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.
Toumani Camara rejects a Lindenwood shot
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Tuesday, 08 November 2022 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Flyers Lay The Wood To Lindenwood

Lindenwood University played its first game ever as a Division I team against the Dayton Flyers Monday night in front of a raucous full-house in UD Arena and was handed a 73-46 lesson.
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Thursday, 03 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: Will ‘Deuce’ Go Wild This Year For UD

The reigning Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of The Year started all 35 games and led the team in minutes played.  Now he's back, in the media spotlight, and ready to become a "man among men" in the A-10. Hal McCoy writes UD Flyer basketball.
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Sunday, 30 October 2022 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCOY: UD Flyers Commit ‘Capital’ Offense

It was only an exhibition game against Division III Capital University, coached by former UD player Damon Goodwin, but the UD Flyers took it seriously in front of a full house in UD Arena to post an 80-42 victory.
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Wednesday, 26 October 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: The Importance Of Being Malachi Smith

What ails Malachi?  No one's saying, for sure.  But one thing is sure...history proves the Flyers aren't the same team if he can't play. Hal McCoy writes Flyer basketball for Press Pros.
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Thursday, 13 October 2022 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

Hal: UD Flyers Out To Prove George Bernard Shaw Is Wrong

Like the first robin in spring, the return of hall of famer Hal McCoy is a welcome sight, writing about UD Flyer basketball, picked by the experts as the team to be beat this winter in the A-10 Conference.