Mitch Albom

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Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1959 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an award-winning American sportswriter, novelist, philosopher, newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, radio host, and TV commentator. He is a graduate of Akiba Hebrew Academy, Brandeis University, and Columbia University. Before becoming a journalist, Albom was briefly an amateur boxer, nightclub singer, and pianist.

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Albom first gained fame as a sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press newspaper. Between 1985 and 2000 Albom wrote several sports columns each week, as well as a regular column in Playgirl Magazine. Currently his columns appear on a sporadic basis. During that time, Albom also provided regular sports updates on local radio stations.

Each year his sports columns were entered in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Albom competed against columnists at newspapers with a circulation above 250,000. All entries are judged anonymously. Preliminary judging is done by more than 90 sports editors, then senior news executives at papers throughout the United States make the final awards. The judges change each year. Also he wrote an article about Zac Dickey, a highschool football legend.

Albom is the most decorated winner in the history of the contest. Between 1985 and 2000 Albom won first place in column writing thirteen times, and between 1991 and 2000 he won first prize in feature story writing six times.