A DCBLOG Sports Special
BY DC CUEVA
BY DC CUEVA
Today is the 3rd day in the last four of that time in this Summer of Sports where there are no games scheduled in any of the four major sports in the U.S., although we do have two big events taking place overseas in the first round of the year's third golf major - The Open Championship, and Stage 12 of the 103rd Tour de France. And of course, the Rio Olympics are fast approaching with three weeks until the Games begin with preliminary soccer before the Opening Ceremony.
This affords us the chance to look back a bit to one of our past sports posts that we posted two years ago when we presented a special edition of DC SocialPulse covering Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, which you can check out here. Considering that the Bay Area has now become a major sports hub in the past six years, as well as the occurrence of this being an even-numbered year, we felt this was appropriate to repost the original portion of that article which followed the diary that brought presented how players, media and fans saw one of the best games of recent memory in U.S. sports.
Since then, the Giants now hold the best record in the majors at the All-Star break, while the Warriors have not only won a title but have made a major power move of recovering from their 2016 NBA Finals collapse by signing Kevin Durant. And this year has seen Super Bowl 50, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup, U.S. Women's Open golf, the U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Trials and the Copa America tournament be held in the Bay Area.
As you prepare for the beginning of the second half of the baseball season starting tomorrow, enjoy this special bonus edition of Summer of Sports '16 as we look at the rise of the San Francisco Giants.
This affords us the chance to look back a bit to one of our past sports posts that we posted two years ago when we presented a special edition of DC SocialPulse covering Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, which you can check out here. Considering that the Bay Area has now become a major sports hub in the past six years, as well as the occurrence of this being an even-numbered year, we felt this was appropriate to repost the original portion of that article which followed the diary that brought presented how players, media and fans saw one of the best games of recent memory in U.S. sports.
Since then, the Giants now hold the best record in the majors at the All-Star break, while the Warriors have not only won a title but have made a major power move of recovering from their 2016 NBA Finals collapse by signing Kevin Durant. And this year has seen Super Bowl 50, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup, U.S. Women's Open golf, the U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Trials and the Copa America tournament be held in the Bay Area.
As you prepare for the beginning of the second half of the baseball season starting tomorrow, enjoy this special bonus edition of Summer of Sports '16 as we look at the rise of the San Francisco Giants.
Excerpt from 'Pulse - 2014 World Series Game 7, reposted in the interest in baseball & sports fans
As the San Francisco Giants spend this winter around the hot stove reflecting on their third World Series title in five years, the road to becoming sports' newest dynasty has been a long one.
They may not be the first major sports franchise to settle in the Bay Area - the 49ers entered the All-American Football Conference in 1946 and joined the NFL four years later, but the Giants have always been the one of the Bay Area's 6th major franchises with the deepest tradition. Even with historically mixed fortunes in San Francisco as it was in New York, no other North American sports franchise can lay claim to more wins than the Giants, who were founded in 1883 as the first major league team based in what has remained the capital of baseball. No National League team can lay claim to as many pennants (23) and World Series appearances (20) than the Orange & Black, and they're now in the top 5 in World Series titles, with 8 overall in this dynasty joining the 5 that were won in the Big Apple.
They may not be the first major sports franchise to settle in the Bay Area - the 49ers entered the All-American Football Conference in 1946 and joined the NFL four years later, but the Giants have always been the one of the Bay Area's 6th major franchises with the deepest tradition. Even with historically mixed fortunes in San Francisco as it was in New York, no other North American sports franchise can lay claim to more wins than the Giants, who were founded in 1883 as the first major league team based in what has remained the capital of baseball. No National League team can lay claim to as many pennants (23) and World Series appearances (20) than the Orange & Black, and they're now in the top 5 in World Series titles, with 8 overall in this dynasty joining the 5 that were won in the Big Apple.
Of course, the team's 1957 announcement of their move from the Polo Grounds to the Bay Area the next season, along with their blood rivals the Dodgers moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles the same year, was the game-changer for both baseball and American sports. But two times, there was uncertainty of whether the Giants would stay in the City. First, Giants ownership flirted with a move to Toronto until Bob Lurie bought the team in 1976. Then in 1992 when he put them on the ownership block, a St. Petersburg investment group reached an agreement to move them to the Tampa Bay Area and what would become Tropicana Field. But NL owners voted against that acquisition, and with help from across the Bay by A's owner Wally Haas, the owners keys would fall to an investment group led by managing general partner and former Safeway CEO Peter McGowan.
