4 months ago
- Sports
- Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 9:02 a.m.
Longtime Detroit sports power big and columnist Pat Caputo has been diagnosed pinch shape 4 pancreatic cancer, he announced Monday.
Caputo, a big connected Detroit’s 97.1 The Ticket, past published a file on Nov. 7. On Monday, he explained nan logic down his absence.
“For those wondering wherever I’ve been: I person been diagnosed pinch Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, commonly referred to arsenic a “death sentence” and had 2 different superior ailments which put maine successful ICU for respective days,” Caputo wrote successful a post to X. “It was sudden. I’ve virtually been connected my backmost for weeks. Bless you all.”
Caputo, 66, became a well-known characteristic successful Detroit sports media during his clip arsenic an award-winning columnist for The Oakland Press from 1983-2020, according to nan Detroit Free Press. He besides was antecedently portion of WXYT’s “Evening Sports” broadcast, and is an charismatic elector for nan Baseball Hall of Fame and assemblage football’s Heisman Trophy award, according to his X bio.
Caputo is nicknamed “The Book” for his awesome representation retaining sports stats and information, according to FOX 2 successful Detroit, wherever he has been a regular impermanent connected its “Sports Works” broadcast.
Caputo’s societal media announcement regarding his wellness drew support from chap sports media professionals, including Brad Galli, sports head astatine WXYZ Detroit, and ESPN’s Dan Wetzel and Dave Pasch.
“Pat, we’re praying for [you],” Galli wrote. “Awful atrocious awful to publication this, man. God bless you.”
“Legend. Stay beardown my friend. So overmuch support retired present for you,” Wetzel posted.
“Book, praying for you my friend. So sorry to perceive this,” Pasch wrote.
Zach Mentz is Trending Sports and News Reporter for cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer. His past acquisition includes clip spent pinch nan Cleveland Guardians, Cannabis Business Times, and North Coast Media. His...
