Flyers flawless while flailing Rhode Island, 77-48
By HAL McCOY It was almost as if University of Dayton basketball coach Anthony Grant sat his team down after a plug-ugly loss at Saint Louis early in the week and said as they watched video, “Don’t do that, don’t do that and don’t do that. Do this and do this and do this.” And […]
Saint Louis dominates offensive glass, leaves Flyers shattered
By HAL McCOY With a golden opportunity under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the University of Dayton Flyers might have better spent their time Tuesday night riding the tram to the top of the Arch. Down on Mother Earth in Chaifetz Arena, the Flyers were unfrocked by Saint Louis University, 73-60. The Flyers arrived […]
Dragons: A franchise celebrates its legacy
By HAL McCOY It was on a cold winter’s day in the late 1990s, not as cold as today but when is it ever this cold, that a group led by Dayton City Commissioner Tony Capizzi proposed a minor league baseball team for The Gem City. In my inimitable wisdom, I sat behind my computer […]
Observations: Too many teams live or die with three-pointers
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if this tale is true. After a flight from New Orleans to New York, a man was knocked down and his wallet was taken as he disembarked. There was a close witness, a guy wearing a black baseball cap, a black and white striped shirt, […]
Flyers can’t sink threes, fall to George Mason, 67-63
By HAL McCOY It was as if the University of Dayton basketball team sent an engraved invitation into the George Mason huddle that said, “We cordially invite you to win this game. R.S.V.P.” George Mason responded with, “Yes, thank you, we’ll take it.” And take it they did, a 67-63 victory over the Flyers Wednesday […]
Reds’ trade for Gray puts three new faces in the rotation
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds fit another piece into the pitching reconstruction they are doing this off-season. Sonny Gray became the third new member of the team’s 2019 rotation when the Reds acquired him from the New York Yankees that cost them minor league second baseman Shed Long and a competitive balance draft pick. […]
Flyers show spunk in double OT win at St. Bona
By HAL McCOY On paper, it may have looked as if the University of Dayton basketball teams had an easy assignment Saturday afternoon in Olean, N.Y. They were playing St. Bonaventure, owner of a 6-and-11 record and missing its two starting guards, out with concussion protocols. But they don’t play on paper. They play at […]
Observations: Will there be ‘Gray’ skies over Cincinnati’s pitching mound
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave while waiting for the Los Angeles Rams to beat the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the New England Patriots in the NFL playoffs. It could be a long wait. It came as no shock that The Brady Bunch (the Patriots) beat […]
Flyers’ hibernation the final four minutes leads to loss to VCU, 76-71
By HAL McCOY With an opportunity to score a significant victory Wednesday night at Virginia Commonwealth, the University of Dayton offense retreated into an igloo and stayed there for the last four minutes of the game. The outcome was a disheartening 76-71 defeat, dropping the Flyers to 3-and-1 in the Atlantic 10 and snapping a […]