Absolutely bone chilling stuff
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl who was kicked out of a stadium in QATAR for this shirt has reportedly collapsed and passed away during the Argentina game today
His brother says on Instagram that Grant was fully healthy & believes there’s foul play pic.twitter.com/t47C2XfuVl
— JACK SETTLEMAN (@jacksettleman) December 10, 2022
The coronavirus vaccines are incredible and not getting enough credit for the marvel that they are.
— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) February 24, 2021
Thrilled to get my 1st Pfizer Covid vaccine dose. Science! pic.twitter.com/6SaHitpK5n
— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) April 7, 2021
Few things like being at a major tournament when a host country gets a huge win. Oh to be vaccinated and out in Copenhagen tonight.
— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) June 21, 2021
Boosted. LFG.
— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) December 13, 2021
Pretty simple. I'm vaxxed and boosted. Realize if I get Covid it likely won't be serious. But I have zero desire to get sidelined for 5-10 days from the work that I'm currently doing.
— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) February 2, 2022
He shot that Science right in his veins!
Now he’s paying the ultimate price!
Revenge of the Science!
Well-known U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died suddenly on Friday after collapsing while covering a match at the World Cup in Qatar, his agent said.
U.S. Soccer said it was “heartbroken to learn” of Wahl’s death. His wife responded to the U.S. Soccer statement on Twitter, saying she was “in complete shock”.
Qatar’s World Cup organizers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), paid tribute to Wahl’s “enormous love of football” and offered condolences to his family, friends and media colleagues.
Wahl, a former Sports Illustrated sportswriter who moved to the Substack online publishing platform, had been tweeting about the Netherlands-Argentina match earlier on Friday.
His agent, Tim Scanlan, told Reuters that Wahl had “appeared to suffer some kind of acute distress in the start of extra time” at the quarter-final match.
Scanlan said attempts were made to revive Wahl in the press box before he was taken to a local hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
“We are in touch with the U.S. Embassy and relevant local authorities to ensure the process of repatriating the body is in accordance with the family’s wishes,” the SC spokesperson said.
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Wahl said in late November he was briefly stopped at a World Cup stadium security screening point when he tried to enter while wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community. In Qatar, same-sex relations are illegal.
He said World Cup security denied him entry to the United States’ opener against Wales at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan and asked him to remove his shirt.
Wahl wrote on Monday that he had visited a hospital while in Qatar.
“I didn’t have Covid (I test regularly here), but I went into the medical clinic at the main media center today, and they said I probably have bronchitis,” he posted on Substack.
He was making a point to promote the Science of anus at the event.
His wife has a Ukraine flag bio.
I am so thankful for the support of my husband @GrantWahl's soccer family & of so many friends who've reached out tonight.
I'm in complete shock. https://t.co/OB3IzOxGlE
— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 (@celinegounder) December 10, 2022
You get what you give, I suppose.