Chris Mortensen, award-winning journalist and ESPN NFL analyst, dies at 72

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Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for 32 years at ESPN before his retirement last year, dies at 72.

Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, including 32 as a senior analyst at

confirmed Mortensen’s death on Sunday. There was no immediate word on the cause or place of death. “Mort was widely respected as an industry pioneer and universally beloved as a supportive, hardworking teammate,” in 1991, and for years helped shape the network's coverage as the NFL exploded into year-round coverage. Besides appearing on a myriad of network shows, he also wrote for

 

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