The Missing Ambassador of the World Cup
6/26/202650 min
He covered soccer before it was cool, promised to go WikiLeaks on FIFA, then got detained and mysteriously collapsed in Qatar. If there was ever someone we needed to hear from, as a global conduit during this corrupt World Cup on American soil, it's Grant Wahl. So his former co-host, Chris Wittyngham — along with his family and one of the many stars he inspired — helps Pablo listen back to Wahl's lost tapes, re-live his fearless run for office and the rainbow target on his chest... then put the conspiracies to rest.
• Previously on PTFO: America Signed Up for the World Cup. FIFA Stuck You with the Tab.
• Listen to Le Batard & Friends re-live Grant Wahl's LeBron cover story
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First 90 secondsPablo Torre· Host0:00
Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're gonna find out what this sound is.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:06
If the world's soccer fans can't stand Sepp Blatter, then why is he running again? So I decided if three FIFA presidents have been sports journalists, then I can run for FIFA president, too.
Pablo Torre· Host0:16
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