our thanksgiving giddiness about the lions triumph over the villanova wildcats, and a 4 – 1 start to the year, has been tempered during the yule season. four defeats in five games have brought the blue to .500 as 2012 wanes. their loss in crooklyn to the l.i.u. blackbirds might be laid at the door […] Read more »
give thanks
sitting in bergen county, awaiting beloved guests, we conjure friends and places far flung. veritably i see kentucky, arkansas, the dakotas, seattle and brooklyn – all possessed of america’s hardwood love and especially blessed this season. for lo, we have been vouchedsafe a glorious victory. indeed, the columbia lions, undaunted by their close loss to a resilient marist squad, traveled […] Read more »
superb saturday
on a day that texas a & m hurled alabama from the heights of college football supremacy, america turned its eyes to wien stadium where columbia’s lions looked to bounce back from a historic, 69 -0, ass whipping administered by the criminally effective harvard cantabridgians and humble ezra cornell’s crew in the battle for the vaunted […] Read more »
wasn’t that a time?
a quick reminder that today we proudly remember, and loudly celebrate, the 65th anniversary of columbia’s greatest victory. on that glorious day, coach lou little’s lions, led by lou kusserow, gene rossides and bill swiacki, upended the three time defending national champion army team, snapping their 37 game unbeaten streak in the process. […] Read more »
big day, big disappointment
geezer and i were getting to know each other before home coming kickoff. we agreed readily that our seats (sec g,row ww, #s 62 and 61)were the best in the house. first, because of the back support supplied by the stadium’s rear wall. secondly, they were incomparable because of the view – across the harlem and through the […] Read more »
feline little big horn
equanimity is the greatest characteristic for player, coach, or even fan. the season’s length and difficulties require quiet resignation in the face of frequent, or at least regular, disappointment. so i will point out that last week i was upbeat following the lion loss to fordham. i relished my glass half filled and looked forward […] Read more »
battle of new york
with less than a minute thirty left on the game clock, lion qb sean garrett slipped out of the grasp of a fordham lineman on the 40 yard line and spun back to the middle of the field. ahead of him were a good twelve yards clear of rams and the first down that would […] Read more »
we’ll take it.
seems like years since allgame has piped up. the long humid summer left us speechless and saddened by the early retirement of the three best of this year’s three year old thoroughbred class (i’ll have another, union rags and bodemeister) all of which left the competitive oval because of injury. the simultaneous tumble of the […] Read more »
terrific trio
The long, empty years since Affirmed thrice outran Alydar on the way to the Triple Crown have left horse racing fans desperate to witness this particular sort of sports history. In 2004, my late friend Debbie G. and I were among the throng of 100,000 plus who put up with an afternoon of showers to […] Read more »
on the prevalence of certain apparitions in spring
The New York Mets’ early season success has stirred certain regular readers to ask for a post about our heroes of the diamond. We’ll pass for now saying only we’ve been pleased with the starting pitching – can I get an amen for R.A. Dickey, the game’s most literate player as well as its best knuckleballer? – but even […] Read more »