ATLANTA, GA — Chris Mortensen, a longtime award-winning ESPN writer and past Atlanta reporter, died Sunday after a battle with Stage 4 throat cancer, ESPN said. He was 72. An official cause of ...

Prior to joining ESPN, Mortensen spent seven years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he reported on the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves and conducted investigative journalism.

"GMFB" remembers NFL reporter Chris Mortensen who passed away Sunday at ... in the Week 18 matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons. The "GMFB" hosts preview what to expect ...