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columbia’s cruisin’ – brown bested, bulldogs beaten and dartmouth doubly defeated

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Paul

but for one questionable whistle in the last moments of the first overtime of their memorable valentine’s day brawl against the cantabs, columbia’s hoopsters would be on a five game winning streak and getting ready for their biggest game of … Continue reading →

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returning home to turn for home

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Paul

we joined the immense automotive river stretching from bergen to mercer county and did not leave all those car lights until we turned into the parking lot centered amidst princeton’s athletic facilities. we raced into illustrious jadwin but were still … Continue reading →

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double disappointment

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Paul

just a week ago, allgame insiders were exchanging giddy emails with subject lines like “break up the lions” that extolled the feisty play of rosenberg, osetkowski et al during a turn of the new year winning streak. but play on … Continue reading →

ivy league season preview

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Paul

our lions enter the ivy league season playing their best basketball to date. the five games we excitedly anticipated back in mid-december proved as thrilling as we thought they might and more successful than we dared hope. admittedly, the wins … Continue reading →

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mid-december illuminations

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Paul

the kentucky derby like charge from the gate that is college basketball in november has yielded to the more sedate pace of the exam period schedule. sparse crowds turn out in the underheated campus gymnasiums of small north east colleges … Continue reading →

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preliminary notes on a work in progress

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Paul

columbia’s lions, let off the leash by coach smith for the season opener against maryland-eastern shore, posted an easy victory to start their 2013 -2014 campaign. up only five at the half, the blue settled into their 2 -3 zone … Continue reading →

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busload of faith

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Paul

a stunningly beautiful tri-state autumn has softened the hideous brutalities of columbia’s gridiron season and the even tougher blow of lou reed’s departure. november lifts our hearts with the promise of festal celebrations and the happy return of hardwood hopes … Continue reading →

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must have been the hat

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Paul

sports fans had their pick of thrillers this past saturday. both major league championship series provided 1 -0 nailbiters; coach mack brown’s longhorns broke a three game schneid in the red river rivalry and dropped 14 point favorite oklahoma; utah … Continue reading →

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ugly start

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Paul

happy coincidences of family obligation spared allgame the nausea inducing horror of watching columbia’s gridders lose their first two contests this season. i can understand a casual reader’s assumption that the psychic callous of myriad unsuccesful saturdays at baker field would protect a lion rooter from … Continue reading →

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dark blue lions

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Paul

yo sports fans! seems like forever since we posted. so please consider the next few shout outs tuneups for the real deal when we turn our attention back to the noble world of columbia sports. today we bring you lion news … Continue reading →

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