http://www.sportingnews.com/other-sport ... u4ogaovt2xColleague Hannah Storm announced the news on ESPN on Wednesday morning. The cause of his death was not immediately known.
A Toronto native, Saunders joined ESPN in 1986 and had filled a variety of roles both there and with ABC. He had hosted "The Sports Reporters," a Sunday morning staple, since Dick Schaap's death in 1991, and ABC's college football coverage.
RIP John Saunders
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John Saunders, ESPN stalwart and host of "The Sports Reporters" has died. He was 61.
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Oh, wow. Another great ESPN reporter gone way too soon... especially with Stuart Scott's death last year probably still fresh on everybody's mind.
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Sad to hear. It wasn't like he wasn't active, as seen in this photo from last January:
