`Jeopardy` Now Has Its All-Time Champ. But Why Did It Need One?
(ArtsJournal)

Elsewhere, we carp, battle and grind one another down for bragging rights and total triumph. Sports culture and champion-making has seeped into nearly every aspect of life. It´s all just a little (or a lot) more elbowy and contentious - primary campaigns, award show nominations, lists of the decade´s best albums. – Washington Post