ESPN reporter tearfully announces death of her mother

ESPN reporter Michelle Beisner-Buck fought back tears as she announced on Monday Night Football that her mother died in October.

Standing on the field at Arrowhead Stadium before City Chiefs played , Beisner said: 'This was a very special week for me to come back. This story was also difficult for me to do because not just a week ago, on Oct. 29, our family lost one of the most incredible people that this world has ever seen when my mother Mary Beisner Wright passed away.'

'She got her angel wings,' Beisner-Buck added. 'And everyone at ESPN has been so supportive and said to me, 'You don't have to come back this week, you can take this one off.' But I knew that my mom would want me to see this through.'

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