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 ...

Chris Mortensen, the longtime NFL insider for ESPN ... Mortensen had been at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before jumping to ESPN, first covering the Atlanta Braves and filing investigative ...

"On display all day in the press box at the Superdome," Schefter wrote. His photo showed a game ball awarded by the NFL in Mortensen's honor—bearing his picture, the Super Bowl logo, and the words ...

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.

Chris Mortensen was honored by the NFL inside the Superdome press box ahead of Super Bowl 59. Sunday marks the first Super Bowl since his death in March. A memorial was set up for the longtime ...