Observations: Of baseball’s new rules, the Reds, Zion Williamson, Odell Beckham
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, sitting in my La-Z-Boy next to my wife’s shiny new Lincoln Nautilus as my bank account shrinks. —Major League Baseball had to mix in a $1 million stipend into the Home Run Derby to entice players to compete. In the final round last year Bryce Harper […]
Wright State stops Green Bay comeback, moves to Horizon finals
By HAL McCOY Wright State University’s basketball team moved into the finals of the Horizon League tournament Monday night, but the Raiders had to take a deep breath and compose themselves early in the second half. The Raiders had a 20-point lead over Green Bay with 17 1/2 minutes left in the game. A runaway? […]
Reds hope exhibtion results don’t mean a thing
By HAL McCOY Repeat loudly and emphatically: “Spring exhibitions mean nothing, spring exhibitions mean nothing, spring exhibitions mean nothing.” Now, do you believe it? USA Today, with spring training exhibition games less than half completed, predicted the Cincinnati Reds would finish last this season in the National League Central. Maybe they figure the Reds have […]
Observations: Grant confident Flyers ready ‘for a run’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the cozy, comfort of the Man Cave while wondering why in the name of stitched baseballs that college baseball teams schedule home games in early March in Ohio. Both the University of Dayton and Wright State are scheduled to play games in Dayton Thursday through Sunday. Wonder how many […]
Of Sinclair (McNeil), Wright State and UD
By HAL McCOY It’s free. No charge. Just walk right in and sit right down. And two bags of popcorn, a 20-ounce bottle of Diet Pepsi, a 20-ounce bottle of water and a Reese’s Cup cost $4.5o. True, Building 8 on the Sinclair College campus is difficult to locate and bread crumbs are recommended to […]
UD puts on a clinic to shake off Mullins Center bugaboo, rips UMass, 72-48
By HAL McCOY For as long as anybody can remember, the Mullins Center on the University of Massachusetts campus has been a Fieldhouse of Frustration for University of Dayton basketball teams. Obi Toppin was 6-years-old and Josh Cunningham was 8-years old when the Flyers last won a game in the decrepit old joint. UD’s last […]
Wood, Reds pitching rocked by Mariners, 11-3
By HAL McCOY Unsolicited observations from The Man Cave after fighting, and mostly losing, to a virus infection and a bad cold (are there any good ones?). It wasn’t a write-home-to-mom day for Cincinnati Reds pitchers Monday during a spring training exhibition game in Peoria, Ariz. against the Seattle Mariners, a game the Reds lost, […]
Flyers hold off furious Davidson finish to post big A-10 win, 74-73
By HAL McCOY For 32 1/2 minutes, the Davidson College basketball team ran into the Perfect Storm and that storm wore the red and blue of the University of Dayton. The Flyers played perfect half-court defense and perfect get-it-inside offense for those 32 1/2 minutes, enabling them to construct a 16-point lead with 7 1/2 […]
Wright State-Northern Kentucky: Basketball at its best
By HAL McCOY There could not have been a more exciting, more competitive and more well-played basketball than what was enacted Friday night at the Nutter Center. Wright State University and Northern Kentucky University left a dozen hearts on the floor in a hand-to-hand combat battle for first place in the Horizon League. Wright State, […]