Grant Wahl, a renowned journalist whose perceptive coverage of soccer helped elevate the game in the United States, died Friday night in Qatar while covering the WorldCup. He was 48. RIP
"I'm very fond of Grant and having that cover shoot -- me being a teenager and him covering that, it was a pretty cool thing," James told reporters."and he was always pretty cool to be around. He spent a lot of time in my hometown of Akron covering me over the course of time before that cover story came out. And I've always kind of watched from a distance."
He continued,"Even when I moved up in the ranks and became a professional and he kind of went to a different sport and things of that nature over the years, anytime his name would come up I would always think back to me as a teenager and having Grant in our building down at [St. Vincent-St. Mary High School]. So, it's a tragic loss. It's unfortunate to lose someone as great as he was and I wish his family, like I said, the best. And may he rest in paradise.
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