ESPN Reporter Edward Aschoff Dies Of Pneumonia On His 34th Birthday

In middle school, Mr. Aschoff was inspired to become a sports journalist by the prominent “SportsCenter” anchor, Stuart Scott, who died in 2015.

According to the network, Mr. Aschoff joined ESPN in 2011. In addition to writing stories, he would appear on television and radio for the network, and earned a reputation for being the “most dapperly dressed person.”

In 2016, Mr. Aschoff and one of his colleagues won a first-place award from the Football Writers Association of America for a story about African-American college football players dealing with racism and profiling. In 2018, Mr. Aschoff and another one of his colleagues won an award from the association for best column.