This weekend’s women’s basketball games gave all of us who came out to the Pink Zone Night an opportunity to create a new historical moment for nostalgia: This past Friday night, Columbia women’s basketball beat Dartmouth.
This weekend’s women’s basketball games gave all of us who came out to the Pink Zone Night an opportunity to create a new historical moment for nostalgia: This past Friday night, Columbia women’s basketball beat Dartmouth.
Would general public opinion of Leach be different if ESPN—the network with a serious conflict of interest in this story—hadn’t been involved? Would Leach have kept his job at Texas Tech? I think it’s a definite possibility.
Would general public opinion of Leach be different if ESPN—the network with a serious conflict of interest in this story—hadn’t been involved? Would Leach have kept his job at Texas Tech? I think it’s a definite possibility.
When the clock expires at around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, you’re going to find 25 guys standing around at Baker Field looking forward to a hot shower and a whole lot of soul-searching.
While senior year is not yet halfway over for these individuals, their collegiate athletic careers have ended, without pomp and circumstance or league championships. After tomorrow, the Columbia Athletics Web site will remove their names. Their former teammates will all move up a year, so juniors will be listed as seniors, and seniors will be listed as… nonexistent.
When the clock expires at around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, you’re going to find 25 guys standing around at Baker Field looking forward to a hot shower and a whole lot of soul-searching.
While senior year is not yet halfway over for these individuals, their collegiate athletic careers have ended, without pomp and circumstance or league championships. After tomorrow, the Columbia Athletics Web site will remove their names. Their former teammates will all move up a year, so juniors will be listed as seniors, and seniors will be listed as… nonexistent.
Now that fantasy leagues have exaggerated the amount of statistical information available on any given player, an extra amount of focus has been put on individual contributions. But fantasy teams throw some deserved attention to the little guys, give the defense a bit more limelight than they’re used to having, and make all of the 32 clubs of the NFL a bit more relevant to your average Joe (and Josephine).
Now that fantasy leagues have exaggerated the amount of statistical information available on any given player, an extra amount of focus has been put on individual contributions. But fantasy teams throw some deserved attention to the little guys, give the defense a bit more limelight than they’re used to having, and make all of the 32 clubs of the NFL a bit more relevant to your average Joe (and Josephine).
Do you ever find yourself wondering why you like sports, or what was the first moment that drew you in?
My relationship with sports is complex. I have always been a klutz, and participating in athletics never came naturally to me. I never had those quick-twitch muscles that you need to go from being a good athlete to a better one, so I languished in suckiness for most of my elementary and middle school days—that dork from the movies who always gets picked last was definitely me.
Do you ever find yourself wondering why you like sports, or what was the first moment that drew you in?
My relationship with sports is complex. I have always been a klutz, and participating in athletics never came naturally to me. I never had those quick-twitch muscles that you need to go from being a good athlete to a better one, so I languished in suckiness for most of my elementary and middle school days—that dork from the movies who always gets picked last was definitely me.
With Columbia sports fans appear optimistic about the football team's after its upset win over Fordham this past Saturday, I have high hopes for the struggling volleyball team.
With Columbia sports fans appear optimistic about the football team's after its upset win over Fordham this past Saturday, I have high hopes for the struggling volleyball team.
