Category: Columbia Lions
Ivy League looks to expand TV coverage
Ivy League sporting events may be coming soon to a television set near you.
In an effort to reach out to a wider fan base, Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris said the league is in talks with multiple national cable and satellite television ne… more »
2010 Columbia Schedule Released; Spring Game Set for April 23
Columbia will open the 2010 football campaign with four straight home games on Robert K. Kraft Field, beginning on Saturday, September 18 vs. Fordham in the annual Liberty Cup game.
After a year off, Columbia will renew its series with Towson on Sept… more »
Why Ivy League Should Bring Back All-Star Game
Whether you’ve been watching or not, it’s all-star season in professional sports. All of these recent all-star games gave me an idea for postseason play that is not unheard of in the Ivy League: Let’s have an Ivy League football all-star game.
Whethe… more »
Patriot Games: Scholarships Pose Threat to the Ivy Way
Imagine, for a second, that instead of traveling to Holy Cross tomorrow to watch Harvard take on the Crusaders, you were one of over 30,000 fans packing into a maximum-capacity Harvard Stadium as the Crimson kicked off its season against a major-confere… more »
Harvard Reduces Sports Travel as Ivys Cut Athletics to ‘Core’
Dartmouth College, where former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was an All Ivy football player in the 1960s, has scrapped a $15 million stadium renovation project as its sports endowment plunged as much as 18 percent.
Harvard University, the wea… more »
New Ivy League Commissioner Not Rushing into Football Playoff Debate
After about the third time I rephrased the same question, Robin Harris couldn’t mistake the direction of the conversation Friday.
Harris, the new executive director/commissioner of the Ivy League, who replaced Jeffrey Orleans on July 1, gently rebuke… more »
Can the Ivy League Get Its Game Back?
Lackluster teams prompt calls for change; a new chief’s listening tour.
The schools of the Ivy League are among the nation’s finest and richest, with billions in endowments under their command. From law to business to medicine, they’re No. 1 in pract… more »
Columbia Football Ready for Annual Spring Showcase
For the past few weeks, the Columbia football team has been practicing, and its efforts will culminate in the annual Blue and White game that will be held at Robert K. Kraft Field at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. In this game, fans will be able to see what the… more »
Former Columbia QB Archie Roberts Still Making Big Plays
It was the Field of Dreams that Eli and Peyton Manning never saw. The "stadium" featured the oldest all-wood grandstand in the country. Each summer, long before the first kickoff, New York City sent its building inspectors through the grandstand to mark… more »
Bowling Green Finalizes FCS-Heavy Coaching Staff
Bowling Green State University head football coach Dave Clawson (Richmond) has announced the hiring of Mark Carney (Fordham, Richmond), Mike Elko (Hofstra, Richmond, Fordham, Penn, Stony Brook) and Adam Scheier (Lehigh, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth) t… more »
At Last, a Big Game to Rile Delaware
Proximity, history could charge UD-DSU meetings.
The University of Delaware and Delaware State University have some catching up to do.
Football rivalries don't form overnight. But UD and DSU already have many of the ingredients to make this one sp… more »
Third-String Rummy
The New Yorker has reservations about the inclusion of a third-string football player - and one season sprint football player - at the Ivy league dinner earlier this month.
By last Thursday night, with the changing of the guard in Washington complete… more »
Gross Sampling Slice of Big Apple at Columbia
Passed over by the big schools, Alex Gross still had options coming out of Fairmont High School if he wanted to continue playing football.
Ultimately, it came down to a scholarship at Wofford, preferred walk-on status at Northwestern or no financial… more »
Columbia Downs Cornell to Capture Second League Win
Head coach Norries Wilson came into the post-game press conference in his socks after his Gatorade bath in Columbia’s (2-7, 2-4 Ivy) 17-7 win over Cornell (4-5, 2-4 Ivy) on Saturday.
“They keep ruining shoes and shirts,” Wilson said. “I’m going to go… more »