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Hal McCoy is a former beat writer for the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio), covering the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002 as the winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, which is awarded annually "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing." He has won 52 Ohio and national writing awards and was the first non-Cincinnati newsperson elected to the Cincinnati Journalists Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame and the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame. He has a stone on Dayton's Walk of Fame and the press box at Dayton's Howell Field is named the Hal McCoy Press Box. McCoy has been the Cincinnati BBWAA Chapter Chair 22 times and was the BBWAA national president in 1997. He is the third writer from the Dayton Daily News to win the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, joining Si Burick (1982) and Ritter Collett (1991). Residing in Englewood, Ohio, McCoy is an honors graduate in journalism from Kent State University.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2025 / Published in Features, Ohio Harness Racing

McCoy: Hanners Hankers For Success In Oh, Canada

Washington Court House native Austin Hanners prepped Wednesday night for the harness racing World Series this weekend in Canada...The Breeders Crown, outside Toronto. Hal McCoy writes for Thursday Press Pros.
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Thursday, 09 October 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, Ohio Harness Racing

McCoy: Harness Driver Jeremy Smith: “I’m In It To Win It”

Just months after breaking three ribs, a fractured vertebrae, a brain bleed, and a broken leg, Washington Court House native Jeremy Smith (above) is back at the starting gate, and back in the winner's circle, competing for the Miami Valley's driver's championship. Read his story in Friday's Press Pros....
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Friday, 19 September 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, Ohio Harness Racing

Hal McCoy: Louprint Makes Imprint While Winning The Little Brown Jug

One handsome fellow...His physical appearance did not belie his consistency of performance.  Three-year-old unbeaten pacer Louprint (above) swept through the qualifying heats and the climactic final to capture the 80th Little Brown Jug Championship Thursday in Delaware. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros....
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Monday, 11 August 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, Ohio Harness Racing

McCoy: Home Field Advantage…Troy’s Polhamus First To Win In Opening Night Racing At Troy

Miami County's most noted, and most active, horseman quietly goes about his business of training winners.  Quietly?  He says he doesn't do interviews, but he did this one for Press Pros.  Mike Polhamus shares his love for horses and competition on opening night of the Miami County Fair racing.
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Wednesday, 06 August 2025 / Published in Features, Ohio Harness Racing

McCoy: Swartz Reaching New Heights, Setting His Sights Forward On A Two-Year-Old

Three wins shy of 2,000 entering Wednesday's racing card at the Urbana fair, New Carlisle native Russell Swartz's story of the horseman next door with the horse of a lifetime is a hard one to beat.
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