, he allegedly said, "My girlfriend ruined my life!", referring to ex-girlfriend Yelena Bulchenko. But according to Bulchenko's friends and relatives, it seems that Gelman was barely her boyfriend, and mostly obsessed with her from afar. more ›

In an article apparently timed to coincide with the U.S. Open, the NY Times looks at Mayor Bloomberg's relatively recent fondness for golf. While one might assume a billionaire like Bloomberg would have been playing golf for decades, he apparently only started playing in 2000; Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan clarified, "You probably wouldn’t want to call that golf, what he played" then. And City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said, "He is obsessed with it." more ›