Vin Cherwoo, AP Sports Editor and Union Leader, Dies at 56

Vin Cherwoo, who spent 56 years on this earth and decades at the Associated Press, leaves behind two legacies that rarely coexist so fully in one person: the quiet editorial authority that shapes what sports stories the world receives, and the labor advocate's conviction that the people doing that work deserve dignity and protection. His death arrives at a moment when journalism is reckoning with both its purpose and its sustainability, making the loss of someone who understood both dimensions all the more resonant. He was, in the truest sense, a steward of the craft from two directions at onc