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 […]
Kobe Bryant added to long list of sports air tragedies
By HAL McCOY There is nothing more disconcerting, emotional and shocking than to be watching a sporting event and have it interrupted with an earth-shattering announcement: “It is with a great sadness that we announced that legendary basketball star Kobe Bryant has died in a California helicopter crash.” Stunning. Shocking. Is it true? Sadly, it […]
Wright State buries Northern Kentucky with an avalanche of points, 95-63
By HAL McCOY Wright State University did not make a statement Friday night in the Nutter Center — they made a full-blown filibuster in front of a national television audience. The Horizon League’s second best team, Northern Kentucky, came to town believing it could knock off the Raiders and move into a first-place tie. It […]
OBSERVATIONS: When the Reds could have had Derek Jeter
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while waiting to watch the Milwaukee Bucks play the Carolina Hornets in an NBA game in Paris. And what’s with the ‘Cream City’ on the front of Milwaukee’s uniforms. Cream? Isn’t Milwaukee famous for beer? Ok, cheese? But cream? —No, it wasn’t me, I wasn’t the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Nothing new in ESPN’s Rose documentary
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave after discarding my cane to stagger around under my own limited power as my broken hip howls in protest. But it gets better every day. —ESPN’s ‘Back Story’ on the banishments from baseball of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose was mostly rehash stuff, nothing new, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Make the Astros send the World Series trophy to LA
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering how many teams stole signs from the Cincinnati Reds to account for those 33 one-run losses last year, —The wrath of Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred fell on the Houston Astros like a ton of new juiced baseballs. Because the Astros illegally stole signs electronically in […]
OBSERVATIONS: Of Don Larsen, Roy Williams and the Boston cheaters
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, slowly recovering from my broken hip, but finally getting out and about. That included a two-hour trip to Portsmouth Wednesday to attend the city’s annual murals/baseball dinner. Marty Brennaman was the speaker and, as always, had the room (a very big room with 350 people in […]
OBSERVATIONS: Of the Browns, Reds, UD, Wright State
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Sun Room (Like Douglas MacArthur, I shall return. . .to the Man Cave soon), wondering why I can’t find another football bowl game on TV, like the Acme Fly Swatter Bowl or the Bombastic Baked Beans Bowl or the Meow Mix Bowl. —The Cleveland Browns, of course, messed […]
OBSERVATIONS: Lost weekend for Football Bucks, Basketball Bucks and Browns
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Sun Room, bleary-eyed from watching too many bowl games involving too many teams that don’t belong in bowl games. Of course, considering some of the cold-weather venues and the lack of fans, some of the bowls were more like punishment than rewards. —By my accounting, Ohio State beat […]