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.
Avatar photo
Sunday, 02 March 2025 / Published in Features, OSU

McCoy: A Time To Absorb And Learn For Ohio State’s Baseball Team

Despite three straight defeats in Arlington, Texas in Globe Life Field, Ohio State's baseball team displayed a positive no-quit attitude and nearly won games against Baylor and Oregon State before losing both in the eighth inning.
Avatar photo
Saturday, 01 March 2025 / Published in Features, OSU, OSU Feature

McCoy: Buckeyes Fall Late To Baylor…Some Good, Some Bad, Some Ugly

Tied 4-4 in the eighth, the bullpen allowed a crash that sent the Buckeyes to their seventh loss of the season, 8-6, to Baylor. Read Hal McCoy from Arlington.
Avatar photo
Friday, 28 February 2025 / Published in Features, OSU, OSU Feature

McCoy: Buckeyes Take A Walk On The Wild Side

I'll have another....The Buckeyes used four pitchers in Friday's 13-0 run-rule loss to Auburn in the opening game of the Amegy Bank weekend series in the Texas Rangers' Globe Life Park.
Avatar photo
Thursday, 27 February 2025 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Challenge ‘Murphy’s Law’

The University of Dayton basketball team fell behind Rhode Island by 10 points in the first half, built a 20-point lead in the second half, then had to hold off a furious late charge by the Rams, with the aid of comfort of Nate Santos, to post an 85-77 win.
Avatar photo
Saturday, 22 February 2025 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Flyers Wake-Up Call Is Too Late

The University of Dayton Flyers fell behind by 13 points with 10 /12 minutes left, then staged a rally that drew them to within two points four times, but they couldn't get close and lost an Atlantic 10 Conference battle for third place to Loyola Chicago, 76-72.