Men’s basketball lost to the State University of New York at Albany 88-73 Wednesday night, ending its eight-game winning streak. The Lions have now dropped eight straight games to the Great Danes.

Columbia football has traveled a long and often bumpy road to clinch its second Ivy League title in program history. From 1961 to 2024, with an infamous 44-game losing streak in between, thousands of Lions have come and gone—but Spectator has seen the program through it all. Spectator spoke to four former Spectator editors, including three former sports editors and one former managing editor, about what this moment in history means for Columbia.

After earning a share of this year’s conference title, the names of each and every 2024 Lion have been etched into Ivy League football history. At the top of the list lie the two team captains, senior defensive lineman Patrick Passalacqua and senior linebacker CJ Brown, who commandeered last year’s Lions to a 3-7 record before leading the team into a new chapter of Columbia football.

Dante Miller, CC ’22, didn’t receive the nickname “Lil Turbo” for no reason. The man is fast.

Men’s basketball trounced Stony Brook University on Saturday night to move to 7-0 on the season—its best start since 1969. The Lions are the first program in the nation to tally seven wins this year.

It has been 63 years since football took home a share of the Ivy League Championship. Now, the Lions have a chance to break that drought—the longest in conference history—if they top Cornell in Saturday’s Empire State Bowl at Wien Stadium.

After falling to Harvard last week, football will continue on the road on Saturday as it travels to Providence, Rhode Island, for a matchup against Brown.

Columbia made the trek up to Cambridge on Saturday to take on No. 24 Harvard in a crucial matchup for the top spot in the Ivy League. The Crimson ultimately came away with a dominant wire-to-wire victory, beating the Lions 26-6.

Columbia football aims to maintain their winning momentum as they travel to Cambridge this weekend to face Harvard. This matchup brings together two of the top three teams in the Ivy League, with both Columbia and Harvard—alongside Dartmouth—holding a 3-1 conference record.