During the time the ink was drying, McGowan would then help to lay the foundation for a team that would ultimately rise to the top of baseball. First, there was the anticipated plans to move out of Candlestick and architect a new ballpark in downtown San Francisco that would ultimately become a landmark both in the Bay Area and in baseball. Then even before naming a new GM, he signed free agent slugger Barry Bonds from the Pirates to join his dad's old team, a move initially blocked by MLB until some terms were negotiated to protect him and Lurie in case the sale fell through.
After their epic 1993 NL West duel with the Braves that fell short on the final day of the season in the last regular season with no Wild Card at stake and three straight losing seasons, Brian Sabean was named general manager. He promptly traded away fan favorite Matt Williams to the Indians and received great criticism from fans only to respond to them, "there is a plan." And as it turned out, it was a smart move, as Jeff Kent, who was included in the deal, and a later trade with the Angels to bring in JT Snow, saw them win the NL West title and became a consistent division contender.
This set the stage for their move to their new privately financed downtown ballpark - the first of its kind since the '60s, where AT&T Park would become the model MLB stadium in the 21st century. Gone were the days of sub-10,000 paid attendance figures in a football stadium; the stadium now routinely sells out the nearly 43,000 seats at 3rd & King. That first season saw the Giants win the NL West again and garner baseball's best record. And though they fell to the Mets in the playoffs, it was the start to a glorious run that saw them head to the World Series two years later. They made the '02 Postseason as the wild card and beat the Braves and then the Cardinals for the pennant, then came within 9 outs of the title until an Angels Game 6 rally and Game 7 win thwarted those dreams.
The 2003 season saw Felipe Alou take over for Dusty Baker and again they won their division and 100 games, but were beat by the wild card Marlins in the Division Series. A lean period would follow for the franchise, but there was something to celebrate too in Barry Bonds hitting his historic 756th homer at home in 2007. It also turned out to be a period of transition to what would become the team of this decade as Bonds was at the sunset of his career, Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito would join the team, part of owner Peter Magowan's plan to load up on youth and offense. And also, Bruce Bochy was brought in from the Padres to replace the retiring Alou as manager.
The '09 season saw Jeremy Affeldt and World Series champs Edgar Renteria and Randy Johnson join the team. There, the Big Unit became the 24th member of the 300-win club, and Jonathan Sanchez tossed the first Giants no-hitter since 1976. And towards the end of the season, they traded for Freddy Sanchez, brought up catcher Buster Posey from their then-AAA affiliate down in Fresno and Pablo Sandoval emerged onto the lineup. The stage was now all but set.
The 2010 season - one where few had great preseason expectations - saw the team's investments pay off in their first NL West title since 2003, coming back in the last half of September after trailing Bochy's old team in the standings for most of the season. It was also where announcer Duane Kuiper coined the phrase "torture" after an early-season loss to those Padres where Sanchez gave up only one hit but still lost, 1-0. The G-Men benefited from San Diego's late-season slump of a 10-game slide to overtake them with an 18-8 September and closed them out on the last day of the regular season, buoyed by an 1.78 ERA, an NL best in September since Sandy Koufax's '65 Dodgers.
In the NLDS against the Braves, Tim Lincecum struck out 14 and gave up 2 hits in Game 1 of what would be a 3-1 series win over Atlanta. Then against a favored Phillies team and their great pitching staff (including Roy Halliday who had pitched a no-hitter in the previous series), a closely contested NLCS would see the Giants beat Philadelphia for the pennant in six games. They were then matched against the Rangers in the World Series, where an anticipated pitchers duel between Lincecum and Rangers ace Cliff Lee turn into an 11-7 Giants Game 1 win, followed by a 9-0 Game 2 triumph. After a Game 3 loss in Arlington, Bumgartner would shut out Texas in Game 4, then Edgar Renteria's 3-run homer in the 7th and Lincecum's pitching gave San Francisco a 3-1 win and the title; and Renteria the MVP to join his '97 WS-winning hit for the Marlins.
