OBSERVATIONS: ‘The Sounds of Silence’ in UD Arena
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, exhilirated that the Cleveland Browns get to play on Monday Night Football in a big game against the Baltimore Ravens — the team that is the REAL Cleveland Browns, moved to Baltimore by Art Modell, the grinch who stole football from Cleveland. —The University of Dayton, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Obi’s mom drove him, now she drives her own car
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where it brought to tears myself when I saw Obi Toppin sobbing with joy after the New York Knicks select him No. 1 in the NBA draft: —What kind of son is the former University of Dayton’s ‘Dunkin Delight’ Obi Toppin? A mother’s delight. Toppin doesn’t […]
OBSERVATIONS: Votto practicing his ‘batting eye?’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, proud as a papa peacock that I live in the Ohio College Basketball Capital with the mammoth success of the Dayton Flyers and the Wright State Raiders. —One thing is certain, Joey Votto is working on drawing walks this spring. His batting average is .077 but […]
UD puts a severe beating on Rhode Island, 84-57 —17-0 in A-10
By HAL McCOY The message was ear-splitting loud and as clear as mountain stream water — like a foghorn blaring on Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island: In the Atlantic 10 Conference, there is the University of Dayton and there are 13 other teams two or three levels below deck. If there was […]
Flyers fend off another would-be spoiler, 62-55
By HAL McCOY The target on the backs of the University of Dayton basketball team gets larger and larger — about the size of an archer’s target right now. The Flyers, the No. 4 team in the nation, are the object of every team’s intentions these days. Another wannabe spoiler surfaced Tuesday night in Fairfax, […]
Flyers survive off night by Toppin, nip VCU, 66-61
By HAL McCOY What Virginia Commonwealth University did to Obi Toppin Tuesday night in Richmond, Va., is a felony in 38 states. It was one degree below a public mugging and the Rams did everything but yank Toppin’s shorts to his ankles. While it knocked Toppin’s game off-balance, it did VCU no good. The University […]
Flyers lethargic and sloppy, but stop UMass, 71-63
By HAL McCoy There is a song out there by Mark Cohn called, ‘Walking in Memphis.’ And for 31 minutes Saturday afternoon in Amherst, Mass., it looked as if Memphis native Jalen Crutcher was walking the streets of his hometown. The University of Dayton’s highly talented point guard had two points in the first 31 […]
UD blows 19-point lead, but survives Duquesne, 73-69
By HAL McCOY As Ringo Starr of the Beatles sung, “It Don’t Come Easy.” That’s a song the University of Dayton basketball team should have been listening to on their return home from Pittsburgh Wednesday night. They played Duquesne University as nine-point favorites and nearly let this one get away in what seemed like a […]
OBSERVATIONS: Obi’s new companion and a crowded Reds outfield
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while counting the days until spring training and the NCAA basketball tournament, two of my most favorite things. —What price glory? Ask Obidiah (‘Just call me Obi’) Toppin. On the last two trips to St. Louis and Richmond, the University of Dayton assigned a security guard […]