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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, 21 May 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, Ohio Harness Racing

McCoy: A ‘Page’ Out Of The Harness Racing World

At the rate he's going, if driver Chris Page was in the sulky behind Minster Ed he most likely would be the favorite and probably odds-on.  And he might actually win. Read Hal McCoy in Thursday's Press Pros.......
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Thursday, 20 March 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Bennett’s Eight Three-Pointers Lift Flyers In NIT Opener

The University of Dayton Flyers withstood Florida Atlantic's 13 for 16 shooting to open the game and used Javon Bennett's career-best 30 points and 8 for 12 three-point sniping to score an 86-79 victory in the first round of the NIT.
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Saturday, 15 March 2025 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD’s Season Ends With A-10 Clunker

The University of Dayton's yearly struggles in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament continued this season when the Flyers lost the first game they played in the tournament, a 73-68 overtime loss to Saint Joseph's. 
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Tuesday, 11 March 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

McCoy: Buckeyes On Three-Game Winning Streak Heading Into Big Ten Play

Not confidence-building, but a win.  Buckeyes score 13 and give up 7 to gain their third consecutive win heading into Big Ten play Friday at Indiana. Tyler Pettori gestures to the dugout after hitting a double. (pictured). He finished 4 for 6 in the Buckeyes' 13-7 win.
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Saturday, 08 March 2025 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Flyers Post A Shocking Upset At VCU

Virginia Commonwealth was 15-0 at home, on a nine-game winning streak and 9 1/2-point favorites, but the University of Dayton basketball team was unimpressed Friday night in Richmond, VA., and scored a 79-76 victory over the Atlantic 10 conference leaders. It was a big night for Javon Bennett with a game-high 22 points. (Pictured)
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