Chris Mortensen passed away
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ESPN is very sorry to have to share this devastating news. <br><br>Award-winning journalist Chris Mortensen passed away this morning at the age of 72. <a href="https://t.co/m0Sh742PuO">pic.twitter.com/m0Sh742PuO</a></p>&mdash; ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1764401633520484766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

RIP

Damn

Sad stuff.

He’s looked really bad the last few years.

Sad to hear this :( RIP

Bummer. RIP

Awful news, RIP

His stage 4 cancer diagnosis was back in 2016. He lasted this long and even went back to work on TV.

RIP

And yet Bayless lives.

RIP

Damn. He was a good one.

Yeah, I may just do a jig when Skip kicks the bucket. I ain't gonna be kind.

Damn, RIP

With Peter King retiring the other day, I was thinking how there are so many of these guys who started with ESPN or elsewhere ~30 years ago, all roughly the same age +/- 10 years, now reaching retirement age... :(

RIP.

Rich Eisen was reporting from the NFL Combine this weekend and I realized how much I like him and his reporting.

Mort was a class act and a straight shooter. Really one of the good ones.

R.I.P. to a legend.