Author Archives: Paul

stealers wheel

for the second straight weekend, the columbia lion basketball squad lost a tough friday night game before demolishing an overmatched competitor that had just made the exhausting bus trip from ithaca to morningside heights.  this week’s failure was against the … Continue reading

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the new normal

back when allgame was first developing his unhealthy preoccupation with lion hoops, the unquestionable marquee matchups of the ivy season were against the “killer p’s.”  the princeton and pennsylvania games were much the most anticipated and challenging games of any … Continue reading

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scary – can a struggling lion squad succeed in the ivies?

two weekends ago, the lions traveled to ithaca and edged an improved cornell squad, 48 – 45. the savor of that valuable league road win was tempered by the unpalatable stats line posted by columbia’s offensive leader, maodo lo.  the … Continue reading

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a dizzying december delivers lions to the new year

  columbia ended a challenging december on a down note, losing to the st. francis terriers in brooklyn on tuesday the thirtieth, 74 -68.  the result bookended a month opening defeat at the hands of the visiting marylanders from loyola, … Continue reading

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we’re number two! columbia rattles kentucky

the columbia lions journeyed to lexington, kentucky and showed the nation how the immense and immensely deep kentucky wildcats might be beaten. the box score tells the familiar story of visitors undone by home team favoring officials (with kentucky enjoying … Continue reading

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lions lookin’ for a miracle as bluegrass battle beckons

columbia prepared for its fight with the deepest team in college basketball this coming wednesday by playing its best game to date.   they buried the bucknell bisons at levien this  saturday evening past, 62 – 39.  it was their first … Continue reading

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jump ball! the lions’ new season tips off

part the first  –  dedicated to the one i love when the columbia five left levien last march 25 on the short end of a 72 – 69 college insider.com post season tournament battle with the ever despised yales,  despondent … Continue reading

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the nightmare of history

in a year filled with humiliating routs, the stunned columbia football fan finds himself still groping for an appropriate characterization of the horror he witnesses.  this past weekend’s visit to lovely long branch, new jersey provided perhaps the greatest challenge … Continue reading

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regarding the current misery and degradation of columbia football fans

fordham beat columbia for the fifth straight season on saturday, but the last two of that handful of whippings  have been real doozies .  the defeat this time, by 49 -7 was, in fact, slightly more entire than last year’s … Continue reading

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flat ivy finish but the lions keep running

columbia’s basketball team entered the last two weeks of the ivy schedule with slim but real hopes for the ivy title or at least a solid second place finish.  that all evaporated as tommy amaker’s harvard squad dealt them an … Continue reading

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