The 2011 follow-up didn't turn as well, as injuries to Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez and Brian Wilson would lead to them missing out on the playoffs. There was also poignancy too as Giants fan paramedic Brian Stow was attacked by two Dodgers fans in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day, leading to a life-threatening head injury and being permanently disabled, just after he was insulted and threatened in the stands inside Chavez Revine. But Stow's spirit ultimately inspired the 2012 Giants, as they would use a strong June and second-half to propel them during the season. Plus, there was Matt Cain tossing the Giants' first-ever perfect game on June 13th, and a huge night at the All-Star Game where Melky Cabrera was named MVP, Cain was the starting & winning pitcher and Sandoval hit the ASG's first bases-loaded triple.
At the deadline, the Giants traded for Hunter Pence and Marco Scutaro and despite losing Cabrera to a drug suspension and the Dodgers making big trades, the Giants won the NL West, led by Scutaro's 20-game hit streak and Posey's .336 BA. In the postseason, the Giants came back from 0-2 down to overtake the Reds and become the first MLB team to win a best-of-5 postseason series by winning the last three on the road, thanks to a grand slam in Cincinnati. They then showed their comeback spirit again against the Cardinals in the NLCS, where after going down 3-1 to St. Louis, the Giants came back to win the next 3 games and to advance to the World Series, and Scutaro named MVP. And against Justin Verlander and a favored Tigers team, Pablo Sandoval set the pace for the Series as the Panda hit 3 home runs in his first 3 at-bats in Game 1 at AT&T Park. And the Giants never looked back as they would finish off Detroit in a 4-game sweep for their 2nd title in 3 years and the Panda was named MVP.
Their second title defense saw inconsistent struggles for the team: Buster Posey had a drop-off in performance from his MVP season, losing against teams outside of their division and a losing record. But a late-season surge, Lincecum's first no-hitter and Pence being signed long-term gave the Giants new hope for 2014. And in the offseason, Tim Hudson decided to come home to the Bay Area and Michael Morse was signed up. Their season started with a 42-21 record, but a 9-game lead over the Dodgers being blown and injuries to Angel Pagan, Brandon Belt and Matt Cain saw the Giants limp into the postseason as a wild card with an 88-74 record, their first time making it to October under 90 wins. Plus there was Lincecum's 2nd no-no and an improved win total for the Freak.
And then, there was the postseason run. The Giants routed the Pirates 8-0 in Pittsburgh by way of Baumgartner's complete game shutout and Brandon Crawford's grand slam (a first postseason GS by a shortstop). They then excused the Nationals in the NLDS to overtake Reds' Big Red Machine teams of the '70s with NL's longest postseason winning streak at 9. The Cardinals again awaited them in the NLCS, where in spite of it ending in 5 games, the series was close throughout with no team winning by more than 3 runs. And there, Travis Ishikawa would etch his name into postseason lore by launching a 9th inning shot into the bleachers for the first NL pennant-winning walkoff homer since Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," the first of its kind in NLCS history and first overall NLCS-winning walkoff hit since Kenny Lofton's RBI single in that park 12 years earlier.
And then, of course, there was obviously the toughest of the three World Series they've been in. Kansas City was the surprise AL pennant winners by way of beating the A's in dramatic comeback fashion in the Wild Card playoff, then swept both the team with the top record in the Angels in the ALDS and the Orioles in the ALCS. One site called it "the worst World Series ever" due to lack of star power and modest records, and routs in five of the six games (only 1-run game, a 3-2 KC win in GM3) might've prove that. But the Royals would ultimately stretch the Giants to the limit, and what happened in Game 7 would ultimately prove again the enduring magic of October baseball. With everything on the line and the lights at its brightest, it took for Bumgartner's amazing performance out of the bullpen for the Giants to win the decider 3-2 (first World Series GM7 win by a road team in 35 years), the Series 4 games to 3, and solidified the Giants as a dynasty. With two wins, a 5-inning GM7 save, a 0.43 ERA, a 0.48 WHIP & a 17:1 K:BB ratio, it was no surprise that Madison Bumgarner was named Series MVP.
