Mike Celizic

Michael J. Celizic (August 18, 1948{{cite web| url= https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38771115| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100820155000/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38771115/ns/today-today_health/| url-status= live| archive-date= 2010-08-20| title= Cancer journal: A happy birthday despite grim news| last= Celizic| first= Mike| date=2010-08-19| work=MSNBC}} – September 22, 2010) was an American author and columnist.

Celizic was born in Leroy Township, Ohio, and was a graduate of Painesville Riverside High School and the University of Notre Dame.

Celizic authored seven books, including The Biggest Game of Them All: Notre Dame, Michigan State and the Fall of 1966.{{cite book | title = The Biggest Game of Them All: Notre Dame, Michigan State and the Fall of 1966 | author = Mike Celzic | year = 1992 | isbn = 0-671-75817-9 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/biggestgameofthe0000celi }}

Celizic had been a reporter for the Home News Tribune of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a sports columnist for The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey. He was also a columnist for msnbc.com for 13 years.[http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38832689/ns/sports/ "A sad, fond farewell to Mike Celizic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923173417/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38832689/ns/sports/ |date=2010-09-23 }}, George Malone, NBCSports.com, September 23, 2010 He was known for a trademark look that always included a hat.

Celizic died of cancer, survived by a wife, Margaret, and four children. He had covered the treatment on his lymphoma in a journal for MSNBC up until his decision to forgo further chemotherapy treatments following an unfavorable diagnosis of the cancer's return from remission.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100820155000/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38771115/ns/today-today_health/ "Cancer journal: A happy birthday despite grim news"], Mike Celizic, MSNBC, August 19, 2010