“Probably the best football reporter on the air. Has been for a long time.”
And that’s why he was let go. He’s an old white man that objectively reports hard facts and insight. He will be replaced by a young 20-something minority that is barely literate and covers “human events” in sports.
Old white man? I’m older 63 and even I look better than him. Mortensen seemed a bit more on the intellectual side. So did another who has since died. A son with the same name, bald. I’m saying the network goes for the flash and the tits. Throw in horny black athletes and you have tension.