Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Zabitka

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:42, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Matt Zabitka

• ... that sportswriter
  Newspapers.com.
  "A native of Chester, Pa., Zabitka's journalism career began when he was just 13. On Thursdays during his walks to Chester High, he would notice copies of the Progressive Weekly sitting on doorsteps. An athlete and sports fan, Zabitka was stunned to not find any sports news when he opened the publication. So he put pencil to paper, writing a series of snippets about local athletes. He headlined it "Sports of all Sorts" and, unsolicited, dropped it off at the paper's office. "I picked up the paper the next Thursday and there it was!" Zabitka said, still astounded all these years - and stories - later. "I was shocked." The paper hired him to write the column weekly, for $5 per story Zabitka ran out and bought a used typewriter for $30."