The 2003 season saw Felipe Alou take over for Dusty Baker and again they won their division and 100 games, but were beat by the wild card Marlins in the Division Series. A lean period would follow for the franchise, but there was something to celebrate too in Barry Bonds hitting his historic 756th homer at home in 2007. It also turned out to be a period of transition to what would become the team of this decade as Bonds was at the sunset of his career, Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito would join the team, part of owner Peter Magowan's plan to load up on youth and offense. And also, Bruce Bochy was brought in from the Padres to replace the retiring Alou as manager.
The '09 season saw Jeremy Affeldt and World Series champs Edgar Renteria and Randy Johnson join the team. There, the Big Unit became the 24th member of the 300-win club, and Jonathan Sanchez tossed the first Giants no-hitter since 1976. And towards the end of the season, they traded for Freddy Sanchez, brought up catcher Buster Posey from their then-AAA affiliate down in Fresno and Pablo Sandoval emerged onto the lineup. The stage was now all but set.
The 2010 season - one where few had great preseason expectations - saw the team's investments pay off in their first NL West title since 2003, coming back in the last half of September after trailing Bochy's old team in the standings for most of the season. It was also where announcer Duane Kuiper coined the phrase "torture" after an early-season loss to those Padres where Sanchez gave up only one hit but still lost, 1-0. The G-Men benefited from San Diego's late-season slump of a 10-game slide to overtake them with an 18-8 September and closed them out on the last day of the regular season, buoyed by an 1.78 ERA, an NL best in September since Sandy Koufax's '65 Dodgers.
In the NLDS against the Braves, Tim Lincecum struck out 14 and gave up 2 hits in Game 1 of what would be a 3-1 series win over Atlanta. Then against a favored Phillies team and their great pitching staff (including Roy Halliday who had pitched a no-hitter in the previous series), a closely contested NLCS would see the Giants beat Philadelphia for the pennant in six games. They were then matched against the Rangers in the World Series, where an anticipated pitchers duel between Lincecum and Rangers ace Cliff Lee turn into an 11-7 Giants Game 1 win, followed by a 9-0 Game 2 triumph. After a Game 3 loss in Arlington, Bumgartner would shut out Texas in Game 4, then Edgar Renteria's 3-run homer in the 7th and Lincecum's pitching gave San Francisco a 3-1 win and the title; and Renteria the MVP to join his '97 WS-winning hit for the Marlins.
The 2011 follow-up didn't turn as well, as injuries to Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez and Brian Wilson would lead to them missing out on the playoffs. There was also poignancy too as Giants fan paramedic Brian Stow was attacked by two Dodgers fans in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day, leading to a life-threatening head injury and being permanently disabled, just after he was insulted and threatened in the stands inside Chavez Revine. But Stow's spirit ultimately inspired the 2012 Giants, as they would use a strong June and second-half to propel them during the season. Plus, there was Matt Cain tossing the Giants' first-ever perfect game on June 13th, and a huge night at the All-Star Game where Melky Cabrera was named MVP, Cain was the starting & winning pitcher and Sandoval hit the ASG's first bases-loaded triple.
At the deadline, the Giants traded for Hunter Pence and Marco Scutaro and despite losing Cabrera to a drug suspension and the Dodgers making big trades, the Giants won the NL West, led by Scutaro's 20-game hit streak and Posey's .336 BA. In the postseason, the Giants came back from 0-2 down to overtake the Reds and become the first MLB team to win a best-of-5 postseason series by winning the last three on the road, thanks to a grand slam in Cincinnati. They then showed their comeback spirit again against the Cardinals in the NLCS, where after going down 3-1 to St. Louis, the Giants came back to win the next 3 games and to advance to the World Series, and Scutaro named MVP. And against Justin Verlander and a favored Tigers team, Pablo Sandoval set the pace for the Series as the Panda hit 3 home runs in his first 3 at-bats in Game 1 at AT&T Park. And the Giants never looked back as they would finish off Detroit in a 4-game sweep for their 2nd title in 3 years and the Panda was named MVP.
Their second title defense saw inconsistent struggles for the team: Buster Posey had a drop-off in performance from his MVP season, losing against teams outside of their division and a losing record. But a late-season surge, Lincecum's first no-hitter and Pence being signed long-term gave the Giants new hope for 2014. And in the offseason, Tim Hudson decided to come home to the Bay Area and Michael Morse was signed up. Their season started with a 42-21 record, but a 9-game lead over the Dodgers being blown and injuries to Angel Pagan, Brandon Belt and Matt Cain saw the Giants limp into the postseason as a wild card with an 88-74 record, their first time making it to October under 90 wins. Plus there was Lincecum's 2nd no-no and an improved win total for the Freak.
