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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Sunday, 28 April 2019 / Published in OSU, OSU Feature

Hoard: Beals Prods Bucks For The Stretch Run

Griffan Smith gave them another quality start, and Ridge Winand scored what proved to be the winning run (above) in the third inning. The Buckeyes salvaged the final game of their weekend series with Iowa. Read about it from Greg Hoard in today's Press pros inside feature.
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Saturday, 27 April 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Hoard: OSU Goes Flat, Faces An Iowa Sweep

Dark day, misssed opportunities...The Buckeyes combined men left on base, with four errors, and another bullpen collapse to lose the weekend series to iowa on Saturday. They'll seek to avoid a sweep in Sunday's finale. Read Greg Hoard in today's inside feature.
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Saturday, 27 April 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Hoard: Two-Out Failures Cost Bucks Iowa Opener

The Buckeyes ran into a hot Iowa pitcher while wasting a strong starting effort from their own. And their inability to cash in on the opportunities they had late in the game cost them the series opener against the Hawkeyes. Greg Hoard shares the story in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Sunday, 07 April 2019 / Published in OSU, OSU Feature

Hoard: Purple Haze…’Bucks Swept By Northwestern

Claw Marks...OSU catcher Dillon Dingler dives in an attempt to tag a Northwestern runner at the plate, but the Wildcats left their mark with a four-run seventh that helped them to their first series sweep over the Buckeyes in 39 years. Read more from Greg Hoard in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Saturday, 06 April 2019 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Hoard: OSU Drops Second To N’western: “They Beat Us”

For lack of timely hitting, perhaps, the Buckeyes drop a second consecutive game to Northwestern.  Will seek to salvage some momentum going forward with the series finale on Sunday. COLUMBUS—There were two ways to look at Ohio State’s 7-2 loss to Northwestern Saturday at Bill Davis Stadium. Not surprisingly, Buckeye coach Greg Beals chose the