Observations: Touching many bases in the sports world
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, thinking on Armistice Day about my dad, who served in The Philippines in World War II. He brought home a Japanese sniper rifle and to the day he died he would not talk about it. Thanks to him and all who served and are serving in […]
Observations: About Fig Newtons, beer vendors and Edsels
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching the Pittsburgh Steelers score 14 points with only one play from scrimmage in 13 seconds. Ben Roethlisberger threw a 75-yard touchdown pass on his first play of the game, then Vince Williams intercepted a Cam Newton pass for a pick-six. And when it was […]
Observations: UD uses pickles for medicinal purposes
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after covering the UD-North Florida basketball game for PressProsMagazine and discovering that Ohio State can play defense, except it was the basketball team doing it in Cincinnati, stunning the Bearcats, 64-56. —It isn’t clear if the University of Dayton discovered this on a grant from the […]
Reds sign another name coach and other observations
By HAL McCOY ,UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave watching four of the top teams in college basketball open the season against each other — Kansas-Michigan State, Duke-Kentucky. What a lineup. It is like watching The Final Four in November. Either Kentucky forgot to send its first team or Duke’s entire lineup is NBA-ready. —The […]
Observations: Sparty still smarting from 48-3 beating last year
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, laughing while reading that the University of Dayton’s Wednesday basketball opponent, North Florida, is nicknamed the Ospreys and its male and female mascots are named Ozzie & Harriet. —This is from the Detroit Free Press (where I worked for a year) about Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan State […]
Some observations on college football and other stuff
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching a delayed telecast of the Penn-Cornell football game (I’m demented) and I swear there aren’t 50 people in the stands. It is 0-0 and I check something else on my cellphone and discover Penn won, 20-7. Nobody gave me a spoiler alert. —Several football […]
UD newcomers Matos, Toppin make exciting debuts
By HAL McCOY The not-finished cosmetics, part of the $72 million makeover of University of Dayton Arena, was evident and the new uniforms worn by the Flyers basketball team were spiffy. As added trinkets, the visiting Capital University team is coached by UD Hall of Famer Damon Goodwin and one of the three officials was […]
New Reds pitching coach states his case
By Hal McCoy More than three days after word leaked, the Cincinnati Reds officially introduced new pitching coach Derek Johnson Friday afternoon. Johnson, pitching coach the last three years with the division-rival Milwaukee Brewers, participated in a media conference call Friday and said all the things fan want to hear. The former Vanderbilt University coach […]
CBS ranks Wright State over UD in Ohio basketball
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while awaiting a dinner delivery from Door Dash, the best innovation since the drive-thru at Wendy’s. —The University of Dayton still refuses to meet Wright State University in basketball, not on its court, not on WSU’s court, not on a neutral court, not in a back […]