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World Class: The Life and Work of Grant Wahl by Grant Wahl Hardcover Book

Description: Work Class: Purpose, Passion, And The Pursuit Of Greatness On And Off The Field by Grant Wahl Brand New ( some shelf damage on dust jacket shown in pictures ) Hardcover Genre: soccer biographies The definitive collection of beloved late journalist Grant Wahls worka masterclass in the art of sportswriting After Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, collapsing in his press seat during a quarterfinal match, tributes to Wahl poured in from around the globe. Wahl was beloved for good reasonhe was kind, generous, and unflinching in the face of injustice. He was also one of the best sports journalists of his generation. Spanning four decades of storytelling,World Classcollects for the first time the finest writing of Grant Wahl, from op-eds for his college newspaper to twenty-five years of reporting atSports Illustratedto his deeply personal work forFtbol with Grant Wahlon Substack. Wahl was the multi-tool modern sportswriter: clear and direct; able to write long, short, or in between; cosmopolitan; socially aware. Arranged thematically,World Classdemonstrates how Wahls career aligned with the evolution of sportswriting.Included are explorations of soccer subcultures from Buenos Aires and F.C. Barcelona to the dusty sandlots of Nacogdoches, Texas, as well as accounts of trophy lifts that have a first-draft-of-history definitiveness. Some pieces capture prodigies early in their careers, like LeBron James and Landon Donovan; others lift the voices of the women athletes to whom Wahl paid early attentionstars like Abby Wambach and Megan Rapinoe. The book showcases the daring and important positions Wahl took in Qatar in the weeks before he died, supporting migrant workers and LGBTQ+ people. More than a collection of Grant Wahl's best work,World Classis a portrait of a journalist at the height of his powers, always evolving with the times, revealed by the stories he found and the unflinching way he told them. DVD

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Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Publication Name: NA

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Intended Audience: Adults

Inscribed: No

Edition: First Edition

Personalize: No

Type: biography

ISBN-13: 9780593726761

Personalized: No

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Unit Quantity: DVD

Book Title: World Class : Purpose, Passion, and the Pursuit of Greatness on and Off the Field

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Item Height: 1.2 in

Publication Year: 2024

Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Sociology of Sports, Essays

Genre: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 20 oz

Item Length: 9.5 in

Author: Grant Wahl

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Hardcover

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