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Ted Lasso hid a touching tribute to late journalist Grant Wahl during the newest episode

“It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe.”

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“It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe.”

Those were the Bob Dylan lyrics that fans heard during the end credits as the latest episode of Ted Lasso paid tribute to the late journalist Grant Wahl. It is a perfectly fitting way to memorialize Wahl, whose unexpected death in December shook the sports world.

Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm while covering the World Cup in Qatar.

Ted Lasso co-creator Brendan Hunt said he and the showrunners felt obligated to “carry on the train of salutes to his memory” during the new season.

But it wasn’t actually just a tribute during the end credits. In fact, midway through the episode, there is actually an Easter egg that you may have missed if you weren’t watching closely.

Coach Beard was holding a copy of Wahl’s book. Here is how it looked:

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Beyond his contributions to the game of soccer, Wahl was actually directly affiliated with this show. Hunt says that the writer’s room reached out to Wahl to ask about his book The Beckham Experiment.

They hoped to hear what it was like for Wahl to write a book while embedded within a team with a new superstar on the roster so that they could apply it to their characters Trent Crimm and Zava (via Rich Eisen Show):

“Grant Wahl came back with paragraphs of answers within two days. He was incredibly generous with his experiences and it was really, really great and pretty helpful. We have a little nod to him coming up in this next episode. This was when he was still with us. We did not know what was going to come to pass.”

Hunt and Jason Sudeikis also appeared on Wahl’s podcast; it was the second-most downloaded episode he ever had.

Wahl later visited the Ted Lasso set in England and wrote about the experience on his Substack.

“The show brought a lightness that I didn’t realize how much I needed. It was a little like the effect the show itself had on me when I started watching during the pandemic.”

The show continues to bring light to Wahl’s loved ones. Wahl’s wife, Dr. Céline Gounder, tweeted that the tributes in this episode “means so much” to her and her family.

REVIEW: Ted Lasso’s third season feels like the end — now we have to trust them to stick the landing

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Why everyone is talking about Ted Lasso’s first LGBTQ+ character

This is a big deal.

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This was a huge episode for one particular player on AFC Richmond: Colin Hughes, portrayed by actor Billy Harris.

Although he was often in the background as a tertiary character during the previous two seasons, the latest episode of Ted Lasso brings him to center stage in his reveal as the show’s first LGBTQ+ character. It was a strong decision to give Colin the justice that he deserves.

Ted Lasso co-creator Brendan Hunt spoke about including queer representation on the show (via Radio Times):

“It was just a matter of when we were going to finally get to that. It’s still a taboo in football, but there are more active players who are coming out … It’s just part of what’s happening in football. We may be a fake football club, but we’re trying to show a little bit of football reality here.”

According to Hunt, the showrunners have known for “a while” that Welsh wing Colin Hughes is gay.

Some careful viewers may have noticed that in the third episode of Season 2, Hughes mentions that Keeley’s dating app Bantr is spelled like the gay dating app Grindr.

REVIEW: Ted Lasso’s third season feels like the end — now we have to trust them to stick the landing

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Ted Lasso Power Rankings: Who the heck is this mysterious new superstar striker named Zava?!

This new striker looks a whole lot like Zlatan Ibrahimović.

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AFC Richmond was down in the dumps during the premiere of Season 3.

But things started looking up during “(I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea” and suddenly, this club could actually be a real contender in the English Premier League.

Although this season is clearly building up to a match against the Nathan Shelley-led rival West Ham United, the second episode of the season featured a big match against Chelsea FC.

REVIEW: Ted Lasso’s third season feels like the end — now we have to trust them to stick the landing

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Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis advocated for mental health support in White House visit

Good on Jason Sudeikis and the Ted Lasso cast for shedding light on mental health support.

As the cast of Ted Lasso visited the White House on Monday, show star Jason Sudeikis talked about the importance of helping those who are going to struggles related to mental illness.

That was the subject of the visit this week, as the show’s cast members were invited by President Joe Biden to discuss the importance of advocating for mental health issues.

One of the running themes through the AppleTV+ series has been the importance of self care, Sudeikis discussed how people at home can support themselves and those they know who are dealing with mental health struggles.

“It’s something that we can all, and should, talk about with one another when we’re feeling that way, or when we recognize that in someone feeling that way,” Sudeikis said about mental illness during the White House press briefing.

It was an admirable step for the Ted Lasso cast to make as the show’s new season premieres, and it will surely help bring awareness to one of the most prevalent issues people face around the globe.

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Trent Crimm made a surprise appearance at the Ted Lasso White House press briefing

Trent Crimm of The Independent made his White House press briefing room debut on Monday.

The cast of Ted Lasso got to see a familiar face while visiting the White House on Monday.

