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, 16 November 2022 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: It Was Not Viva Las Vegas For UD

After drawing deuces and treys in a loss to UNLV in Las Vegas, the University of Dayton Flyers basketball team tries to get back to winning Saturday in UD Arena against Robert Morris, with a mission to cut down on turnovers.
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Wednesday, 16 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: UD Flyers Pull Vegas Disappearing Act

The UD Flyers suffer their first defeat in a place where a lot of people come up empty...60-52 to the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.
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Monday, 14 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD

McCoy: It’s All Business For UD Flyers In Vegas

Their first significant road trip is no gimme...Flyers travel to Las Vegas for a Tuesday affair with UNLV...Anthony Grant happy with what he's seen so far from Friday's win over Southern Methodist.
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Saturday, 12 November 2022 / Published in Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD, All Decked Out In Blue, Whips SMU

The Flyers used some powder blue throwback uniforms and a collective effort to dump a Southern nemesis - er, Southern Methodist - on a Friday 'special' at UD Arena.  Hal McCoy writes for Saturday Press Pros.
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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.