{"id":19827,"date":"2020-07-01T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=19827"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:25:10","slug":"maccabi-rishon-lezion-big-man-zach-hankins-visits-the-sports-rabbi-on-holy-land-hoops-episode-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-rishon-lezion-big-man-zach-hankins-visits-the-sports-rabbi-on-holy-land-hoops-episode-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Rishon Le&#8217;Zion big man Zach Hankins visits The Sports Rabbi on Holy Land Hoops Episode #101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/9780663?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nMaccabi Rishon Le&#8217;Zion&#8217;s new center <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hankymckspanky\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Hankins<\/a> joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesportsrabbi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi<\/a> to talk hoops as we looked ahead to his squad&#8217;s clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv. 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