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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Sunday, 04 December 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Just Call Him ‘Mike The Passer’

Known as Mongolian Mike, his passes approach the speed of light but are just slow enough so that they don’t ignite in flight.  The true freshman point guard of the University of Dayton basketball team and already a fan favorite. Hal McCoy writes UD basketball.
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Saturday, 03 December 2022 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Recovers To Avoid Trap Game Defeat

Flyers overcome a halftime deficit to narrowly avert disaster...they won 80-74 against Southeastern Louisiana to go one game over .500. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.
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Saturday, 03 December 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: What’s Ahead For The UD Flyers?

Lagging in record from where they thought they might be, UD looks to regroup, refocus, and get about the business of meeting lofting expectations in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.
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Thursday, 01 December 2022 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: It Was An Inside Job For UD Win

Western Michigan University was the perfect medicine for what ailed the University of Dayton Flyers during a three-game losing streak and UD took advantage of its underwhelming prey for a 67-47 victory Wednesday night in UD Arena. Hal McCoy write UD basketball.
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Wednesday, 30 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Chamberlin Proved Nice Guys Finished First

He retires as much a winner off the field as he was on it.  Rick Chamberlin stepped away as football coach of the Flyers this week, and left a legacy of class and decency that may never be matched. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.