Grant Wahl Net Worth, Family, Parents, Wife, Wiki, Biography, Career

Grant Wahl Wiki/ Biography

Wahl was born on December 2, 1974, and he attended Shawnee Mission East High School and Princeton University for his formal education. He started his professional career in 1996 as an intern for the Miami Herald, and he started working for Sports Illustrated in November of that same year.

Grant Wahl Parents and Family

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Grant Wahl Wife and Children

Grant Wahl was happily Married with his beautiful wife Celine Gounder.His Wife is an American Infectious Disease Specialist also Filmmaker and Medical Journalist specialist in Infectious Diseases and Global Health.The Couple have a Kid Together.

Grant Wahl Net Worth

Grant Wahl Net Worth is $2 Million in 2022.As an American sports journalist and soccer analyst for CBS Sports he earn a good amount of money.

Grant Wahl Career Highights

Wahl began his career as an intern with the Miami Herald in 1996. In November 1996, he joined Sports Illustrated, where he covered college basketball and soccer. During his career, Wahl covered 12 NCAA basketball tournaments, eight FIFA World Cups, and four Olympic games.

Wahl rose to prominence with his cover story "Where's Daddy?" (1998), which documented the growing number of illegitimate children born to professional athletes. Wahl also received four Magazine Story of the Year awards from the United States. Basketball Journalists Association

Wahl was promoted to senior writer at Sports Illustrated in October 2000. Wahl primarily covered soccer for both the magazine and SI.com. In his first book, The Beckham Experiment (2009), Wahl focused on David Beckham's move to the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and his impact on the league. It went on to become a New York Times Best Seller.

Wahl was robbed of his phone and wallet at gunpoint in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in October 2009, while covering the fourth round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification; earlier that day, he had interviewed interim Honduran president Roberto Micheletti, who later apologised to Wahl for the incident.

Wahl joined FOX Sports in October 2012, following his participation in the network's coverage of the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament earlier that year. [In 2013, SI launched their soccer section, dubbed "Planet Ftbol," with Wahl at the helm.

Wahl was fired from Sports Illustrated on April 10, 2020, after criticising James Heckman, CEO of the magazine's publisher Maven, for handling pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic. Heckman responded by criticising Wahl's work as well as her refusal to volunteer for a permanent pay cut.

Wahl joined CBS Sports on October 5, 2021, as an analyst for the network's coverage of CONCACAF soccer matches, as well as an editorial consultant for soccer documentaries to air on Paramount+.

While following the United States to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Wahl was caught up in a rainbow-themed crackdown in Qatar. Wahl was arrested inside a stadium for the t-shirt he was wearing (which happened to have the offending image displayed), and a New York Times reporter who attempted to report on the incident was also detained by Qatari officials.

Cause of Death

Wahl suddenly collapsed in the press box of Lusail Iconic Stadium in Doha on December 9, 2022, while covering Argentina's quarterfinal match against the Netherlands.Local paramedics responded very quickly,and treated him for 30 minutes before taking him to the hospital.Wahl's brother  said he was given CPR. Wahl was pronounced dead early on December 10 at a local hospital.He said the family is in touch with U.S. State Department and White House officials. Eric Wahl said his brother received death threats and believed Wahl was killed.