Holly MacDonald

Journey from the first to last Spectator byline

In the four years since that byline ran, too much has happened to ever be recounted satisfactorily in my last column.

By Holly MacDonald | Apr 29 05:44 pm ET

Old stadium will remain forever

The old Cowboys stadium was demolished today, but its memories will always stay.

By Holly MacDonald | Apr 11 08:47 pm ET

Columbia’s own strives to make the NFL

Knowlin isn’t shy about his talent—when you make it this far in the draft process, you know you’re good. But he’s worked long and hard to get to this point.

By Holly MacDonald | Apr 1 09:55 pm ET

Upset chaos spices of Madness

Between Northern Iowa, Cornell, and St. Mary's, Cinderellas have made their presence known in this year's NCAA tournament, adding intrigue to an always exciting event.

By Holly MacDonald | Mar 22 07:26 pm ET

Go-go boots critique sets women in sports reporting back 40 years

Kornheiser’s comments on an anchor's outfit outrages ESPN, a Spectator columnist, and others.

By Holly MacDonald | Feb 26 02:04 am ET

Texas too big for the Big Ten

Texas will - never - be a part of the Big Ten.

By Holly MacDonald | Feb 14 07:19 pm ET

Federer adds sweet 16th to trophy collection

You may not like him, but you have to admit he's good at winning trophies.

By Holly MacDonald | Feb 1 09:32 pm ET

Lomax shines in Light Blue win

Going into the half last Saturday against Cornell, Columbia led the Big Red 35-17, in large part because of the performance of junior Judie Lomax. Lomax scored 18 of the Light Blue’s 35 points in the first half, meaning that, going into the locker room, she had outscored the entire Cornell team.

By Holly MacDonald | Jan 26 09:25 pm ET

Texas Longhorns can’t climb Jacob’s Ladder

You know the games at carnivals? The ones with the really great prizes—huge stuffed bears or turtles or whatever animals—those games that you know you can’t win, but you try anyway, because those stuffed animals are the best in the park? I hate those games.

By Holly MacDonald | Jan 19 08:24 pm ET

Acknowledging our flaws: If I can then you can too

Sometimes we all have to acknowledge our flaws, myself included.

By Holly MacDonald | Dec 1 07:04 pm ET

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