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My sources tell me that starting early in 2025, Jeopardy! will stream all 9000+ episodes on either Amazon Prime Video or Hulu. These episodes date back to opening day on September 10, 1984.  We will get to see some of the greatest champions of all time from Chuck Forrest to Frank Spangenberg and Leszek Pawlowicz to Rachael Schwartz and Dan Melia to Eddie Timanus and Robin Carroll to Brad Rutter and Mark Dawson to Ken Jennings and David Madden to Larissa Kelly and Roger Craig to Matt Jackson and Cindy Stowell to James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio to Amy Schneider and Mattea Roach to Yogesh Raut. We will also get to see all of the editions of the Tournament of Champions, the Teen Tournament, the Seniors Tournament, the College Championship, Celebrity Jeopardy!, the International Tournament of Champions, Kids Week, and the Teacher's Tournament.  (No word on whether we will see Super Jeopardy!, the Battle of the Bay Area Brains, Greatest of All Time, or Jeopardy! Masters.) We will ge...

It was four years ago today that I was leaving church when I learned that the man who had been a great influence on my life, Alex Trebek, had died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. The weekend had already been a difficult one with Penn State losing to Nebraska the day before and it was made even more difficult with the passing of Alex Trebek. Reaction from around the world was swift.  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that “Today, we lost a proud Canadian and beloved TV star who was a familiar face to millions of people across North America and around the world. “For many of us, Alex Trebek was a daily part of our lives. As the host of  Jeopardy!  for almost four decades, he hosted more episodes of a single television game show than anyone else in history. We looked forward to his quick wit and wry jokes – and the questions about Canada he’d sneak into the show. “Alex never hesitated to promote Canada on prime time TV, and to take the opportunity to stump...

Members of the Penn State University Board of Trustees: I write this open letter to you on behalf of the Nittany Nation.  We are fans, students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni scattered throughout the world.  This university has the world's largest alumni base and passionate Nittany Lions fans of all athletic teams offered by the university. After what happened last Saturday afternoon against evil Ohio State, aka college football's version of the Kremlin, at Beaver Stadium, I have been on social media seeing members of the Nittany Nation once again making critical comments about head football coach James Franklin reiterating comments made by the members of the media that are saying that he cannot win the biggest games in the last 11 years since his arrival in State College.  They believe that James Franklin needs to be terminated in order for us to be national championship contenders.  I believe that the entire fanbase has a problem as they do not clearly ...