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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Monday, 28 December 2020 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: UD Wearing Invisible Targets On Its Uniforms

After UD went 18-and-0 in the Atlantic-10 Conference last season, every time in the league has its sights set on knocking off the Flyers, but Jalen Crutcher and Elijah Weaver say coach Anthony Grant has them aware and prepared. Hal McCoy writes the story for today’s Press Pros.
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Thursday, 17 December 2020 / Published in UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Grant Watched His Flyers ‘Grow Up’ Saturday

Anthony Grant says he witnessed his new-look Flyers grow up in last weekend's road win versus Mississippi State.  They're doing it around senior guard Jalen Crutcher, and others are noticing it, too. Hal writes for today's Press Pros.
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Wednesday, 16 December 2020 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: They’ll Always Be ‘The Indians’, And Chief Wahoo Lives On

I could understand the protestors if teams and schools purposely nicknamed themselves to demean or slur Native Americans. They didn’t. They are just nicknames. Nothing more, nothing less.  They'll ALWAYS be the Indians to me. Hal McCoy writes in today's Press Pros.
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Wednesday, 09 December 2020 / Published in Home Features, UD, UD Feature

McCoy: Momma Knows Best For UD’s R.J. Blakney

The UD Flyers used a 22-2 run to close the first half, and start the second half, to outlast a pesky Northern Kentucky and gain their second win of the season. Hal McCoy writes the story for today's Press Pros.
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Sunday, 06 December 2020 / Published in UD, UD Feature

UD’s 21-Game Winning Streak Ends On Buzzer

SMU's  Emmanuel Bandoumel dribbles the length of the Blackburn Court floor and flips in a game-winning shot at the buzzer to beat UD, 66-64; It as the Flyers' first home loss since March of 2019 to Rhode Island in overtime. Read more of Hal McCoy's article inside today's PressPros Feature.