Jim Caple (1962 – October 1, 2023) was an American columnist and senior writer forESPN.com.[1] He worked previously with theSeattle Post-Intelligencer and theSt. Paul Pioneer Press.[2][3]
Caple was born in 1962.[4] He attendedR.A. Long High School inLongview, Washington.[5][6] He graduated from theUniversity of Washington inSeattle, where he reported for and later became an editor of the school newspaper,The Daily.[7][8] He worked at thePost-Intelligencer and thePioneer Press before spending 17 years withESPN. His time at ESPN included writing articles for its Page 2 website, which took a more comedic look at sports. He last wrote forThe Athletic.[2][3]
Caple covered 20World Series and 12Olympic Games.[2][8] Caple wrote the bookThe Devil Wears Pinstripes. He also co-wrote the bookBest Boston Sports Arguments with fellow sportswriterSteve Buckley and wrote a novel,The Navigator, which was partially based on his father's stint as aB-24 navigator inWorld War II.[2]
On October 2, 2023, his wife Vicki wrote that he died the previous day. At the time of his death, he suffered fromALS and dementia. He was 61.[2]
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