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.
Going Nowhere....The Bengals lose again, and the business model is to never show a crack in the armor. But when the armor is obviously disassembling wouldn't it be refreshing for a respected someone (while they have one) to speak up...as if they cared? Greg Hoard writes in today's Press Pros inside feature.
Discipline Under Fire?...The Bengals started bad, finished worse, and played well enough in between to win. You can guess the rest. Penalties and missed opportunities...the same old story. Halfway through the season they've yet to beat a team with a winning record. More from Greg Hoard in today's inside feature.
For 17 years, he made his way through the big leagues earning a reputation as a top-notch hitter in clutch situations, playing for both the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays. This week Pat Tabler found himself in a position of divided loyalties. Read Greg Hoard in today's Press Pros inside feature.
"D" for desperate! There's a fix that needs to be made. But will it happen. The Brown family is loyal to a fault and forgiving to a flaw. In the meantime there's a feeling that the season is lost...and it's only six weeks old! Read Greg Hoard's summation of the latest Bengals loss in today's Press Pros inside feature.