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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Monday, 25 November 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features

Hoard: A Wake-Up Call From Carl Erskine…

I watched him as a kid, and waited a lifetime for the opportunity to tell him how much his example had meant to my childhood.  But when we at last came fact to face it wasn't what I thought it would - hoped it would be.  I discovered that we all need a change of life. One of Greg Hoard's best baseball stories to enjoy.
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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features

Hoard: The Yankees and The Boys

As the World Series plays out, Press Pros nostalgic Greg Hoard shares a story of his baseball journey from the backwoods of Indiana to the backstop at Yankee Stadium. Read one of his best...in today's Press Pros features.
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Thursday, 26 September 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features

Hoard: Marty’s Day, Through And Through

His last game as the Reds' voice was no different than the thousands that preceded it - Marty Brennaman went out put emotion aside long enough to tell us all exactly what 28,000 and change could see for themselves.  He went out the way he came in.
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Monday, 16 September 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features

Hoard: Reds, Bengals Stand on A Dangerous Brink, But Do You Even Care?

Can't bear to watch? Given the history of both in the past twenty seasons, can you actually remember the last time that either the Reds or the Bengals were something you anticipated, or even talked about? Greg Hoard writes about it in today's Press Pros feature.
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Friday, 26 July 2019 / Published in Features

Hoard: A Few Words On Scherger, Franco, Sutter, And The Mystery Of Relief

There is no explaining baseball, as one baseball savant once shared with me.  It's a matter of talent, yes.  But it's a matter of luck, too.  And you never know when you talent, or your luck, is going to run out. For those who love the game from Greg Hoard...in his latest Press Pros feature.