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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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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)
Enoch Cheeks swings on rim after a vicious slam dunk.
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Wednesday, 05 March 2025 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Flyers Pull Another Escape Act

Yellow Springs comedian David Chappelle arrived at UD Arena for his first-ever visit just in time to witness a 19-2 UD run that enabled the Flyers to score a 75-67 victory over Saint Louis, UD's 20th victory.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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