Nick Cafardo

Nicholas Dominic Cafardo

• Schools Northeastern University, Suffolk University
• High School Whitman-Hanson Regional High School

• Born May 8, 1956 in Weymouth, MA USA
• Died February 21, 2019 in Fort Myers, FL USA

Biographical Information

Nick Cafardo was a sportswriter for the Boston Globe who primarily covered the Boston Red Sox, starting in 1989 until his passing. He also worked for The Enterprise of Brockton, MA and The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, MA.

He authored numerous books: If These Walls Could Talk: Stories for the Boston Red Sox (2019, with Jerry Remy), 100 Things Red Sox Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (2014), Boston Red Sox: Yesterday & Today (2007) and Inside Pitch: Playing and Broadcasting the Game I Love (2016, with Tom Glavine).

He died on an off day during spring training in 2019, when he was covering the Red Sox in Fort Myers, FL. He was a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and posthumously won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing as part of the 2020 Hall of Fame class.

Further Reading

• Veteran Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo dies at 62
• 2020 J.G. Taylor Spink Award Winner Nick Cafardo