After nearly a two-year wait, Columbia field hockey returned with a vengeance, beginning its season with two triumphant weekends, toppling its first four foes. The 4-0 start is the program’s best since 2008, when the Lions began their season with five consecutive wins.

Located in the northwest corner of campus, Dodge Fitness Center is the hub of physical education and recreational fitness on Columbia’s grounds. Students can walk past Havemeyer Hall and down a set of stairs that will lead them to the gym, which is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.

On a cool summer day in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Liam McGill, CC ‘20, was playing wiffle ball with his nephews in the yard of his family’s home. When he looked down at his phone in the middle of the game, two missed notifications appeared on his home screen. He quickly realized he had missed a text and a call from a professional scout.

The Atlanta Braves picked Liam McGill, CC ’20, a four-year catcher for the Lions who played at Bryant University in 2021 as a graduate transfer student, as the 277th pick in the ninth round of the MLB Amateur Draft. As a ninth-round selection, McGill is the highest draft pick from Columbia since 2004 and the fourth-highest selection in Lion history.

When the pandemic canceled baseball’s 2020 season, two of the team’s best hitters did not have to look far to find a way to keep improving.

From the moment they arrived in Morningside Heights, the seniors of the Columbia men’s basketball team have been forced to adapt at every turn.

The creation of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium in 1983 was an unprecedented endeavor. Made in tandem with Columbia’s decision to become coed, a request to the NCAA allowed the two schools to form an athletic consortium, making Barnard the only women’s college in the country whose students could compete on Division I athletics teams.

Everywhere he was known, John Howard Johnson left an unmistakable impact. His life’s achievements stretched from Columbia’s basketball courts to the streets of Harlem and the fields of Negro League Baseball. The strength of his character made an impression on every group of which he was a part.

The calls began his junior year of college. Will Savage was leading his team in batting average, runs, hits, on-base percentage, and stolen bases. Soon enough, his play started to warrant recognition beyond the Ivy League. Major league scouts took notice, and Savage received calls from the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, informing him that there was a serious chance he would be selected in MLB’s 2016 Amateur Draft.