{"id":1182,"date":"2022-06-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:18:32","slug":"the-big-questions-with-big-john-scott-the-king-engel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/the-big-questions-with-big-john-scott-the-king-engel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Questions with Big John &#8211; Scott &#8220;The King&#8221; Engel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1182\" class=\"elementor elementor-1182\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55c9c88b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55c9c88b\" 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-19a33138\" data-id=\"19a33138\" 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-564f959f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"564f959f\" 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\n<p><em>The Big Questions with Big John <\/em>is an interview show that allows <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/server.ashoresystems.info\/~sportsgrumblings\/john-t-georgopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big John<\/a> <\/strong>to pick the brains of people he finds interesting, regardless of their field of expertise or celebrity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, Big John sits down with one of the true legends of fantasy sports journalism, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scotteTheKing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott &#8220;The King&#8221; Engel<\/a><\/strong>. 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