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 Press

Pittsburgh Press

The 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 Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

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 and the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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 during the first few decades of his career. He is a native of Pittsburgh and graduated from Peabody High School

Peabody High School

Peabody High School is a public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in the neighborhood of East Liberty, The school opened in 1911 after the renovations of a former elementary school and was rededicated after Highland Park doctor Benjamin Peabody. After 100 years in operation the school...

 and the University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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.

Smizik became popular in the 1990s for his appearances on many Pittsburgh sports shows including Sportsbeat.

External links

• Archive of Smizik's columns for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• Smizik's blog at post-gazette.com