Jim Caple
Jim Caple (1962 – October 1, 2023) was an American columnist and senior writer for ESPN.com.[1] He worked previously with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.[2][3]
Life and career
[edit]Caple was born in 1962.[4] He attended R.A. Long High School in Longview, Washington.[5][6] He graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he reported for and later became an editor of the school newspaper, The Daily.[7][8] He worked at the Post-Intelligencer and the Pioneer Press before spending 17 years with ESPN. His time at ESPN included writing articles for its Page 2 website, which took a more comedic look at sports. He last wrote for The Athletic.[2][3]
Caple covered 20 World Series and 12 Olympic Games.[2][8] Caple wrote the book The Devil Wears Pinstripes. He also co-wrote the book Best Boston Sports Arguments with fellow sportswriter Steve Buckley and wrote a novel, The Navigator, which was partially based on his father's stint as a B-24 navigator in World 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 from ALS and dementia. He was 61.[2]
Publications
[edit]- The Devil Wears Pinstripes. Penguin Group. 2005. ISBN 9780452285989.
- Caple, Jim; Buckley, Steve (2006). The Best Boston Sports Arguments. Sourcebooks. ISBN 9781402249976.
- The Navigator. JaCol Publishing. 2019. ISBN 9781946675453.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jim Caple". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Former ESPN, national baseball writer Caple dies". ESPN.com. October 2, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- 1 2 "Jim Caple, former MLB writer with Washington roots, dies at 61". SeattleSports.com. October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ↑ Caple, Jim (December 31, 2012). "Caple: An inspiring, sometimes naked 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ↑ Caple, Jim (May 20, 2003). "Rooting for the hometown boys". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ↑ "Jim Caple (1980)". ralongalumni.org. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ↑ Earnest, Anna (June 1, 2006), "When The Daily turned the world upside-down", The Daily of the University of Washington
- 1 2 "Mentor Lunch & Learn: Jim Caple, '97". Association for Women in Communications, Seattle Professional Chapter. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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