The award is named for the first director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a long-time reporter in New York with several newspapers.
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After working for six years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and also writing for The Sporting News and The National,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, Mortensen joined ESPN in 1991.