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***Official 2022 World Cup Thread*** (1 Viewer)
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
the death is tragedy enough, I hope it is not really murder as his bother suggested :(
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
First of all, this is incredibly sad news. I’ve been reading his stuff since his SI days (and he’s been on like every single podcast I listen to on the past couple weeks).
Second, I get why people are speculating about foul play, but we don’t know anything at this point. Honestly, I don’t find it too far fetched to believe that a seemingly healthy 48 year old could collapse and die out of nowhere, because that’s very nearly what happened to me in June. It turned out I had a pulmonary embolism, and was very lucky that I went to the hospital when I did.
Second, I get why people are speculating about foul play, but we don’t know anything at this point. Honestly, I don’t find it too far fetched to believe that a seemingly healthy 48 year old could collapse and die out of nowhere, because that’s very nearly what happened to me in June. It turned out I had a pulmonary embolism, and was very lucky that I went to the hospital when I did.
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Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Wow. Just saw the Grant Wahl news. He thought he had bronchitis, may point to a pulmonary embolism. But that is pure speculation, obviously.
prefontaine
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Ugh. Horrible. 
TLEF316
Footballguy
Freaking awful. Very good writer and seemed like a great dude. Obviously most know him from soccer but he wrote a lot of other stuff for SI back in the day (including the famous "The Chosen One" article...Lebron's first cover story back when he was in HS)
Does no good to speculate at this point. But given what happened at the game 2 weeks ago, its hard not to.
Does no good to speculate at this point. But given what happened at the game 2 weeks ago, its hard not to.
GregR
Footballguy
He was in the hospital on Monday for bronchitis. Collapsed today at the game.
www.seattletimes.com
US soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies at World Cup
Grant Wahl, an American journalist who helped grow the popularity of soccer in the U.S. and reported on some of the biggest stories in the sport, dies while covering a World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
www.seattletimes.com
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
god I hope not.
His wife is one of the preeminent doctors in the entire country so I doubt anything is going to get past her if god forbid anything fishy happened.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
At the risk of violating the no-politics rule, I'm afraid to imagine what's going to happen on her timeline when the Covid truthers hear about this. She and Grant already took so much crap online about it.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
I saw her name (Celine Gounder) and thought it was familiar. She’s an infectious disease specialist who was quoted frequently during the pandemic.
You’re right that the combination of shock and being so far away and not knowing what happened must be a unique form of torture. My prayers are with her and the rest of his family.
Scrolling through Twitter, every single person who knew him talks about how kind he was. We should all aspire to that kind of legacy
massraider
Footballguy
Yes.
I believe he did mention to a family member he thought he had bronchitis.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
So sad
AAABatteries
Footballguy
And hits home with all of us I imagine - he was the prime age demographic for this board.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Jesus. Wahl's been writing about US soccer since just about before there was even really soccer in the US.
Him and Bob Bradley's brother used to be THE go-to sources for actual information. And his reputation has always been that he was one of the really good guys.
It's weirdly impactful.
Him and Bob Bradley's brother used to be THE go-to sources for actual information. And his reputation has always been that he was one of the really good guys.
It's weirdly impactful.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Scrolling through Twitter tonight, this very much appears to be true:
Grant Wahl was the sportswriter other sportswriters wanted to be.
Grant Wahl was the sportswriter other sportswriters wanted to be.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
You may be interested to know that, at least according to this thread, he was a huge Chiefs fan
ChiefD
Footballguy
Yeah. He was born in the Kansas City area. Not too far from where I live. He graduated high school here and in the past wrote occasionally about his hometown teams. This is such a loss. Dammit.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Wahl's brother is on TikTok saying he was murdered, that he doesn't think he died of a heart attack.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
I get that he's shocked and grieving, but this is just so irresponsible.
encaitar
Footballguy
Agreed. Grant has been struggling with what he thought was bronchitis for the last week and a half. Good chance it was something much more serious(or developed into something much more serious anyway).
He's in grief mode and angry about losing his brother, so I get it.... but it seems a little reckless to speculate foul play before even getting any reports from the scene.
Dwayne Hoover
Footballguy
IDK, this seems like one of those where there is smoke there is fire situations. Im definitely suspicious that there was some kind of foul play
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Facts
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
England losing would be the cherry on top
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
I was 1st. Loved and hated it.
NFL needs a punter war to break ties if it's ever going to hang with soccer.
For as exciting as the game was yesterday in regulation, the ending makes me sick. That said, major props on the extra time reflecting reality.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
This is true. My wife said that she had no idea the woman on her "epidemiology Twitter" feed was married to "the guy that writes soccer articles."
ChiefD
Footballguy
Me too. Had to check the names on the back of the jerseys to make sure.
Capella
Footballguy
I keep checking the jersey thing on the fox score bug.
Zow
Footballguy
The little diamonds on the top left scoreboard are filled with the jersey.
ChiefD
Footballguy
Two hands and overhead. They are not supposed to move at all unless its a yard or two during the process of throwing.
No time limit but they can be booked for wasting time.
Zow
Footballguy
Also, ball must be thrown neutrally with both hands (if you see side spin it’s likely an illegal throw).
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
oh Diogo …
