Chris Mortensen, ESPN’s Longtime N.F.L. Insider, Dies at 72
[ad_1] Chris Mortensen, an award-winning sportswriter who pioneered the role of the N.F.L. insider, reporting omnivorously for various ESPN programs on trades, the draft, free-agent signings, injuries, retirements and scandals, died on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. He was 72. His death, at the home of his son, Alex, was announced by ESPN, which did not…