San Francisco has a new team.
E-sports, which boasts the fastest growing audience in the country, welcomes the first-ever geographically based video-game league — the brand-new Overwatch League — and San Francisco’s entry is named the Shock.
“We’re really excited,” said Andy Miller, a Sacramento Kings owner whose NRG Esports company owns the Shock; other NRG investors include fellow Kings owner Mark Mastrov, former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, former big-leaguers Alex Rodriguez and Jimmy Rollins. “When it comes to viewership, the numbers are astounding, and we wanted to bring an Overwatch team to San Francisco — these are the best players in the world and this is the epicenter of gaming.