Chris Mortensen taking leave to battle throat cancer

[cooltigger21 0]

I hate this. Mort is one of the best, if not the best, sports reporters in the business today. God speed Mort and look forward to seeing him return. http://www.foxsports...er-leave-011516

[augolf1716 21,317]

Saw this sad to hear. I knew his brother Joe really well. Couldn't ask for nicer guys.

[AUGoo 2,664]

Smoker?

Chewer?

[cooltigger21 0]

Smoker?

Chewer?

Not as far as I know.

[augolf1716 21,317]

Never saw either brother do either but you never know

[hutchids 227]

prayers for mort. He always did a good job with the NFL

[autigeremt 6,719]

I had w0ndered what had happened t0 him. Prayers....

[cooltigger21 0]

One bit of encouraging news is that one of the officials from the Packers -Cardinals game had stage IV throat cancer and beat it.

[AUB1974 2]

Pat Sullivan had Stage IV throat cancer, too, back in 2003.. Can be tobacco related, but many of these now are related to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and have a better prognosis...