Pat Caputo, an American sportswriter and broadcaster, died on May 7, 2026, of pancreatic cancer.
He was 67. Caputo was based in Southeast Michigan and worked as an on-air host and sports columnist for WXYT-FM in Detroit.
He also occasionally appeared on WJBK’s local sports discussion show SportsWorks. Raised in St. Clair Shores and later Birmingham, Michigan, he attended Groves High School and graduated from Michigan State University. He was hired by The Oakland Press in May 1983 and covered the Detroit Tigers from 1986 to 1998 and the Detroit Lions from 1998 to 2002, later serving as the paper’s sports columnist before being laid off in 2020.
Pat Caputo, 67, American sportswriter and broadcaster, pancreatic cancer.