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.
The University of Dayton football team, playing its first home game under new coach Trevor Andrews, jumped to an early 27-0 lead over Central State before the Marauders cut the lead to 27-10 at the half, only to watch the Flyers scored 23 straight points in the fourth quarter en route to a 62-24 victory at Welcome Stadium. Hal McCoy write UD Football
Russia’s bid for a second straight Division IV state baseball championship fell one victory short when the Raiders were unable to stop high-scoring Berlin Hiland, losing, 14-4, after Hiland broke a 4-4 tie with a six-run sixth inning. Akron, OH — When Berlin Hiland baseball coach Chris Dages yells, “Hey, Yoder, throw me a baseball,”
Ohio State's Trey Lipsey entered a game Sunday against the University of Dayton with a .071 batting average due to groin injury that sidelined him for 10 games. He exploded against the Flyers for a home run (pictured), double and a single to drive in six runs and lead the Buckeyes to a 12-8 victory, their seventh straight win. Hal McCoy writes Ohio State baseball.