Nicholas Dominic Cafardo (May 8, 1956 – February 21, 2019)[1] was an American sportswriter and sports author.

[2] He grew up in Hanson, Massachusetts, and graduated from Whitman-Hanson Regional High School.

[3] Cafardo was co-recipient of the Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year award in 2014, shared with colleague Kevin Dupont of the Globe.

[8] In January 2017, Cafardo received the Dave O'Hara Award from the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), recognizing his long and meritorious service to BBWAA Boston.

[2] He apparently suffered an embolism at JetBlue Park, and died at Gulf Coast Medical Center; both are in Fort Myers, Florida.