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OK, so if you didn’t get to watch the Jeopardy! Greatest of All-Time tournament on Tuesday night then you might want to run away right now… because I’m going to spoil the heck out of it.
You gone now?
Good.
Let’s get to spoiling.
Ken Jennings won. He won the whole darned thing. And he did it with ease. It took the legend just four nights to beat James Holzhauer 3-1. Brad Rutter was also in this tournament, but he didn’t win anything. Well, xxcept for our respect for living the Jeopardy! dream, that is.
Jennings had to watch last spring as Holzhauer, with his 32-straight victories, won the hearts of Jeopardy! nation with his brash strategy and large personality.
Then Jennings left his Seattle house last month, made the trip down south to Los Angeles for the tapings of this show, and laid an absolute Jeopardy! beatdown on Holzhauer. In doing so, Jennings cemented his status as the best Jeopardy! player to ever do the darned thing.
He might also be one of the greatest athletes of our time, too.
I know what you’re thinking – he’s not an athlete! He’s just a smart guy who can answer tough trivia questions!
To that I say – OK, you might be a little right but let’s not allow some details to ruin our fun.
This game of Jeopardy! takes strategy, skills, and the ability to rise to the occasion under heavy pressure. Just like sports.
This game of Jeopardy! isn’t for the weak and those who are weak will get exposed rather quickly. Just like sports.
This game of Jeopardy! had bigger TV ratings over the past week than some major sporting events.
So yeah, Ken Jennings is an athlete. You can’t argue my math on this one, random Twitter user with an egg as your profile pic who is still mad that yesterday I had the gall to suggest college athletes get paid! I won’t hear it! Not today! No way!
If poker and darts and billiards can be shown on sports network and be considered sports, then Jeopardy! can, too.
It belongs.
Ken Jennings is now up there with LeBron James, Tom Brady, and Mike Trout as the sports greats of our time.
He’s a champion whose legacy will never be debated again.
He’s a GOAT who will never be matched again.
And he should get a gosh darn championship parade through our entire country.
Because he deserves it.
Tuesday’s biggest winner: Luke Kuechly.
The 28-year-old linebacker surprised the NFL world Tuesday night when he announced his retirement from the game after eight Hall of Fame seasons. Kuechly suffered a number of concussions during his years and this seems like the absolute right decision for him. The NFL world rightly sang his praises after his announcement.
Quick hits: Mahomes mic’d up… Dale Earnhardt’s return… Chiefs fans reward one of their own… And more!
– This great mic’d up video of Patrick Mahomes shows what the QB told his teammates on the bench when they were down 24-0 to the Texans.
– Dale Earnhardt Jr. is coming back for one NASCAR race in 2020.
– Chiefs fans have been doing some great things for the one fan who left Sunday’s game because he thought he was a jinx.
– Henry McKenna’s first 2020 NFL mock draft has the Patriots picking a QB.
– The internet roasted Stephen A. Smith over an awful trade proposal.
(Follow me on Twitter at @anezbitt. It might change your life. Just don’t tell me about your fantasy team.)