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. (AP Photo/Corporate Archives, File)
FILE - Associated Press Gramling Award winners, including from left, Sally Jacobsen, Michael Boord, Colleen Newvine, Darrell Christian of the Stylebook team, Achievement Award; Julia Weeks, Scholarship Award; and AP President Tom Curley pose for a photo during the Gramling Awards dinner at New York headquarters, Oct. 26, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)