OBSERVATIONS: Toppin, Grant need ‘Nice Guy’ awards, too
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after an embarrassing loss to my wife, Nadine, in a backyard game of cornhole. Our game was made by Dave (Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek) and features University of Dayton logos. Sweet. —Is there a college player award out there that the University of Dayton’s Obi Toppin hasn’t won? Is […]
OBSERVATIONS: The night Gary’s Real McCoy let me down
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, refusing to watch all those replays of past World Series and NCAA tournaments because I’ve been there, done that, and I know the outcomes. —Chatted on the telephone this week with long-time friend and legendary scout Gary Hughes. I hate talking on the phone, but what […]
OBSERVATIONS: Would you like $4,775 a day? Sure, you would
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching our puppy, Quinn, go bonkers when I mention the word, ‘walk,’ when he has only taken four of them. And he goes nuts with happiness when we take off his bulky Invisible Fence collar. —Those many, many Americans who have lost their jobs and […]
OBSERVATIONS: Dusty Baker hired to polish Astros tarnished image
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, waiting for what most people call the Super Bowl but probably will be The Patrick Mahomes Show. And when did the Kansas City Chiefs hire Wilford Brimley as their head coach? —The Houston Astros, trying to salvage a bit of their shattered image after the sign-stealing […]
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, […]