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Peyton Manning had a great amount of trust and respect for longtime ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen, who died Sunday. Manning made that clear with a heartfelt statement in response to Mortensen’s death. In a message on Instagram, Manning said …
Longtime ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen has died. ESPN shared the news of Mortensen’s death on Sunday. “Mort was widely respected as an industry pioneer and universally loved as a supporting, hard-working teammate. He covered the NFL with …
ESPN’s coverage of the upcoming NFL season will look quite a bit different than it has in years past, as Chris Mortensen has announced he is stepping away from the network. Mortensen shared the news on social media Tuesday. He said he decided …
The Carolina Panthers have given no indication that they know which quarterback they will take first overall in the upcoming NFL Draft, but one longtime NFL insider is confident the pick is in. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen said on …
Chris Mortensen is the latest ESPN analyst to indicate teams may have some concerns about selecting Justin Fields with a high pick in the upcoming draft, and famed throwing coach Tom House strongly disagrees with Mortensen’s take. During a …
The 2020 NFL Draft was carried on multiple networks due to the extenuating circumstances surrounding the event, and that allowed for a heartwarming moment between Daniel Jeremiah and Chris Mortensen. Jeremiah is a former NFL scout who now works for …
ESPN veteran NFL reporter Chris Mortensen caused some confusion on Twitter Monday by sending some odd tweets that some think may be targeted at a rival reporter. Mortensen on three occasions Monday sent tweets containing rat emojis. Zach Schwartz …
ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen shared some excellent news Wednesday about his recovery from Stage IV throat cancer. Mortensen says that after undergoing months of treatment, nearly all of his cancer is gone. Here is the update ESPN shared about …
ESPN NFL analyst Chris Mortensen has been diagnosed with Stage IV throat cancer and will take a leave of absence for treatment, the network announced on Friday. Mortensen announced the diagnosis in a statement released through ESPN. “More than …
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady met with Roger Goodell and the NFL very briefly in Manhattan federal court on Monday. It took about five minutes to determine that no settlement would be reached, but that was enough time for the official …
Chris Mortensen denies that he was played by an NFL source regarding Deflategate, even though his initial report — which later proved to be false — helped kick the scandal into high gear and made the Patriots look a lot worse than the …
I’m not usually one to take something a person did or said eight years ago and throw it in his or her face, but this is just too good to pass up. Early Thursday morning, ESPN apologized to the New England Patriots after its employees made …
ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen on Tuesday finally deleted his infamous tweet about Deflategate. Mort apparently figured out where the “delete” button was around the same time Bill Simmons started chiming in on his false report. …
Less than a week after he bailed out of an interview with WEEI in Boston at the last second, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen joined “The Dan Le Batard Show” on Monday to address his false report about Deflategate. Back in January, Mortensen …
It has been more than six months since ESPN’s Chris Mortensen falsely reported that 11 of the 12 game balls the New England Patriots used in the AFC Championship Game were underinflated by two pounds per square inch each. But by canceling a …
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen was scheduled to appear on a radio show in Boston on Friday morning, but he pulled the plug after it became clear that the hosts were setting the stage to blast him for his Deflategate reporting. Mortensen told …
