Author Archives: Paul

big mike and the boys

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Paul

64 teams await the first jump ball at noon today and we feel the pressure to prognosticate a bit.  allgame has not appeared since the lions ran the crimson off the boards at levien almost six weeks ago.  that same … Continue reading →

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one crazy weekend in the city of dreams

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Paul

winning on the road in the ivies is hard as heidegger.  just ask coach paul cormier, professor of roundball philosophy at dartmouth, whose big green had lost 24 straight league games away.  that is more than 3 years of wandering … Continue reading →

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tropical depression

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Paul

the lions made their annual foray to the ivy league’s southern precincts where they lost games to penn and princeton.  both contests demonstrated the blue’s current three point shooting woes with the quaker game on friday a piece de resistance … Continue reading →

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forth and back

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Paul

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.  … Continue reading →

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gotta crystal ball? ivy preseason notes

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Paul

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 … Continue reading →

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triune – notes at the year’s turn

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Paul

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, … Continue reading →

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slouching towards bethlehem

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Paul

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 … Continue reading →

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give thanks

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Paul

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 … Continue reading →

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superb saturday

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Paul

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 … Continue reading →

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wasn’t that a time?

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Paul

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 … Continue reading →

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