Bob Smizik is a former sportswriter and columnist for the ''

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving Greater Pittsburgh, metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the fi ...

''. Smizik retired in December 2008, accepting a buyout from the ''Post-Gazette'' in mid-December 2008, stepping away from his duties as a full-time columnist for the paper. after his retirement from print journalism, he covered Pittsburgh and national sports topics on a locally popular internet blog hosted at the Post-Gazette's website until October 14, 2015, when he announced that his writing days were behind him in a final article. Smizik was originally hired by the ''

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'' in June 1969 and was a beat reporter for both the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1972–77 and the Pitt football and basketball, 1978-82 during the first few decades of his career. He became a columnist in 1983. He is a native of Pittsburgh and graduated from Peabody High School 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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Archive of Smizik's columns
for the ''

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Smizik's blog at post-gazette.com
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