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, 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.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD Feature

McCoy: Flyers Need Major Clean-Up In All Facets

UD was ranked No. 21 in the country before a loss at UNLV in Las Vegas. The Flyers were favored in all three Battle 4 Atlantis games.  With four losses in their last five games, the Flyers have disappeared from the rankings.
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Saturday, 26 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Flyers Return From The Bahamas Three-Time Losers

The University of Dayton Flyers were favored in all three games in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, but lost all three to Wisconsin, North Carolina State and Brigham Young to finish eighth in the eight-team field. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.
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Friday, 25 November 2022 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCOY: Flyers Fall Flat Via 17-0 NC State Run

For the second straight game in The Bahamas, the University of Dayton Flyers came up short against a quality opponent. After losing to Wisconsin by one point Wednesday, the Flyers fittingly threw in a turkey on Thanksgiving Day and dropped a 76-64 decision to North Carolina State.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Bad Shooting Brings Defeat To Flyers

The University of Dayton Flyers and Wisconsin Badgers put on a clinic on how not to shoot straight in the first round of the Bad Boy Mower Battle 4 Atlantis tournament Wednesday in The Bahamas and they produced an old-school score with Dayton losing, 43-42 when it couldn't get off a last-ditch shot. Hal McCoy UD Flyer's Basketball.