Languages: English. Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist who spent more than three decades covering the National Football League (NFL) for ESPN, died on Sunday morning, his family announced.

Chris Mortensen, the plugged-in NFL insider whose dogged reporting made him a staple of ESPN’s football coverage, died Sunday, the network announced, citing his family. Mortensen, who was 72 ...

(AP) - Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist ... He received the Dick McCann Award from the Professional Football Writers of America in 2016. It was renamed to the Bill Nunn Jr. Award ...

ESPN's Chris Mortensen is this year's recipient of the Dick McCann Award, the highest honor given by the Professional Football Writers of America. He will be honored at the 2016 Pro Football Hall ...