Rick Capone

Rick Capone (1956-present) was born in Havertown, Pa., just outside of West Philadelphia. He has had a wide-ranging 25-year writing career. He began as a contract technical writer and worked in a number of different cities, then spent 10 years at IBM writing manuals about personal computers in Boca Raton, Fla. and Research Triangle Park, N.C. He made a switch into journalism starting as a freelance writer while still working for IBM, before becoming a sports writer full time. Rick's sports writing career took him from South Florida to San Diego, Calif., where he was the editor of VolleyCentral.com, then back to Florida, where he became the editor of e-Sports.com. Eventually, he moved to Lexington, Ky., to become editor of Coaching Volleyball magazine for the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Today, Rick is the Sports Editor for The Woodford Sun, a weekly newspaper in Versailles, Ky., just outside of Lexington. he is also a volunteer at Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. where he is part owner of a retired mare named Miss Hooligan. Old Friends is also the topic of his new book, The History of Old Friends: A home for Retired Thoroughbreds.