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Longtime NFL reporter and ESPN journalist Chris Mortensen died on Sunday morning, the network announced. He was 72. Specifics of his death are not yet known, though Mortensen had been battling cancer for years. ESPN announced the news on-air on Sunday afternoon, too, and the NFL Network ended it's coverage of the NFL scouting combine by paying tribute to Mortensen.

HELENA, Mont. - "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson will remain the face of the charity the Minnesota native co-founded, despite his having to repay $1 million after an investigative report released Thursday concluded he mismanaged the organization and misspent its money. Central Asia Institute Interim Executive Director Anne Beyersdorfer said Mortenson will continue to draw a salary from the charity. But it won't be as executive director and he is barred from being a voting member of the board of directors as long as he is still employed by the organization.

The first tip-off that Greg Mortenson's memoir "Three Cups of Tea" has some credibility issues comes in the book's introduction. Co-author David Oliver Relin writes that as Mortenson is flying over Pakistan, the helicopter pilot marvels to Mortenson, "I've been flying in northern Pakistan for 40 years. How is it you know the terrain better than me?" The pilot also confides, "Flying with President Musharraf, I've become acquainted with many world leaders, many outstanding gentlemen and ladies. But I think Greg Mortenson is the most remarkable person I've ever met." People don't talk like that. Books don't lead with that...

One of the most intriguing Sunday stories was this one in the New York Times-a profile of Greg Mortenson, whose book, "Three Cups of Tea," has made him an unlikely player in U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. Mortenson's project: educating Afghan women. Mortenson has become a key advisor to the U.S. military in Afghanistan, including General Stanley McChrystal, who was emailing Morgenson as he prepared for his final meeting with President Obama. The story reports: In the past year, Mr. Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute, responsible for the construction of more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, mostly for...

An investigation by “60 Minutes” casts doubt on the accuracy of the inspirational bestseller “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson, saying it is filled with inaccuracies. It also says that Mr. Mortenson’s charitable organization, the Central Asia Institute, has taken credit for building schools that don’t exist.

FALLUJAH, Iraq ---- One of the first bullets that insurgents fired down the dusty Fallujah street during the April 6 ambush struck 23-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Brad Simmons in the head just beneath his helmet. The 7.62 mm round from an AK-47 impacted on his right side, burrowed three inches below his ear and burst through his right sideburn. It looked at first like a fatal wound. "I actually thought he was dead," said Pfc. Philip Marquez, a friend who said he thought it was "all over" for their whole squad when bullets started crashing into walls all around them...

Echo Co. recounts tragic battle By: DARRIN MORTENSON - Staff Writer FALLUJAH, Iraq ---- Two Marines were killed and at least 13 more wounded in Fallujah on Monday in a bloody street battle fought close enough that the combatants tossed grenades and fired pistols at each other, officials said.

FALLUJAH, Iraq ---- Two Marines were killed and at least 13 more wounded in Fallujah on Monday in a bloody street battle fought close enough that the combatants tossed grenades and fired pistols at each other, officials said. "It was total chaos," said Navy Corpsman Jason Duty, 20, of New Concord, Ohio, one of the medics who pulled wounded men out of buildings and streets during the worst of the fighting. "It was just gunshots everywhere." The midday fighting quickly escalated from an isolated ambush into a full-scale battle in which Marine Cobra helicopters raked a mostly abandoned Fallujah neighborhood...

December 4, 2002, Charlie Rose (PBS) -- Viggo Mortenson. He is the actor who plays Strider (Aragorn of Arathorn) in the Ring Trilogy. He is, he says, an American. He appeared on the program with Peter Jackson, the director, and Elijah Wood, who is Frodo. Wearing a t-shirt he made himself, which said "No more blood for oil,"....(snip) For Complete Article Please Click Here.