The Blue Statement · Dec 10, 2022
KC Native Grant Wahl Dies at the World Cup
Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesLate tonight, Friday, December 9th, news came out of Qatar that long-time soccer writer and Kansas City native, Grant Wahl has died in Qatar. It happened during the Netherlands versus Argentina game.
I’m stunned. Everyone is simply shocked. It seemingly has come out of nowhere. My mind immediately went to the country he was in the coverage he had been doing of their migrant workers living conditions. And of the rainbow shirt he was hassled for trying to wear into the stadium.