On Monday of this week, NBC sent out a press release celebrating the ratings for this year’s NHL playoffs. According to the network, the first two rounds of playoffs averaged 1.06 million viewers, making them the most watched edition of those rounds in the 18 years that data has been tracked. The Rangers and Capitals’ triple overtime thriller led all games at 1.85 million viewers. Total viewership was up 23 percent!

Twenty-one museum-worthy contemporary art installations, viewable with a guided art tour. Granite countertops, marble floors. The world’s largest movable glass doors. Half-million-dollar suites with customizable color schemes. Sixty-dollar pizzas and $15 martinis. Carving stations with Kobe beef and truffle mac and cheese. Thinking a pricey modern hotel in NYC? Nope.

Last Thursday night, over the course of about two hours, close to 50 young football players, having never played a minute in the NFL, became instant millionaires. They were selected by their future teams at the NFL draft, a live TV event where you watch fortunes change in an instant, or fail over hours.

Last January, Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.