Longtime NFL journalist Chris Mortensen dead at 72

Chris Mortensen of ESPN at the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 27, 2006. (Photo by Kirby Lee/NFLPhotoLibrary) has died at the age of 72, ESPN announced on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Mortensen was best known for his work covering the NFL on ESPN. He took a break from the network in 2016 after being diagnosed with Stage IV throat cancer.

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Chris Mortensen of ESPN at the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 27, 2006.…