Greg Hoard is a former newspaper

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and television sports broadcaster and the author of the

Joe Nuxhall Joseph Henry Nuxhall (; July 30, 1928 – November 15, 2007) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. Immediately after retiring as a player, he became a radio broadcaster for the Reds f ...

biography, ''JOE: Rounding Third And Heading For Home'' (). He joined the sports department at ''

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'' in 1979 as a feature reporter and columnist, and ''

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'' in 1984 as the Reds beat writer. Hoard moved into television and worked for

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, from 1990–1993, before joining

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as sports director until 2005. He ultimately quit television work, saying he never felt comfortable in the medium. He is currently said to be working on a book about

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legends.

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* While working on a second book, he has served as editor of Cincinnati Gentlemen magazine since early 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoard, Greg Living people American male journalists Year of birth missing (living people)