presents the 2nd Annual Grover's - a podcast by Andrew, Ed, and Zak

Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week we reward the best and worst in sports and politics over the last year with the 2nd annual Grover Awards. First a troika of red carpet rants; as Zak celebrates the inspired Cinderella run of Jersey City’s own Saint Peter’s Peacocks to the NCAA Tournament’s elite eight; Ed rails in the direction of South Dakota governor Kristi Noem and her contribution towards the torpedoing of abortion rights; and finally Andrew considers the disposability of college athletes following a gruesome season-ending leg injury suffered Villanova’s Justin Moore. From there it is on to the podium to hand out some well-deserved hardware. If you’re new to the Grovers, let’s bring you up to speed. Loosely inspired by the other prominent award ceremony happening this week, the Grovers set out to honor the best that the intersectionality of sports and politics had to offer in the last twelve months, including individual awards for a leading man, woman and breakthrough, and also a Collective Best Picture-type prize for a best event/movement. While the Oscars and Razzies operate separately in rewarding the best and worst in the film industry, the Grovers endeavor to both celebrate the best and desecrate the worst. Sometimes the race to the bottom is the most compelling of all, and so we have figurative statuettes to hand out for our worst leading man and woman and the worst event/development/movement spanning sports and politics. Fear not, as though some awards were debated contentiously, no GI Jane jokes were made and no palm strikes were thrown by any of your hosts.

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