And then, there was the postseason run. The Giants routed the Pirates 8-0 in Pittsburgh by way of Baumgartner's complete game shutout and Brandon Crawford's grand slam (a first postseason GS by a shortstop). They then excused the Nationals in the NLDS to overtake Reds' Big Red Machine teams of the '70s with NL's longest postseason winning streak at 9. The Cardinals again awaited them in the NLCS, where in spite of it ending in 5 games, the series was close throughout with no team winning by more than 3 runs. And there, Travis Ishikawa would etch his name into postseason lore by launching a 9th inning shot into the bleachers for the first NL pennant-winning walkoff homer since Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," the first of its kind in NLCS history and first overall NLCS-winning walkoff hit since Kenny Lofton's RBI single in that park 12 years earlier.
And then, of course, there was obviously the toughest of the three World Series they've been in. Kansas City was the surprise AL pennant winners by way of beating the A's in dramatic comeback fashion in the Wild Card playoff, then swept both the team with the top record in the Angels in the ALDS and the Orioles in the ALCS. One site called it "the worst World Series ever" due to lack of star power and modest records, and routs in five of the six games (only 1-run game, a 3-2 KC win in GM3) might've prove that. But the Royals would ultimately stretch the Giants to the limit, and what happened in Game 7 would ultimately prove again the enduring magic of October baseball. With everything on the line and the lights at its brightest, it took for Bumgartner's amazing performance out of the bullpen for the Giants to win the decider 3-2 (first World Series GM7 win by a road team in 35 years), the Series 4 games to 3, and solidified the Giants as a dynasty. With two wins, a 5-inning GM7 save, a 0.43 ERA, a 0.48 WHIP & a 17:1 K:BB ratio, it was no surprise that Madison Bumgarner was named Series MVP.
Just as it was ten years ago when the Boston Red Sox reversed the 'Curse and won their first World Series in 86 years (and first of 3 in 9 years), this dynasty has provided the opportunity to recognize the Giants' proud past and finally allow those players a chance to be part of their championship legacy. Take for example the parades and ring ceremonies where they acknowledged those greats alongside the present players. Aside from Willie Mays and The Catch that defined that '54 World Series, great players who have worn the orange & black during the team's San Francisco era and who never tasted that championship feeling are many: Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, Bobby Bonds, Gaylord Perry, Will Clark, and yes Barry Bonds. Eleven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame come from the Bay Area era of the franchise, all part of a Giants-strong 66 in Cooperstown. That's more than the Dodgers, the Yankees and any other team in baseball.
The Giants have fast becoming a model franchise for both Major League Baseball and all of sports, just as it was when the Niners were during their dynasty years of the '80s and '90s. With its iconic view of the Bay Bridge and spot by the Bay, AT&T Park has become the envy of all others in baseball. The 3,268,697 that passed the turnstiles this past season outclasses all others in total attendance across Bay Area sports. They hold MLB's longest active sellout streak at 327 games--an NL record, along with over 30,000 season ticket holders.. ESPN Magazine put the Giants #1 among all 122 teams across all major sports in in-stadium experience based in venue quality, fan-friendliness of environment and frequency of game-day promotions. TicketCity also placed the Giants at the top in Fan Engagement among baseball fans. And with a best-in-class broadcast team of Kruk, Kuip, Jon and Flem that have each called the final outs of the team's three World Series titles, the Giants rank near the top in TV viewership and radio listenership.
Of all the Bay Area's six teams, more residents identify themselves as Giants than the Niners or any other team in this large region of ours, and whose reach stretches north to Chico, to Reno, to Sacramento and down south to Monterey and Fresno. With its proximity to Silicon Valley, it's no surprise that the Giants' social media presence ranks in the top 5 in Facebook and Twitter followers, tops among Instagram and Google+ followers, and is a regular trending topic. And with AT&T Park being the first pro sports stadium to install WiFi in 2004, it has become one of the world's most checked-in sites on Facebook, all part of a stadium all wired in by the latest technology that has set the pace for sports venues in the digital age.
