Stan Saunders, former Baltimore TV reporter and sports anchor, dies at 72

Former WJZ reporter and weekend sports anchor Stan Saunders died on June 26, his family said. He was 72 years old, reports CBS Baltimore.

Saunders, who retired from WJZ in 2013, was founder of the nonprofit Baltimore Academy of Sports and Entertainment, which was officially incorporated into the Baltimore City Public School System in 2020.

Saunders’ family said he suffered from long COVID.

“It turned into sarcoidosis and took its toll,” his family said in a statement. “So it is well with his soul and our souls, that The Man, The Myth, The Legend has gone to his resting place in Heaven.”

Saunders was an adjunct professor at Towson State University and a Professor of Media Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He later became a substitute teacher at Edmonson Westside High and Loch Raven Tech.