Arts & Entertainment 'Jeopardy!' Champ Amy Schneider's First Book, 'In the Form of a Question,' Hits Shelves Next Week The Bay Area's own 40-game 'Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider has been at work on a book in the 20 months since her historic run on the game show ended, and it is set to land in stores on October 3.
Arts & Entertainment Newly Defeated 'Jeopardy!' Champion Hannah Wilson Grew Up In Berkeley, Says Amy Schneider Was Inspiration The East Bay can claim few recent Jeopardy! winners and multi-game champions, but it can now claim a second champion who is also an out and proud trans woman, Hannah Wilson.
Arts & Entertainment NorCal Represent! Oakland's Amy Schneider Leads All-NorCal Tournament of Champions Finale Of the major-streak winners in the last season of Jeopardy!, only Amy Schneider emerged victorious after the initial rounds of the latest Tournament of Champions. And on Monday night, she competes against San Francisco's own Andrew He, and Professors Tournament winner Sam Buttrey of Pacific Grove.
Bay Area Sports Fox Sports Refuses To Show ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Throwing First Pitch at Giants' Pride Game When openly trans 'Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider threw the first pitch for Saturday night’s Giants game, the Fox Sports Network played someone else’s first pitch instead — footage that was two days old.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland's Own 'Jeopardy!' Champ Amy Schneider Invited to White House for Transgender Day of Visibility Amy Schneider, the openly trans Oakland resident who made history earlier this year with her 40-game winning streak on Jeopardy!, made an appearance Thursday in the White House Press Briefing Room to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Arts & Entertainment 'Jeopardy!' Champ Amy Schneider Makes Commonwealth Club Appearance This Week, Says She's Quit Her Day Job Seemingly unbeatable 'Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider has quit her job as an engineering manager to work on a book and become a full-time public figure. And in one of her first public appearances since her shows aired, she'll be appearing at the Commonwealth Club on Thursday.
Arts & Entertainment 'Jeopardy!' Champ Amy Schneider Ends 40-Game Winning Streak By Forgetting About Bangladesh Oakland's own Amy Schneider, who now stands second only to host and longstanding champion Ken Jennings after winning a streak of 40 games in a row, was taken out in Wednesday night's game, ending her historic run.
Arts & Entertainment 'Jeopardy!' Champ Amy Schneider Was Robbed at Gunpoint In Oakland Two armed thieves in Oakland's Adams Point neighborhood likely didn't know they were robbing the current reigning champion of Jeopardy!, but Amy Schneider was robbed of her wallet and phone on Sunday — and she's okay.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland 'Jeopardy!' Champion Amy Schneider Continues Historic Winning Streak With Fourth-Highest Win Total Oakland-based Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider remains undefeated as the show launches its first-ever Professors Tournament on Monday, and she got a break from shooting as a result.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Trans Woman Heads Into Monday Night's 'Jeopardy!' a Three-Day Champion An Oakland-based computer scientist and standup comedian is Monday's returning champion on 'Jeopardy!', and she's hoping to champion trans awareness while also making a bit more money to pad her already considerable total.
Arts & Entertainment Two Bay Area Contestants Are On Alex Trebek’s Final Episode of ‘Jeopardy!’ Tonight An SF State professor and an executive assistant from Colma will compete tonight on Alex Trebek’s final episode of ‘Jeopardy!,’ airing at 7 p.m. local time.
Arts & Entertainment What Is Alex Trebek Had a Mild Heart Attack? Sure, it's not SF-related but it's world-related as far as we're concerned. Scratch that, it's soul-related. Alex Trebek, 67, suffered a mild heart attack last night. But! He's in OK condition. The attack
Arts & Entertainment Alas: Merv Griffin Dies San Mateo boy made good -- very good -- Merv Griffin died today at age 82, via prostate cancer. After a stint as a singer and Broadway baby, rumored homosexual Mervyn Edward "Merv"
