{"id":5981,"date":"2023-08-17T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T11:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?page_id=5981"},"modified":"2024-08-07T21:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T01:55:32","slug":"sports-grumblings-founder-john-t-georgopoulos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/sports-grumblings-founder-john-t-georgopoulos\/","title":{"rendered":"Grumblings Media Founder: John T. Georgopoulos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5981\" class=\"elementor elementor-5981\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0003239 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0003239\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9833adc\" data-id=\"9833adc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26145e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26145e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NoPath-Copy-572.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6245\" alt=\"John Georgopoulos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NoPath-Copy-572-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NoPath-Copy-572.png 762w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a58738 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a58738\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6215d7\" data-id=\"c6215d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d914f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d914f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grumblings Media Founder : John T. Georgopoulos<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d155bd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d155bd0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ad23af\" data-id=\"5ad23af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21aa837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21aa837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn about fantasy sports pioneer, podcasting trailblazer, and Grumblings Media founder, John T. Georgopoulos. A giant in the industry!<br><br>\nJohn T. Georgopoulos graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1982, where he was classmates with Terence Tolbert, the late political operative for Barack Obama and Christopher \u201cKid\u201d Reid, the rap musician and actor.\n<br><br>\nWhile still in university, his interest in meshing fantasy sports with computer science became evident as he created a fantasy wrestling game\u2014dubbed Sgt. Slaughter\u2019s Matwars\u2014which was the basis for the formation of the Silverline Games entertainment company, formed immediately following his graduation in 1986.\n<br><br>\nWhile working as a programmer for a Wall Street investment bank in 1994, Georgopoulos produced a website, with the goal of learning HTML. He chose this forum to express his views on one of his favorite topics: professional football (the NFL).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7555b61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7555b61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a45f11e\" data-id=\"a45f11e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7209563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7209563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFantasy Sports Journalism Career\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a55a55d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a55a55d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17e5798\" data-id=\"17e5798\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25b2450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25b2450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorgopoulos\u2019 website received enough hits to encourage Georgopoulos to regularly update his commentary, as well as recruit former owners in his college roto leagues to provide additional content. As a result, Gridiron Grumblings was born in 1996, one of the first independent sites of sports commentary.\n<br><br>\nThe site received several industry awards, including Netscape\u2019s \u201cCool Site of the Month\u201d and \u201cCool Site of the Day\u201c, a \u2018Top Site\u2019 recognition by Yahoo! Magazine, as well as a recommended site of FHM Magazine.\n<br><br>\nIn 1998 Georgopoulos designed the \u201cFantasy Forecast Rating System\u201d to enable the absolute valuation of players across positions. Following its success, the concept was applied to all the other major fantasy sports: baseball, basketball and hockey. As a result, applications of his techniques were picked up by SportsIllustrated.com, which ran Georgopoulos\u2019 content.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e39e047 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e39e047\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34ec75e\" data-id=\"34ec75e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8609ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8609ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPodcasting Trailblazer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd3a3b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd3a3b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2d2c39\" data-id=\"b2d2c39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47be9b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47be9b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs early as 1996, Georgopoulos was producing one-hour internet audio broadcasts\u2013 one of the forerunners to today\u2019s podcasts. Dubbed \u201cWGRD Radio\u201d, there were 117 episodes recorded through September 11, 2001. His first-person account of the 9\/11 attacks on the World Trade Center marked the final broadcast of WGRD Radio. In 2004, WGRD Radio was reincarnated as Gridiron Grumblings Live!, a two-hour live broadcast covering fantasy football and topical events.\n<br><br>\nOn Sept. 4, 2010, Georgopoulos premiered a new weekly show, <i>Sports Grumblings Live!<\/i>, on SiriusXM Satellite radio. The show was a three-hour broadcast focusing on all the major fantasy sports (and named to support the re-branded website of SportsGrumblings.com), concurrently entertaining and informing the listeners. The show had a time slot of 8-11 PM ET on Saturday nights, on Sirius 210 | XM 87. Sirius\/XM decided not to renew the show for a second season.\n<br><br>\nIn 2013, the time, effort and resources required to run an independent fantasy sports site became too much to handle, so Georgopoulos decided to sell the Sports Grumblings brand and properties to his friend and fellow fantasy industry pioneer William Del Pilar. Consequently, Georgopoulos accepted an offer to be a featured fantasy football writer at Fantasy Sharks.com.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4fe6fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4fe6fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b063ee4\" data-id=\"b063ee4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de8d19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5de8d19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOther Ventures\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0725bcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0725bcf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bda97a\" data-id=\"8bda97a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21cd71b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21cd71b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorgopoulos has also taken the time to dabble in the entertainment industry. He has written, produced, directed and performed in two comedy series for the Amazon Prime Video platform. Net News (2018) and Back to the Stone Age (2021). Additionally, he is credited as a writer and producer for the unreleased series Celebrapy (2015). Georgopoulos has co-hosted That Riot Show, a podcast found on YouTube, iTunes and other platforms, since 2015.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f47f32f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f47f32f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24bc2d5\" data-id=\"24bc2d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09c3a01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09c3a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NewLogo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-10741\" alt=\"Grumblings Media\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NewLogo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NewLogo.png 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3eb5ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3eb5ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f3e197\" data-id=\"7f3e197\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grumblings Media Founder : John T. 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