Richard Durrett has left us too soon

ESPN Dallas writer Richard Durrett passed away today.

Richard Durrett, a veteran reporter who covered the Texas Rangers and other sports for ESPN, has died at the age of 38.

Donations (in lieu) can be made online at the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation or through the mail at Richard Durrett Family Fund, Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, 1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 400, Arlington, TX 76011. Donations made through the 

Durrett, who covered the Texas Rangers for the last decade, first for the Dallas Morning News and since 2009 for ESPNDallas.com, died Tuesday at 38. Donations can be made at texasrangers.com/foundation or through the mail at Richard Durrett Family 

It was about 11:30 in the morning, on a Saturday, when the call came in. I'd finally exchanged phone numbers with Richard a few weeks earlier and knew it was all in anticipation of him working the color commentary of a