Chris Mortensen, an original NFL "insider" at ESPN, revealed he quietly stepped away from his job in April as he shifts his focus to his health and spending time with his family.

Chris Mortensen retired from ESPN after more than 30 years at the network. NFL Mortensen stepped away from ESPN for a period in 2016 as he battled Stage IV throat cancer, and got great news later ...

Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist best known for over 30 years of NFL coverage on ESPN, died on Sunday, March 3. He was 72 years old.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen died at the age of 72 on Sunday. Getty Images He added, “His contributions to our world will never be matched.” Longtime Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer posted his own tribute.

One NFL insider voice that ESPN viewers will not be listening to as the new season kicks off is Chris Mortensen as the football analyst has announced his retirement from the network.

Chris Mortensen has been a staple on ESPN covering the NFL for literal decades since his start at the network back in 1991. Now, here we are 32 years later, and the veteran reporter is announcing ...

1. My first thought when I read about the passing of ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Sunday was about how cool sports newsbreakers were back in the day before the internet. And by newsbreakers in that ...

Chris Mortensen, the plugged-in NFL insider whose dogged reporting made him a staple of ESPN’s football coverage, died Sunday, the network announced, citing his family. Mortensen, who was 72 ...

Chris Mortensen. Kevin C. Cox/AAF/Getty Images ESPN’s Chris Mortensen has died at the age of 72. Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN chairman, confirmed Mortensen’s death in a statement via X on Sunday, March 3.

Chris Mortensen is shown during the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seahawks in Seattle on Nov. 27, 2006. (Kirby Lee/NFLPhotoLibrary) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP ...

Chris Mortensen doesn't like the phrase that someone has "beat cancer," because he hasn't. Mortensen told Peter King in an in-depth, emotional interview that his new normal is that doctors ...