Arn Shein

Arn Shein (1928 – June 1, 2007) was an American sports writer and editor for the The Daily Item (Port Chester) in New York from 1949 to 1974, where he wrote a regular column titled "Spotlight on Sports". After retirement, due to severe case of psoriatic arthritis, Arn became a freelance writer in 1983 and sold about 350 articles to over 60 major magazines, including Reader's Digest, Modern Maturity, and Guideposts.^[1]

While working for The Daily Item, Arn interviewed sports stars of the era, such as Mickey Mantle and Jackie Robinson.^{[citation needed]} He was also the ghostwriter for a large portion of Rolf Benirschke's autobiography.^{[citation needed]}