DC ExtraTime: Team MTV's Trophy Stories

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The 2018 Summer of Sports has seen it all: the arrival to Tinseltown of the NBA's biggest star to challenge a Bay Area dynasty during a chaotic opening to free agency; Justify becoming the 13th horse and second in four years to win the Triple Crown; Bryce Harper winning the Home Run Derby and a carnival of home runs in last week's MLB All-Star Game, and Tiger Woods falling just short of completing his comeback in a valiant effort at The Open Championship last week in Britain. And today marks two years to the first gold medals being awarded at the 2020 Toyko Summer Olympics, all during the last week without pro, college or high school football taking place in America.
   Amidst this backdrop - and as The Challenge Final Reckoning just continues to get turned on its head, we'd like to share with you two stories of when two trophies that have been handed out this summer found itself in a bar and in the hands of two MTV Reality alumni. One has a bevy of history behind it and is one of the hardest trophies to win in sport, while the other was the object of everyone's affection during an incredible month of football in the world's largest country. And the alumni featured here are those who had her heart played with in Hawaii, and another who just made headlines this past week for getting replaced by a politician's daughter.