Celebrated SHOR NEWS ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen passes away at age 72.

Award-winning writer Chris Mortensen, who covered the NFL for ESPN for more than thirty years, passed away early on Sunday morning at the age of seventy-two, according to his family. After joining ESPN in 1991, Mortensen became a regular contributor to “SportsCenter” and the NFL broadcasts on the network. He broke many scoops for ESPN, including the announcement of quarterback Peyton Manning’s retirement in 2016.