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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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Saturday, 23 January 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCOY: VCU Takes UD’s Flyers To The Wood Shed, 66-43

The Flyers were stripped naked by Virginia Commonwealth, 66-43. It was a street mauling and mugging. VCU brought brass knuckles and UD brought mittens.
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Sunday, 17 January 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Blazing Starts Carries UD Past George Washington, 67-54

A hot start by the offense - and a sizzling first half by Jalen Crutcher - boosted the Flyers to a Sunday win over George Washington. Hal McCoy writes for Monday's Press Pros.
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Thursday, 14 January 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Opts Out Of Spring PFL Football Games

UD reverses course, cancels plans for spring football in 2021. Why? And what's next? Hal McCoy writes.
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Thursday, 14 January 2021 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD’s Weaver, Flyers Weave Way Past Duquesne

Two depleted teams, Dayton and Duquesne, put survivors on the floor and Flyers used a 15-1 run with a lineup full of freshmen to score a 72-63 Atlantic-10 victory. Crutcher, Watson lead the scoring, but freshman lead the 15-1 breakaway.
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: A ‘Players-Led’ Timeout Launched Flyers Past Davidson

Jalen Crutcher and Ibi Watson turn statesmen, as their late-game leadership turned uncertainty into a certain Flyers win over Davidson. Hal McCoy writes.
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