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    7 takeaways from 'Jeopardy!' champ James Holzhauer's 'MLB Now' appearance

    by Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune May 08, 2019 3 minutes

    So "Jeopardy!" champion James Holzhauer is human after all.

    A Cubs trivia question flummoxed Holzhauer, a fan of the team who wore a replica jersey during his appearance Tuesday on MLB Network's "MLB Now."

    No other "Jeopardy!" player has won as much as fast as Holzhauer, 34, who has earned $1,691,008 in 22 successive victories. Yet his run of victories - taped earlier this year - has been interrupted on air by the quiz show's annual teachers tournament.

    A professional gambler who graduated from Naperville (Ill.) North and the University

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