The Giants have fast becoming a model franchise for both Major League Baseball and all of sports, just as it was when the Niners were during their dynasty years of the '80s and '90s. With its iconic view of the Bay Bridge and spot by the Bay, AT&T Park has become the envy of all others in baseball. The 3,268,697 that passed the turnstiles this past season outclasses all others in total attendance across Bay Area sports. They hold MLB's longest active sellout streak at 327 games--an NL record, along with over 30,000 season ticket holders.. ESPN Magazine put the Giants #1 among all 122 teams across all major sports in in-stadium experience based in venue quality, fan-friendliness of environment and frequency of game-day promotions. TicketCity also placed the Giants at the top in Fan Engagement among baseball fans. And with a best-in-class broadcast team of Kruk, Kuip, Jon and Flem that have each called the final outs of the team's three World Series titles, the Giants rank near the top in TV viewership and radio listenership.
Of all the Bay Area's six teams, more residents identify themselves as Giants than the Niners or any other team in this large region of ours, and whose reach stretches north to Chico, to Reno, to Sacramento and down south to Monterey and Fresno. With its proximity to Silicon Valley, it's no surprise that the Giants' social media presence ranks in the top 5 in Facebook and Twitter followers, tops among Instagram and Google+ followers, and is a regular trending topic. And with AT&T Park being the first pro sports stadium to install WiFi in 2004, it has become one of the world's most checked-in sites on Facebook, all part of a stadium all wired in by the latest technology that has set the pace for sports venues in the digital age.
And for Bay Area sports fans, the Giants' run to the top of baseball has occurred in what has been the best time to be a fan here since the late '80s. Sure, the Giants' 2010 World Series win was the Bay Area's first major title since the last of the Niners' Super Bowl titles in 1994. But this has also solidified the region's stamp on the national sports landscape; after all ESPN Magazine called the Bay Area "the most thrilling place in sports." As much as New England has enjoyed the last decade seeing all their teams win titles, Bay Area sports fans have had it good in the past several years. The Niners have had renewed faith, the Warriors made a huge turnaround to now own the best record in the NBA at 20-3, the A's enjoying great success, the Raiders continuing to have a devoted fan base, and the Sharks remain a Stanley Cup contender. Plus, the America's Cup took place here last year, NASCAR & IndyCar have races up at Sonoma, the PGA TOUR will have three events coming next year in this region and the Cal-Stanford Big Game. And oh, both Super Bowl 50 and WrestleMania will be at Levi's Stadium within a 10-month span starting next spring.
So, it's official: The San Francisco Giants are sports' newest dynasty. All those years in the Bay Area of under-performing and coming oh-so-close are now a thing of the past. With three titles in five years, a core roster of players, a brilliant manager and a great team at the top, the Giants are destined to add more to their collection, and if not for Madison Bumgartner being just named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year for 2014 would add to all this too. With a strong fan base, strong social involvement and an iconic stadium, their reach is extending to all-time highs and finally bringing in fans from all parts to this place. And for Bay Area sports fans, this has become the best time to be a fan in nearly a quarter-century. Now, we all await 2015 and see if they can make 4 in 6.
Aside from this site's extensive coverage of the MTV Trifecta, DCBLOG is still planning on doing extensive sports coverage on this site around our coverage of The Challenge and Are You The One? and in the time leading up to Season 32 of Real World. We'll be devoting a great deal of resources to covering the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games with our first post to be covered in a couple weeks looking at the various aspects of the Olympic Movement.
Thank you for reading this special edition of our Summer of Sports series and make sure to rejoin us this weekend when our coverage of the Trifecta continues. See you then.
- DC
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Aside from this site's extensive coverage of the MTV Trifecta, DCBLOG is still planning on doing extensive sports coverage on this site around our coverage of The Challenge and Are You The One? and in the time leading up to Season 32 of Real World. We'll be devoting a great deal of resources to covering the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games with our first post to be covered in a couple weeks looking at the various aspects of the Olympic Movement.
Thank you for reading this special edition of our Summer of Sports series and make sure to rejoin us this weekend when our coverage of the Trifecta continues. See you then.
- DC
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