Longtime AP sports writer, editor Ben Olan dies at 96

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Olan, a sports writer and editor at The Associated Press for more than 50 years who was honored by the NHL Hall of Fame, has died. He was 96.
Known for being nattily dressed during his days when AP headquarters was located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, Olan passed away early Monday morning at a nursing home in Queens, said his grandson, Trevor Hickey.
Olan started at the AP in 1952, ran the hockey coverage for over a decade and later wrote about baseball, college and pro bas