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, 07 April 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Football Flyers Sharpening Up And Biding Their Time

They work out and watch as the rest of the Pioneer Football League plays spring football.  But coach Rick Chamberlin is satisfied, if not impatient.  The extra time will pay dividends for the football Flyers in the fall. Hal McCoy writes for today's Press Pros.
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Saturday, 20 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Late Rush By Memphis Ends UD Season

A 15-2 run in the final seven minutes by Memphis leads to a 71-60 defeat in the NIT’s first round, ending UD’s up-and-down injury-stifled season at 14-and-10.
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Thursday, 18 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Happy To Visit NIT Boondocks

It is a consolation prize for the on-again, off-again Flyers of 2021, but Anthony Grant says to a man they're excited about having at least one more game to play - none more than Jalen Crutcher. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.
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Monday, 01 March 2021 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Another UD Stunner…Flyers Take Down St. Bonnie

Which Flyers do you get?  The ones who turned out miserable last week against St. Joseph...or the ones who rebounded to take A-10 champs St. Bonaventure Monday night?  Freshman Mustapha Amzil (below) gave them a big lift. Read Hal McCoy.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Flyers Take Surprise KO Punch

UD finds serious 'Funk' on the road, an embarrassing loss to one of the A-10's worst teams. St. Joseph tortured the Flyers, 97-84. Hal McCoy writes for today's Press Pros.