Mike Scheinkman

Mediocrity Should Not Be Acceptable Anymore
Thu, Nov 16, 2000, 12:00am

Three years ago, the class of 2001 entered Columbia with a newfound interest in its famed football team. I remember being at Harvard Stadium on Sept. 20, 1997.

Pondering the Reliability of Lion Offensive Firepower
Fri, Nov 10, 2000, 12:00am

On the weekend before the closest presidential race in a quarter century, Columbia deserves credit for being bipartisan.

Lions Need to Show Ability to Beat Good Teams
Thu, Nov 2, 2000, 12:00am

As the great Vin Scully so often says, statistics are sometimes used the way a drunk uses a lamppost--for support, not illumination. The Columbia football numbers are used the same way.

Reese Should Have Been Allowed to Break the Record
Thu, Oct 26, 2000, 12:00am

Columbia football doesn't exactly have many moments of synergy between its less than stellar past and its present. Yet, this past Saturday, the stars were in alignment.

Crowded Title Race Comes into Focus
Thu, Oct 12, 2000, 12:00am

Saturday, the Ivy League football season starts anew for Columbia.

After a disheartening and unbelievable loss to Princeton, the Lions are 0-1 in league play. Thus far, Y2K is a departure from seasons past.

No Football Postseason is Unpatriotic
Thu, Oct 5, 2000, 12:00am

On Saturday, a surprising Columbia team will face struggling Lafayette; but it's Lafayette that has the better chance--the only chance that matters--a national championship.

Will New Yorkers Mourn Ewing's Move to Seattle?
Wed, Oct 4, 2000, 12:00am

For the last two weeks, the basketball world has cast a suspicious eye on New Yorkers. The so-called "best basketball fans in the NBA" have been ridiculed for barely shedding a collective tear over the trading of arguably the greatest player in franchise history, Patrick Ewing.

A Hard Inside Look At Columbia Special Teams
Thu, Sep 28, 2000, 12:00am

Special teams is the most easily overlooked aspect of a good football team. When a team is playing well, special teams is the throwaway line.

Bucknell Will Be a Much Tougher Foe
Thu, Sep 21, 2000, 12:00am

Last year's Columbia quarterback drama had all the trimmings of a Presidential race.