Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel says adored soccer writer Grant Wahl's unusual greatness was evident early.
I was 25, young and decent at my job and a bit cocky. Grant was 21, younger and a lot better and so humble it hurt. He once wrote a sidebar from the Marlins game we covered together with some reference to the Pleistocene Era, and he made it sing. He had no idea how good he was.
This sort of reaction happens rarely, as I said. Happened in 2012 when one of my bosses at CBSSports.com, Craig Stanke, died in his sleep at 56, hours after running a 5K in 22 minutes, 41 seconds. Oh my goshFor years I fooled myself, lied to myself, that Craig Stanke and I had a special, unique relationship. Well, don't get me wrong. It was special. Almost every relationship he's ever had, near as I can tell, was special.
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