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Robert Smizik is a former sportswriter and columnist for the
Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Smizik was bought out of his contract by the
Post-Gazette in mid-December 2008, then retiring from his duties as a full-time columnist for the paper. He still covers Pittsburgh and National sports topics on a locally popular blog hosted at the Post-Gazette's website, and regularly contributes articles to the paper even in retirement.
Smizik was originally hired by the
Pittsburgh PressThe Pittsburgh Press is an online newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, currently owned and operated by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Historically, it was a major afternoon paper...
in June 1969 and was a beat reporter for both the
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and the
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during the first few decades of his career. He is a native of Pittsburgh and graduated from
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and the
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.
Smizik became popular in the 1990s for his appearances on many Pittsburgh sports shows including
Sportsbeat.
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