Terry Pluto

Terry Pluto, sports columnist and author of more than 30 books
Terry Pluto, sports columnist and author of more than 30 books

Terry Pluto is a sports columnist for The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com and author of more than 30 books. He was named Best Sports Columnist in the National Headliner Awards in 2020 and has been Ohio Sportswriter of the Year 11 times. He broadcasts weekly sports commentaries with Amanda Rabinowitz on WKSU and other Northeast Ohio NPR stations. He also is heard a few times each week on WTAM, including Browns pregame shows.

Speaking Topics

Current Cleveland Sports Topics
Stories and insights about current Cleveland sports topics—Guardians, Browns, Cavs, high school and more.

Cleveland Sports History
Vintage Browns, Indians, and Cavaliers players, coaches, and teams from the 1950s through today.

The Sportswriter who talks about God
Practical stories on personal faith and the ethical choices we face in daily life

Booking Info

Speaking Fee – Libraries (Notheast Ohio): $350

Speaking Fee – Other: Varies based on type of event; please inquire

Home: Akron, Ohio

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Books by Terry Pluto

  • The Guy with the Sign and Other Thoughts on Faith in Everyday Life by Terry Pluto

    Guy with the Sign

    $16.95
  • Book cover images of Vintage Browns and Vintage Cavs by Terry Pluto

    Vintage Browns/Cavs Bundle 30% off

    Sale! $23.04
  • Vintage Browns: A Warm Look Back at the Cleveland Browns of the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and More, a book by Terry Pluto

    Vintage Browns

    $16.95
  • A Warm Look Back at the Cavaliers of the Cleveland Arena and Richfield Coliseum Years

    Vintage Cavs

    $15.95
  • The Browns Blues: Two Decades of Utter Frustration: Why Everything Kept Going Wrong for the Cleveland Browns, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Browns Blues

    $15.95
  • The Comeback: LeBron, the Cavs & Cleveland: How LeBron James Came Home and Brought a Championship to Cleveland, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Comeback: LeBron, the Cavs & Cleveland

    $15.95
  • Our Tribe: A Baseball Memoir, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Our Tribe

    $16.95
  • Browns Town 1964: The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Browns Town 1964

    $18.95
  • False Start: How the New Browns Were Set Up to Fail, by Terry Pluto. Published by Gray & Company, Publishers. Front cover of book.

    False Start

    $15.95
  • The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Curse of Rocky Colavito

    $18.95
  • Dealing: Inside the Front Office and the Process of Rebuilding a Contender, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Dealing

    $15.95
  • Things I've Learned from Watching the Browns, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Things I’ve Learned from Watching the Browns

    $16.95
  • Joe Tait: It's Been a Real Ball: Stories from a Hall-of-Fame Sports Broadcasting Career, a book by Terry Pluto and Joe Tait from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Joe Tait: It’s Been a Real Ball

    $17.95
  • Faith and You Vol. 2: More Essays on Faith in Everyday Life, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Faith and You Volume 2

    $14.95
  • Faith and You Vol. 1: Essays on Faith in Everyday Life, a book by Terry Pluto from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Faith and You Volume 1

    $14.95
  • Glory Days in Tribe Town: The Cleveland Indians and Jacobs Field 1994–1997, a book by Terry Pluto and Tom Hamilton from Gray & Company, Publishers – front cover

    Glory Days in Tribe Town

    $17.95