Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl, who died covering the World Cup in December, was a huge fan of the hit Apple TV+ series "Ted Lasso", which stars Jason Sudeikis.

Sudeikis and series co-star and co-creator Brendan Hunt [a recent trip to Richmond, England](https://grantwahl.substack.com/p/free-to-read-my-walking-tour-of-richmond) – home of the show's fictional AFC Richmond squad – in which he met up with Hunt on a walking tour of the city and a visit to the actual bar depicted in the series. [ suffered an aortic aneurysm and died in December](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2022/12/14/grant-wahl-soccer-reporter-cause-of-death-aortic-aneurysm/10888420002/) at the age of 49 while covering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Soccer journalist Grant Wahl was honored in the newest episode of "Ted Lasso" -- nearly four months after he died while covering the World Cup in Qatar.

[died in December](https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/09/world-cup-soccer-reporter-grant-wahl-dead-48-after-detainment-lgbtq-shirt/#:~:text=CBS%20Sports%20journalist%20Grant%20Wahl,He%20was%2049%20years%20old.) after suffering a medical emergency inside a press box at the World Cup. Celine Gounder, later revealed a ruptured aortic aneurysm was [what killed him](https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/14/grant-wahl-wife-says-journalist-died-from-ruptured-aortic-aneurysm/). In fact, Sudeikis actually appeared on Wahl's podcast with Hunt before his death. Soccer journalist Grant Wahl was honored with a few touching tributes in the newest episode of "Ted Lasso" -- nearly four months after he died while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl Honored In New 'Ted Lasso' Episode ... Grant Wahl Honored With Touching Tributes In New 'Ted Lasso' Episode

"In what I now know to be his typical generosity with his time, he wrote very long, very detailed, very valuable answers to all our questions. He was hugely helpful." Ted Lasso tributes to Grant Wahl in S3E4, "Big Week.".

And Ted Lasso has now added to those speaking his name, and this tribute may mean people think of Wahl years into the future when watching this show. On behalf of the entire soccer world, thank you [@brendanhunting]et al., for recognizing such a prolific person. [@TedLasso]episode is dedicated to the late [@GrantWahl]– something we discussed on [@tedlassopod]today, which got me get super emotional. [many](https://awfulannouncing.com/soccer/mls-grant-wahl-tribute-press-box.html) [tributes](https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/grant-wahl-death-condolences-qatar-world-cup.html) to Wahl we’ve seen since [his passing in December](https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/grant-wahl-death-world-cup-rainbow-shirt-qatar.html). Meeting up with Brendan, seeing the actual locations of my favorite Ted Lasso scenes and (most of all) connecting with people who have been so deeply affected by the show brought a lightness that I didn’t realize how much I needed. If I’m being honest, it had been a hard, heavy week covering the fallout of the Yates Report into systemic abuse in women’s soccer. He was hugely helpful.” “When we knew we were going to have the storyline of Trent embedded with the team, we thought about reporters who’ve done that — John Feinstein came to mind [for his book A Season on the Brink, about Indiana University’s basketball program], and Grant as well. That included answering writers’ questions about how everyone’s [favorite](https://awfulannouncing.com/apple/ted-lasso-recap-inverting-the-pyramid-of-success-portraying-masculine-melancholy.html)/ [not-so-favorite](https://awfulannouncing.com/apple/trent-crimms-journalistic-ethics-ted-lasso-cause-uproar-among-real-reporters.html) journalist Trent Crimm being embedded with the team for a book might work, and how a superstar like Zava coming to Richmond related to the experiences Wahl had covering Beckham when he joined MLS: [April 5, 2023] Wahl also made an impact on the fictional soccer world, specifically the world of Universal Television/WBD Television series Ted Lasso (which airs on Apple TV+). The soccer world was shaken last year by the sudden death of American writer Grant Wahl at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The beloved soccer broadcaster and journalist Grant Wahl, who died of an aortic aneurysm while reporting from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last December, ...

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The final scene of Wednesday's episode featured Coach Beard, played by Brendan Hunt, holding a copy of Wahl's book, "The Beckham Experiment." The credits also ...

The cast and crew of 'Ted Lasso' were not the only ones who paid tribute to Wahl after his passing. In October of 2022, Wahl spent some time with Hunt walking around Richmond, just west of Central London where the fictional AFC Richmond plays its games and the show is set. Hunt said the writing team sent Wahl some questions about what the acquisition of a star player like Maximilian Osinski's Zava character on the show would do to locker room chemistry.

Grant Wahl died after he collapsed while covering a soccer match in Qatar in December 2022.

The Apple TV+ series, which tells the story of Ted Lasso, an American college football coach hired to manage a British soccer team, featured the message "In ...