As previewed by President Joe Biden, Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt appeared at the nation’s capital this week to discuss the importance of talking about mental health and supporting those who are struggling.

Toward the end of the day’s press briefing, Sudeikis got asked a question by an old friend. It was none other than Trent Crimm of The Independent.

Yes, Ted Lasso actor James Lance showed up to the briefing in character as Crimm and fittingly asked Sudeikis about Kansas City being named a host city for the 2026 World Cup.

Of course, Sudeikis, a Johnson City, Kansas, native, gave a very Coach Lasso-inspired answer to Crimm’s question.

As the Ted Lasso cast advocated for something as vital as mental health care, it is nice to see them embrace the moment to do some good and add a little fun into the mix.

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Jason Sudeikis and Ted Lasso stars sat courtside for Knicks-Nuggets at Madison Square Garden

AFC Richmond, meet the NBA.

Four stars from Ted Lasso took a break from promoting the new season to take in an NBA game on Saturday.

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard), Toheeb Jimoh (Sam Obisanya) and Kola Bokinni (Isaac McAdoo) were courtside at Madison Square Garden for the day’s New York Knicks/Denver Nuggets game.

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It’s always good to get a break from the pitch when you’re AFC Richmond, and it’s even better when you can watch two of the best teams in the NBA in the Nuggets and the Knicks.

It’s all smiles for the Ted Lasso cast as they took in a marquee NBA game.

Could this inspire a Ted Lasso spinoff where Coach Lasso and Coach Beard leave AFC Richmond to take over a basketball team somewhere?

Well, if so, the two unlikely soccer coaches picked a good game to learn from!

Season three of the Emmy-winning AppleTV+ show is now streaming.

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Ted Lasso Power Rankings: Who is thriving and who is down bad after the Season 3 premiere?

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Warning: DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED EPISODE 1 OF TED LASSO SEASON 3.

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The third season of Ted Lasso certainly feels like the end of this show, although it is “not necessarily” the end of everything.

For the remainder of the series, however, we’re going to rank how well each character on the show is doing. Welcome to the first edition!

REVIEW: Ted Lasso’s third season feels like the end — now we have to trust them to stick the landing

We picked up with AFC Richmond promoted to the Premier League, but they’re hearing humiliating predictions from the media. Meanwhile, former AFC Richmond assistant Nate (the “wonder kid”) is coaching at West Ham United.

Roy Kent, while dealing with a breakup with Keeley Jones (who now runs her own PR agency), has replaced Nate as an assistant coach for Richmond.

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Brendan Hunt says Ted Lasso Season 3 is ‘not necessarily the end of everything’

We asked Brendan Hunt about Ted Lasso’s third season and whether this is really the end for the award-winning series.

Fans of Apple TV+’s wildly popular series, Ted Lasso, are gearing up for the show’s third season, which premieres March 15.

There’s plenty of speculation around whether this is the last season of the Emmy-winning series. While no one has confirmed the third season will be the show’s last, its creators — Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly — have said from the start it was developed as a three-act story.

REVIEW: Ted Lasso’s third season feels like the end — now we have to trust them to stick the landing

Hunt, who also plays fan-favorite character Coach Beard, says while the third season is the end of this story, it’s not necessarily “the end of everything.”

“We don’t know,” Hunt told For The Win. “We’re gonna take a little break here and we’ll figure it out when the dust is settled.”

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13 celebrity fans of the Kansas City Chiefs

Famous faces rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Super Bowl is the biggest American sporting even of the year with all the glitz and glam and celebs of a red carpet appearance, but with football and a big shiny trophy awaiting the game’s winner.

And those celebrities — they’re sports fans just like us! Sure, some of them will show up to the Super Bowl because they’re invited, they’re promoting something or they just kinda feel like it.

But there’s a good number of celebrity fans of both 2023 Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. And there’s more to Kansas City’s famous fans than Paul Rudd and Eric Stonestreet.

So ahead of Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, Feb. 12, here’s a look at some of the Chiefs’ celebrity fans (and don’t forget to check out our list of the biggest celebrity Eagles fans!)

Jason Sudeikis took some hilarious shots at Tom Brady and the Astros on ‘SNL’

The Devil made a hilarious return to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update.

The great Jason Sudeikis was back on Saturday Night Live last night and he didn’t disappoint. At all.

One of the best part of the show was when Sudeikis, the star of the tremendously awesome show Ted Lasso, brought back one of his old characters, The Devil, during Weekend Update.

The Devil had some fun going through everything he’s been through over the past couple of years and brought up how he’s been helping the Houston Astros (who will face the Braves in the World Series starting this week) and how Tom Brady has him to thank for his success.

The sports stuff is at 1:22 of this video but this whole segment is worth the watch.

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