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With the opening ceremony to the Olympic Summer Games in London only about a week away we thought we’d take a little tour of the facilities, most of which were specially built for with the games in mind.

There’s a national day or week to celebrate just about everything, and sports clichés are no exception. From July 11th through the 17th feel free to appreciate, or sarcastically question, all the overused phrases that fill dull moments in the broadcast booth, post-game interviews, and office team-building events. Here’s a few ripe with trite that John Madden or Bill Walton would feel right at home broadcasting.

Here at Rec Source, we’re suckers for stories weave the rich history of famous sports trophies and the entertainment value of a good mystery. The lavish, oral history that attaches to these renowned trophies could fill a library’s worth or books but there are only a handful of trophies in the sports world that possess the storied history like the Wanamaker Trophy, the prize for winning the PGA Championship in golf.

A few weeks ago, The Recognition Source supplied the awards and trophies for the inaugural Hank Baskett Classic, a golf tournament in Rancho Palos Verdes, California at the Trump National Golf Club. The tournament, and related special events, all helped benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation.

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