Category: Columbia Lions
Columbia's Tad Crawford Not Your Typical Jock
Ivy Leaguer Tad Crawford enjoys getting his hands dirty.
Football players talk about "takin' it to the house." But Tad Crawford is different. He talks about designing the house.
The architecture major from Columbia hasn't allowed his hallowed Ivy… more »
Media Poll Tabs Cornell for 6th-Place Ivy Finish
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Despite returning the largest senior class in the Ivy League, the Cornell football team was picked to finish sixth in the league's preseason media poll, which was released Tuesday morning at the annual media day festivities at Yale Go… more »
Torrington Native to Suit Up in the Ivy League
TORRINGTON - College football season is around the corner, and one city native will be traveling to New York City to play for Columbia University.
Peter Holst-Grubbe, who graduated from Avon Old Farms School (Avon), was recruited by Columbia as a mem… more »
Former Columbia Coach Advising... The Fortune 500
A guru to Apple and Google, Bill Campbell is the most confidential advisor in Silicon Valley. How a former college football coach is shaping the character of an industry, according to Fortune Magazine.
At the old pro sports bar in Palo Alto, happy ho… more »
Columbia WR/FS Gutierrez Training Hard for Sophomore Season
At first, it was painful, but nothing too terrible.
At first.
Nico Gutierrez just lay there in the initial seconds after he was hit in the knee with a helmet of a player that was vying for more playing time.
But then, he got up and walked back… more »
Opinion: If Major (Ivy League) Changes Are Considered, We Should Know
It's about that time of year when the eight public faces of the Ivy League universities - no, not their basketball or football coaches, but their presidents - get together for their annual sit-down. That means that for everyone outside those doors, it's… more »
Columbia's Class of 2012 Announced
NEW YORK – Thirty-two newcomers will join Columbia Football in the fall of 2008, Norries Wilson, The Patricia and Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football, announced.
Seventeen states are represented in the Lions' Class of 2012, including four from N… more »
Come Together Over Sports
One Columbia University journalism major makes a plea to students to change the culture - and the role that Columbia sports can have in changing that culture.
“Hippies. They’re everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and s… more »
Another Columbia Grad Signs With The Browns
In another case of "yes, you can go home again," former St. Peter Chanel High School football and basketball star Steve Cargile has been claimed by the Browns via waivers from the Denver Broncos.
Cargile, a converted safety, remembers participating i… more »
Columbia QB Hormann Prepares to Begin NFL Career
Craig Hormann is a typical SEAS senior with only a few weeks left in his college career—he’s got meetings to attend, final exams and projects, and he just finished getting his first out-of-college job settled. What makes him atypical of his fellow engin… more »
Former 2-Star Recruit Seeks Education Opportunities At Ivy League School
Playing for one of the most high profile high school football programs in the country, alongside the likes of Florida's Tim Tebow, Danny Russell almost felt obligated to continue his football career at a big-time Division I school.
To this day, peopl… more »
Patriot And Ivy Leagues Top NCAA Academic Performance List
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Kansas and North Carolina are regulars at the top of college basketball polls. They were recognized on another list Thursday.
The men's teams at the two national powers, which met in the Final Four earlier this month, were includ… more »
New Film Explores Ivy Football History
For three-fourths of current Princeton undergraduates, the bonfire in November 2006 — celebrating the football team’s defeat of both Yale and Harvard in the same year — served as a warm reminder of the history and tradition that make Princeton such a ti… more »
Columbia Implements 4-3 Defense In Spring Practice
On Saturday at the annual Blue and White spring football game, the story on defense was about what was not seen as much as it was about what was seen.
What was not seen on Saturday was the 3-3-5 stack defense that was implemented upon head coach Norr… more »
For Prospect From Brown, It’s All Academic
The New York Times talks about the increase of quality in the Ivy League and the most likely Ivy League prospect to be drafted next weekend.
The Brown University campus had been blanketed by a blizzard a few days before Paul Raymond arrived for a rec… more »