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FILE - Associated Press Sports Editor Darrell Christian addresses a writing seminar for the AP's Nashville staff in September 1980, in Nashville, Tenn. Christian, a former managing editor and sports editor of the AP known for a demanding demeanor and insistence on excellence during more than four decades with the news agency, died Monday, July 1, 2024. He was 75.
A no-nonsense editor known for directness and rigor, Christian modernized AP’s sports coverage during seven years in charge, emphasizing breaking news and in-depth reporting on issues as the sports business, academics and high school safety standards. That coverage earned him a promotion to managing editor under William E. Ahearn, then the executive editor.
Christian was promoted to sports editor in 1985, coordinating coverage of the 1988 and 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics and overseeing the addition of featurized approaches to game stories on all major sports events — something he brought to news stories as managing editor. Christian said the top story he covered as sports editor was Ben Johnson testing positive for a banned steroid at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, which caused him to“It was indeed the circus of the century and it was one wild ride to cover it on a day-in, day-out basis,” Christian said.
After six years as managing editor, Christian was succeeded by Jonathan P. Wolman and became director of MegaSports, the AP’s multimedia sports service for newspaper and broadcast members and commercial online services and Web sites. “Darrell never really stopped doing what he loved, which was to edit and illustrate,” AP golf writer Doug Ferguson said. “He put an emphasis on letting details do the work of adjectives. And he had this terrific ability of knowing what the story was and how to get there. He made us better.”
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