Born in Indiana and educated in Georgia, Greg Hoard came to Cincinnati in the winter of 1979 as a columnist for the Cincinnati Post sports department, and joined the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1984 as the beat writer for the Cincinnati Reds.  He has received numerous awards for his work.In 1990, he left journalism for television. Hoard worked for WLWT-TV from 1990 through 1993 as sports director and spent 12 years as sports director at WXIX-TV.His written work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Baseball America, Baseball Digest and NFL Game Day. He has appeared on ESPN and NBC’s The Today Show.Greg is the author of three books: Joe, Rounding Home and Heading for Home; Gary Burbank, Voices in My Head; and, most recently, Hannan’s Way, An Unlikely Trek Through Life. He is currently working on a baseball memoir, parts of which he will share here.
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Tuesday, 09 May 2017 / Published in Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Hoard: Where The Buckeyes Are Now, The Process Goes On

The 'Battlin' Buckeyes have learned that baseball is a whole lot like college itself. There’s a whole lot to learn and a whole lot of people willing to teach you. Those who perform the best are the ones who can overcome hardship and change. Such has been the 2017 season.
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Friday, 21 April 2017 / Published in Features

“Stretch”….

“Mays was great,” Joe Nuxhall once said. “But when McCovey came to the plate, Gawd, how you hated to see him stepping in with that bat in his hands.” For those who enjoy Greg Hoard's nostalgic remembrances of baseball's greats...his latest, on former Giant great Willie McCovey.
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Sunday, 09 April 2017 / Published in Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes Find New Life, Take DH and Series At Penn State

The Buckeyes took a breath of mountain air and came up reinvigorated, sweeping Sunday's double-header at Penn State and taking a badly-needed series from the Nittany Lions.
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Sunday, 09 April 2017 / Published in Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes Drop Opener In Happy Valley, Now 1-6 In Big Ten Play

The Buckeyes struggles continue in the mountains of Pennsylvania...drop first game of their weekend series to the Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Monday, 03 April 2017 / Published in Features

Opening Day With Greg Hoard: Just An Old Cardboard Box

Long after my arm, my glove, and my dream of playing baseball has deteriorated, the passion of my youth is still preserved in the cards that probably represented my best baseball memories. Yours, too. Opening day nostalgia from columnist Greg Hoard for opening day...in today's feature.