forth and back

on the 19th, columbia observed the presidential inaugural by traveling to ithaca.  starting slowly, they managed to craft a narrow half time margin before thoroughly dismantling ezra cornell’s rubes, 67 -58, behind big mark cisco’s 18 points and 9 boards.  brian barbour chipped in with 16 while steve frankoski shot 60% from beyond the arc. […] Read more »

gotta crystal ball? ivy preseason notes

back in mid-autumn, before the season tipped off, the lions were the consensus ivy league third place squad.  they were expected to trail princeton and defending champion harvard.   as the league prepares to tip off at last, that prognostication seems not unreasonable.  the non-league portion of their schedule has provided moments of great encouragement as […] Read more »

triune – notes at the year’s turn

when this correspondent considers his task, the vanity of the endeavor sometimes saddens him.  why bother with the project?  opening the pages of the new york times sports section on sunday morning, january 6, however, clarifies part of the responsibility and, indeed, value of the work.  nowhere in those folio sheets will you find a single sentence […] Read more »