John Clayton, the longtime ESPN football reporter nicknamed “The Professor” for his breadth of knowledge about the NFL, died Friday in Washington state after a brief undisclosed illness, his family ...

John Clayton, one of the country's foremost NFL insiders who covered the league to great depths during a 20-plus-year career at ESPN, died Friday after a brief illness, his family said. He was 67.

NFL reporter John Clayton died on Friday at the age of 67. One of his former colleagues, Chris Mortensen, shared that Clayton died at a Seattle-area hospital following a brief illness. John Clayton ...

July 8, 2000. My wedding. In attendance: the standard assemblage of family members and friends, along with one emerging celebrity. Years before John Clayton became “The Professor” to NFL fans, he was ...

The NFL community is collectively mourning John Clayton on Saturday. The legendary ESPN reporter passed away Friday after a brief illness, according to his family. Clayton was just 67 years old at the ...

Veteran NFL insider John Clayton and ESPN have parted ways as part of the so-called Worldwide Leader in Sports’ massive layoffs. Clayton and ESPN have declined comment on the matter. Clayton, who is ...

After a massive wave of layoffs, ESPN is hardly recognizable these days. Some of the network's key contributors from an entire generation of programming have been shown the door, and it appears NFL ...