While football has existed at Columbia since 1870, Homecoming as the Lions celebrate it today took root much later. In anticipation of Homecoming 2025 on Saturday, Spectator Sports dug through the archive to take a look at the origins of the tradition and the Columbia Lions of old.

Men’s soccer drew with Penn 2-2 in its Ivy League opener on Sunday. The game saw back and forth action, with each side grabbing leads before eventually evening the score.

Men’s soccer took on Fairleigh Dickinson University and Hofstra University in its final two matchups before starting the Ivy League season. The Lions fell to both opponents, ending their pre-conference schedule with more questions than answers.

Men’s soccer earned its first win of the season on Monday, defeating Manhattan University to cement its best start to a season since 2018.

Men’s soccer drew against Villanova University on Friday in its 2025 home opener. After falling to Lehigh University in its first match of the season on Aug. 29, the Lions showed signs of defensive progress as they kept a clean sheet.

With over 2,000 participants across the Columbia community, club sports are a crucial part of the college experience for many at the University.

Men’s soccer is back and ready to kick off the 2025 season.

When women’s basketball traveled to Chapel Hill, North Carolina on March 18 for its second-ever March Madness appearance, the team and staff boarded a chartered flight operated by Global Crossing Airlines—commonly known as GlobalX—departing from Newark Liberty International Airport. Just three days prior, GlobalX’s fleet had carried out multiple deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, in defiance of federal judicial orders.