Pat Caputo is an on-air host and sports columnist for WXYT-FM in Detroit.
10 Facts About Pat Caputo
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Pat Caputo occasionally appears on the WJBK local sports discussion show SportsWorks.
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Pat Caputo attended Groves High School and graduated from Michigan State University.
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Pat Caputo was hired by The Oakland Press in May 1983, covering the Detroit Tigers from 1986 to 1998 and the Detroit Lions from 1998 to 2002, before working as the paper's sports columnist in 2002.
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In 1986, Pat Caputo became a regular contributor to the Tigers round table segment on WDIV.
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Pat Caputo hosted a segment on the Tigers pregame show from 1990 to 1992 on PASS Sports, known as Caputo's Corner.
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Pat Caputo began his radio career as a host at WDFN from 1996 to 2001, then would host The Book on Sports at WXYT in 2001 when the station switched to an all-sports format.
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In 2022, he started a podcast called Bustin' Balls with Pat Caputo which goes over draft prospects for all four major sports leagues with regards to the local sports teams in Detroit.
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Pat Caputo has been named the top sports columnist in Michigan by the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and the top columnist in area by the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Pat Caputo has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors.