OBSERVATIONS: Lou Piniella. . .One Huge Class Act
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, hoping I can stay alerrt and awake during tonight’s UD-UNLV game that starts at 9 p.m. After all, I am 83. —ONE CLASSY GUY: Lou Piniella is 80 and enduring some health issues — prostate cancer and some mini-strokes and won’t be eligible for another Hall […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why Do ‘Committees’ Screw Things Up?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, all set to praise Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco for his game against the Los Angeles Rams. . .then he throws that late-game interception and one Browns fan within ear shot was heard to say, “He did that on purpose to help his old team, the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Paul Brown Was Pro Football’s ‘Innovator’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, congratulating the Cincinnati Reds for signing two functional relief pitchers, Emilio Pagan and Nick Martinez. Do they have Trevor Bauer’s phone number? —THE INNOVATIVE MAN: As a pre-teen in the late 1940s, I tuned into WAKR radio in Akron on Sunday afternoons to listen to Cleveland […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Should Sign Bauer, Duvall
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave a week before the MLB winter meetings, not counting the days until Christmas, counting the days until spring training. —TRUTH OR GOSSIP?: There is more gossip floating in the wind concerning the Cincinnati Reds than one hears at a church ice cream social. ONE: CEO Bob […]
OBSERVATIONS: Blowback from Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, saddened by defeats to Ohio State, the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Benglas. At least the Dayton Flyers won on the basketball court, but even that one was not a no-doubter. —IS CLARETT CLEAR?: Ryan Day is 56-7 as Ohio State football coach, 39-0 against every […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘Turkey Day’ at the old Akron Rubber Bowl
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIOS from The Man Cave on this Thanksgiving morning, awaiting the arrival of family for our prime rib dinner. Turkey? Nah, Nadine says I’m a big enough turkey. —A PERSONAL SUPER BOWL: Not only is Thanksgiving for, well, giving thanks, it is for football, isn’t it? Even back in high school […]
OBSERVATIONS: How UD Saved the Charleston Classic
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from room 235 of the Marriott Courtyard in Charleston, S.C., where University of Dayton basketball fans have commandeered the Historic District, saving their mayhem for inside TD Arena during the Charleston Classic. —UD SAVED THE TOURNAMENT: This is a story about how a basketball team’s fans saved a tournament from […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Face Three Big Tests in Four-Day Span
By Hal McCoy Charleston, S.C. — Although the University of Dayton basketball team played with grace and style at Northwestern last Friday, the Flyers muffed a chance to make a solid statement. Some late turnovers and a game-long inability to prevent second-chance field goals led to a 71-66 defeat. It was an opportunity to gain […]
McCoy: Once Around a Harness Track, Leading the Parade
By Hal McCoy Dayton, OH — Now I know what it was like to stand in front of The Charge of the Light Brigade or to face the controlled stampede of ten 2,000-pound beasts directly in front of me. Like most harness racing fans, my previous experience at the track was sitting in a glassed-in […]