Shownotes Transcript
Grant Wahl was the founder of Fútbol with Grant Wahl, a longtime writer for Sports Illustrated, and the author of* The Beckham Experime*nt and Masters of Modern Soccer. He died on December 10, covering the World Cup in Qatar. This interview was recorded in January 2016.
“I never would have predicted I would do soccer full time. And that’s happened. I’d love to say that this was all planned and inevitable but it really wasn’t.”
**Show notes: **
“Soccer Journalist Dies at World Cup After Collapsing at Argentina Game”) (The New York Times)
- “RIP Grant Wahl”) (Chris Wittyngham, Fútbol with Grant Wahl)
- “Remembering Grant Wahl: A Sterling Example of How to Work With Principle”) (Sports Illustrated)
- “Remembering Grant Wahl, a champion of American soccer”) (The Atlantic)
- “Live like adored soccer writer Grant Wahl and smell those roses”) (Indy Star)
- “There was something Bourdain-like about the big, soccer life Grant Wahl led”) (Los Angeles Times)
- “Grant Wahl's housemate Guillem Balagué pays tribute to US journalist”) (CNN.com)
- “Grant”) (Joe Posnanski)
- “He was the best of us”) (former U.S. Men’s National Team Coach Bob Bradley)
- “US Soccer statement on the passing of Grant Wahl”) (US Soccer)
- “Grant Wahl was my idol and my friend. A selfless, wonderful man”) (The Athletic)
- “To the end, Grant Wahl fought fearlessly for what he believed”) (CBC)
- “He championed soccer in the U.S. and human rights throughout his career”) (CBS Mornings)
- “A love letter to the writing of Grant Wahl”) (Holding the High Line)
- “Mia Hamm 'Heartbroken' Over Grant Wahl's Death: 'Our Game Was Better Because Grant Wahl Was in It'”) (People)
- “How Grant Wahl Changed the Place of Soccer in America”) (The New Yorker)
- “Remembering Grant Wahl”) (Medium)
- “The Best of Us: A Tribute to Grant Wahl”) (The Nation)
- “LeBron James remembrance”) (Twitter)
- “Remembering Grant Wahl”) (Sports Illustrated)
- “The Life and Legacy of Grant Wahl”) (Hang Up and Listen)
- “Witnesses Recount Last Moments Of Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl”) (HuffPost)
- “Billie Jean King remembrance”) (Twitter)
- “Grant Wahl Was a Kind, Wise Champion of the Voiceless in Soccer”) (The Guardian)
- “Grant Wahl's Wife Remembers the Late Soccer Journalist”) (NPR)
- “Soccer Writer Grant Wahl Was the Type of Journalist — and Person — I Want to Be”) (Colorado Sun)
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