Longtime ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen has been dealing with throat cancer over the last few months and he has been battling as much as he can. The legendary reporter will be honored this weekend at the NFL Hall of Fame ceremony.
It was reported by Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News that Mortensen will be in Canton this weekend. He will reportedly receive the Dick McCann Award “for long and distinguished reporting on professional football.”
Chris Mortensen, still fighting throat cancer, is expected to be in Canton for HOF weekend to accept 2016 Dick McCann Award.
— bob raissman (@nydnraiss) August 4, 2016
The award is named after the first director of the NFL Football Hall of Fame and has been awarded by the Professional Football Writers of America every year since 1969. Mortensen will join a list of names that includes Peter King, John Clayton and Will McDonough.
Chris Mortensen first appeared with ESPN in 1991 after he spent time working with The National and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Mortensen took a leave of absence from the Family of Networks in mid-January.
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