Skate with an Olympian
A luxurious mountain resort in Park City, Utah — the training ground for professional winter athletes in the US — is offering private skating lessons with an Olympic speed skater who moonlights as a hotel valet. Guests staying at the Waldorf Astoria Park City are being offered private two-hour skating lessons with Olympian Patrick Meek, member of the US National Speed Skating Team competing at Sochi. For $120, the athlete known as “The Mule” among his fellow teammates will share skating tips and tricks in a two-hour lesson. rp AFP-relaxnews
Win 1B USD for NCAA picks
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is backing a USD 1 billion prize offered by Quicken Loans Inc. if a contestant predicts the winner of each game in the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. The prize would be paid in 40 annual installments of USD 25 million and split among multiple winners if there is more than one perfect entrant. The winner also has the option of a single payment of USD 500 million. The odds of picking every winner correctly in a 64-team bracket are less than 1 in 9 quintillion, according to Jeff Bergen, a math professor at DePaul University in Chicago. Even with some basketball knowledge, that only […]