Chris Mortensen retired from ESPN after more than 30 years at the network. NFL. Mortensen stepped away from ESPN for a period in 2016 as he battled Stage IV throat cancer, and got great news later ...

Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, ... He covered the Atlanta Falcons from 1985-86 and the league from 1985-89.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen has died at the age of 72. Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN chairman, confirmed Mortensen’s death in a statement via X on Sunday, March 3. “Mort was widely respected as an industry ...

Chris Mortensen, one of the original NFL insiders whose work informed millions of football fans for decades, has died at the age of 72. After a long newspaper career, most notably at the Atlanta ...

Longtime NFL insider Chris Mortensen has stepped away from ESPN, he announced via social media Tuesday. Mortensen, who began working for ESPN in 1991, was honored by the Professional Football ...

NFL world honors 'a wonderful soul' after Chris Mortensen's death at 72. Joe Rivera. ... Mortensen won the George Polk award in 1987 for sports reporting while with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Throughout Mortensen's extensive career covering the NFL, the California native worked at both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The National before joining the network in 1991, per ESPN.

Chris Mortensen was diagnosed with Stage 4 throat cancer in 2016. WireImage. The NFL insider had been one of the biggest news breakers during his more than three decades at ESPN and Mortensen had ...

Before ESPN, Mortensen covered the NFL as a reporter/columnist for The National (1989 to 1990) and served as a consultant with CBS Sports’ “The NFL Today” in 1990.

Award-winning NFL journalist Chris Mortensen passed away Sunday morning. He was 72 years old. Mortensen, affectionately called “Mort” by his colleagues, made his broadcasting debut on ESPN in ...

Chris Mortensen, one of the original NFL insiders whose work informed millions of football fans for decades, has died at the age of 72. After a long newspaper career, most notably at the Atlanta ...