Grant Wahl will write three final long-form stories for Sports Illustrated
SI fired Wahl without severance in April. Now, he'll write three final long-form stories for the company.
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Maven fires Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated with no severance, less than a week after his criticisms of the company
After criticizing Maven for trying to implement permanent salary cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Grant Wahl has now been fired.
Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl criticizes Maven and CEO James Heckman on social media
"There's a total lack of confidence in the leadership," says the Washington Post's Ben Strauss.
Grant Wahl talks SI layoffs with Julie Stewart-Binks: “I hope this is the low point for Sports Illustrated.”
"To me, the name Sports Illustrated means more than a job. I just want to see Sports Illustrated make it."
Actual U.S. soccer reporters quickly refute the Daily Mail’s “USA bid to nab Phil Neville” headline
Knowledgeable U.S. reporters including Grant Wahl and Rachel Bachman were quick to refute the Daily Mail story.
A whole lot of media thought Grant Wahl’s Twitter joke about U.S. Soccer waiting for Jose Mourinho was a serious report
Wahl's joke was seen as a serious report by many media outlets.
