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McCoy

[muh-koi] / məˈkɔɪ /


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On Thursday, I visited Tana McCoy, a Compton High grad and retired city employee who is running for Compton Unified school board.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Most notable was Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy, who is a super talent but slipped down to the fourth round, pick 101, after missing all of last season with a torn ACL.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“I thought, ‘If the police department was trying to get my Google account, there’s no way that anything good is going to happen to me,’” McCoy recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Kansas City Chiefs: Colton Hood, CB, Tennessee — Chiefs need a corner, and if Jermod McCoy is gone, Hood would be a good alternative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Marcus McCoy had called me Space Boy so many times that I knew by heart the way his faint Southern accent stretched out the a and clipped the y, but doubt lingered.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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