<P> In this version, contestants play for points, with the 3rd & 2nd place contestants winning $1,000 and $2,000 respectively (the same as the parent series) and the champ earning $5,000 . For the first season, three new contestants competed on each episode . Returning champions were added in the second season . The top three scorers from the first season competed in a Tournament of Champions for a $50,000 top prize . Justin Shibilski, a Yankees fan from Aurora, Illinois, beat all other competitors and won the two - day tournament . </P> <P> Contestants from normal Jeopardy! games could try out for and compete on Sports Jeopardy!, with notable examples including prior Tournament of Champions competitors Cora Peck, Claudia Perry, Dan McShane, and Kate Waits . As well, season 1 championship finalist Steve Greene was a semifinalist in the regular Jeopardy!'s College Championship in November 2010 . A few select celebrity games were played as well, including two featuring personalities from host Dan Patrick's radio show, and one football - themed game starring NFL Network personalities . </P> <P> For season 2, which premiered on September 23, 2015, the show changed to allow each episodes winner to return for the next episode as the returning champion; however, if a game ended with all three players finishing with 0 points, it would result in three new players competing the next episode . This is the same format followed by Jeopardy!, in which they could compete indefinitely unless beaten; a tie between two or three players with at least 1 point would result in a sudden - death answer playoff, in a pre-determined category . This was to allow the show to be seen as more easily binge - watched . Under the returning champions format, four contestants won 5 consecutive games, including 15 day champion Vinny Varadarajan, 8 day champion Earl Holland, 6 day champion Eric Park, and 5 day champion Roy Hollis, with no tournament or final announced on - air for top winning contestants as of the most recent episodes . </P> <P> In April 2016, Sports Jeopardy! was acquired for television by NBCSN . Starting on August 6, 2016, the program aired nightly for the duration of the 2016 Summer Olympics after the conclusion of nightly coverage, and moved to a weekly airing on Wednesday nights for the 2016--17 television season . New episodes have not aired since December 7th, 2016 on any platform, with Sony Pictures officially noting that the show was "on hiatus". Sports Jeopardy is no longer streaming on Crackle . </P>

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