Jeopardy host Alex Trebek, 72, chased down a burglar at the Mariott in San Francisco Tuesday morning. Unsuccessfully, I might add, but it was a valiant effort.

Trebek says he was awakened by a thief in his hotel room at 2:30 a.m. in the morning while he and his wife were in bed. Trebek chased Lucinda Moyers, 56, down the hall until he tore his Achilles tendon and injured his other leg as he fell. *Shakes head* What is fail?

“The snap and the sound,” said Trebek describing how he tore his Achilles tendon as he fell and injured his other leg. “I played sports all my life.” But that didn’t stop Trebek.

“I called security immediately and gave them a good description of the woman and they got her,” said Trebek. “The suspect was later apprehended by security inside the hotel and they recovered some of the stolen items, minus the cash, near an ice machine,” said Lt. Troy Dangerfield with San Francisco Police Department Public Affairs.

Trebek got his wallet and cell phone back. Still missing besides the cash is a piece of jewelry which has great sentimental value. “We got most of our stuff back, except for the one piece of jewelry that I ever wear. It’s a bracelet my mother gave me many years ago, so that’s gone and the cash,” said Trebek. [ABC News]

Lucinda Moyers denies ever being in the room and claims she’s being persecuted because of her record or because it was Alex Trebek. In her words, “I haven’t done nothing. I haven’t gone in his room or nothing. Just like I said that night, ‘I wasn’t in your room’ and I stick by that. I wasn’t in his room.”

Yes, because when someone sees you in their hotel room rummaging through their stuff and then chases you down the hallway, the first thing they tell police is, “You know, I didn’t really get a good look at the guy.” For all we know, the thief could have been a 6ft tall European in a mesh shirt and leather chaps. Lucinda Moyers is just sayin’, how credible is Alex Trebek really?

Who is the host of Jeopardy!? What is an acute myocardial infarction? Alex Trebek is recovering at the hospital after suffering a mild heart attack last night at his home. He tells ET that he plans to resume taping in January. He is not, however, growing back the ‘stache so stop asking him about it and sending in pictures of him with different facial hair styles drawn on in Sharpie. He finds it disconcerting.