Many people wouldn't be happy to win a prize like a free funeral, but a man, just diagnosed with an eventual death sentence from ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, he couldn't be more relieved.  Steve Paul is only 64-years-old, but won the contest at a minor league baseball game thanks to his 200 word essay as to why he would like to win the odd prize.

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Atlanta Dream forward Brionna Jones (24) cuts between Indiana Fever guard Shey Peddy (5) and forward Brianna Turner (11) in the first half of a WNBA basketball playoff game in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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