Post navigation Why do a footballer, a Nobel laureate and a prime minister (no, not Imran Khan) find themselves in the ESPNcricinfo player database? | ESPNcricinfo.com Alex Trebek loved the NHL, and the feeling was mutual. Hockey lost a great friend with the death of Trebek, the legendary host of the game show “Jeopardy!” who died Sunday of pancreatic cancer. He was 80.