New name: The Adversity of Dayton Flyers
By HAL McCOY The school is known as the University of Dayton. The basketball team should be known as the Adversity of Dayton. The basketball team has had more obstacles erected in front of it than a steeplechase horse. And the Flyers keep flying over them with class and style. No complaints — no whoa […]
Flyers beat ‘Bama, but lose Cunningham
By HAL McCOY The University of Dayton won one and lost one Tuesday afternoon in the Tipoff Marathon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. And the loss may be much bigger than the win, may have large repercussions down the road. The Flyers came from behind to defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide, 77-72, a road victory that shines […]
UD’s Cooke cooks Austin Peay with 31
By HAL McCOY Charles Cooke took the University of Dayton Arena floor Friday night with one thought in mind: “Burn the house down.” It was his stated objective, “To bring the heat,” a scorched earth policy designed to leave Austin Peay State University with fourth degree burns. And that’s what Cooke did, especially in the […]
UD Flyers escape Findlay ‘scare’
“Expectations are like fine pottery. The harder you hold them, the more likely they are to crack.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings. By HAL McCOY Expectations, lofty expectations and high expectations, are why the University of Dayton Arena was fully occupied Friday night, all 13,455 chairs filled with squirmy posteriors. It was only […]
Cubs no longer ‘Lovable Losers’
By HAL McCOY Unfortunately, the general rule is that there had to be a loser in the most emotional, compelling, competitive and exciting World Series in recent baseball history. And it was the Cleveland Indians finishing second in a World Series for the fourth time since last winning in 1948. That meant that the sentimental […]
Cubs blast Tribe: On to Game 7
By HAL McCOY ‘Every days is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failure behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.’ — Hall of Fame Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller. Bob Feller knows of what […]
Chapman, Lester give Cubs another life
By HAL McCOY Joe Maddon knew exactly what to do, no ifs, no ands and no buts about it. His Chicago Cubs faced extinction, another long winter’s hibernation if they didn’t win Game 5 of the World Series Sunday night. So, with his team leading the Cleveland Indians by one run with one out in […]
Tribe one win away from ‘The Trophy’
By HAL McCOY The managerial wizardry of Terry Francona continues and his concert pianist’s touch has his Cleveland Indians one victory away from the 2016 World Series trophy that will put black clouds over Chicago once again. It will be 109 years since the Chicago Cubs cashed a World Series winner’s check. Francona made two […]
Tribe pitchers paint a masterpiece
By HAL McCOY Masterpiece Theatre couldn’t come close to matching the 3½ hours of lip-chewing, teeth gnashing drama enacted in Game 3 of the 2016 World Series Friday night. The Cleveland Indians won it, 1-0, but the perspiration level was at drench level until the final out. The Chicago Cubs had the potential tying run […]