Columbia Athletics - Revision history

Uf001 at 03:03, 30 January 2014

2014-01-30T03:03:25Z

Admin at 13:04, 17 December 2013

2013-12-17T13:04:24Z

Admin at 13:04, 17 December 2013

2013-12-17T13:04:03Z

Admin at 13:03, 17 December 2013

2013-12-17T13:03:42Z

Admin at 13:00, 17 December 2013

2013-12-17T13:00:10Z

Cam2171 at 16:38, 1 September 2011

2011-09-01T16:38:15Z

Nateoxford: maybe a bit heavy-handed

2010-01-27T22:46:00Z

maybe a bit heavy-handed

Nateoxford: /* Cheapskates */

2010-01-27T22:29:17Z

‎Cheapskates

Nateoxford at 22:25, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T22:25:08Z

Nateoxford: /* Football and basketball */ - Cornell won in 2008 and 2009

2010-01-27T22:17:10Z

‎Football and basketball: - Cornell won in 2008 and 2009

@@ Line 58: / Line 58: @@
 * [http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/ Official Conference Website]
 * [http://www.voy.com/152805/ Ivy League Message Board]
 [[Category:Athletics]]
 [[Category:Departments]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:04, 17 December 2013
Line 60:		Line 60:

	[[Category:Athletics]]		[[Category:Athletics]]
		+	[[Category:Departments]]

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 The department administers the undergraduate [[physical education requirement]]. A few extra classes beyond this requirement, and one can actually concentrate in Physical Education. Just ask [[Ken Torey]].
-== Varsity Sports ==
+=== Varsity Sports ===
 The two most prominent varsity sports are [[football]] and [[basketball]], which generally have not performed well in recent decades. Instead, Columbia has performed better in other sports such as [[fencing]], [[cross country]], [[soccer]], [[crew]], [[wrestling]], [[tennis]] and [[archery]].

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Image:AthleticsLion.jpg|thumb|The Athletics Department's Lion Logo]]
-'''Columbia Athletics''' (also known as '''Columbia Athletics Department''' or '''Physical Education Department) administers [[Varsity Sports]], [[Club Sports]], [[Intramural Sports]] and the [[physical education requirement]]. It is based in [[Dodge Physical Fitness Center]].
+'''Columbia Athletics''' (also known as '''Columbia Athletics Department''' or '''Physical Education Department''') administers the following programs with various degrees of enthusiasm:
 == History ==
@@ Line 7: / Line 13: @@
 The history of Columbia varsity sports is often summed up by cynics as "futility." An authority no less than [[David J. Stern]], Commissioner of the NBA, former chairman of the Columbia Trustees, and a graduate of the [[Columbia Law School|Law School]], has admitted that being a Columbia sports fan isn't easy.
-In the 2006-2007 academic year, Columbia Athletics set a record for number of Ivy League titles won in a year with 5. Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Fencing, Men's Fencing, and Men's Tennis all brought home titles.
+Some of Columbia's top sporting highlights include, in chronological order:
-== Physical Education ==
+==Programs==
-A few extra classes beyond this requirement, and one can actually concentrate in Physical Education. Just ask [[Ken Torey]].
+=== Physical Education ===
 == Varsity Sports ==
 The two most prominent varsity sports are [[football]] and [[basketball]], which generally have not performed well in recent decades. Instead, Columbia has performed better in other sports such as [[fencing]], [[cross country]], [[soccer]], [[crew]], [[wrestling]], [[tennis]] and [[archery]].
 == Notable athletes and sports personalities ==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Image:AthleticsLion.jpg|thumb|The Athletics Department's Lion Logo]]
-The '''Columbia Athletics Department''' administers [[Varsity Sports]], [[Club Sports]], and [[Intramural Sports]]. It is based in [[Dodge Physical Fitness Center]].
+'''Columbia Athletics''' (also known as '''Columbia Athletics Department''' or '''Physical Education Department) administers [[Varsity Sports]], [[Club Sports]], [[Intramural Sports]] and the [[physical education requirement]]. It is based in [[Dodge Physical Fitness Center]].
 == History ==
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 In the 2006-2007 academic year, Columbia Athletics set a record for number of Ivy League titles won in a year with 5. Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Fencing, Men's Fencing, and Men's Tennis all brought home titles.
-== Football and basketball ==
+== Physical Education ==
-Columbia last won a [[football]] [[Ivy League]] title in [[1961]], its only Ivy League title in the history of the conference, which officially dates to [[1956]]. The next closest school to Columbia's 45 year title drought is [[Cornell]], which hasn't won since 1990.
+A few extra classes beyond this requirement, and one can actually concentrate in Physical Education. Just ask [[Ken Torey]].
-The last [[basketball]] title claimed by the Lions was in [[1968]], just before protests rocked campus. This is somewhat more forgivable since a team other than [[Penn]] or [[Princeton]] has won the league title outright only eight times since 1956. Even Columbia's '68 title was shared with Princeton.
+== Varsity Sports ==
-Columbia's revenue teams have recently rebounded, as the football team finished 2006 at .500 for the first time since [[Marcellus Wiley]] CC'97 played defensive end in 1996, and men's basketball finished .500 in the conference and 16-12 overall for the team's first winning record since the 1992-93 season. Football achieved that mark in just one season under [[Norries Wilson]], the Ivy League's first African-American head football coach. Men's basketball returns their entire team next winter.
+The two most prominent varsity sports are [[football]] and [[basketball]], which generally have not performed well in recent decades.
-== Other teams ==
+Instead, Columbia has performed better in other sports such as [[fencing]], [[cross country]], [[soccer]], [[crew]], [[wrestling]], [[tennis]] and [[archery]].
-These two high-visibility teams tend to obscure Columbia's dominance in other sports. Columbia has won 33 Ivy League men's [[fencing]] titles. The women have added seven more. In addition, the men's team has won the NCAA championship on more than one occasion – most recently in [[2007]], and Columbia fencers routinely appear in the Olympic games. From 2002-2005, the Women's [[Cross Country]] team dominated the competition, with runner [[Caroline Bierbaum]] CC'06 winning the individual league title twice, and finishing second at the NCAA championships.
+Some of Columbia's top sporting highlights include:
-Then there's Columbia's forgotten dynasty – the 1978-1985 [[Men's Soccer]] teams that captured eight consecutive titles, highlighted in [[1983]] with a trip to the NCAA Championship game, which ended with a heartbreaking double OT loss to Indiana. The [[Women's Soccer|women's side]] captured its first league title in [[2006]].
+== Notable athletes and sports personalities ==
 Many Columbians play a major role in the world of sports, some who were athletes at Columbia, and some who weren't:
 *[[Bob Sheppard]] '33 - "Voice of the Yankees"
 *[[Red Auerbach]] [[Seth Low Junior College|SLJC]] 1939 - Legendary coach and executive of the Boston Celtics
@@ Line 44: / Line 41: @@
 *[[Max Kellerman]] C '98 - Former host of ESPN's "Around the Horn" and host of his own radio show on ESPN radio
 *Aaron Marcovy C '05 - Four seat of the Oxford-winning blue boat in the 2008 Boat Race
 == External links ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:46, 27 January 2010
Line 8:		Line 8:

	In the 2006-2007 academic year, Columbia Athletics set a record for number of Ivy League titles won in a year with 5. Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Fencing, Men's Fencing, and Men's Tennis all brought home titles.		In the 2006-2007 academic year, Columbia Athletics set a record for number of Ivy League titles won in a year with 5. Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Fencing, Men's Fencing, and Men's Tennis all brought home titles.
−
−	~~==Cheapskates==~~
−	~~Athletics is notorious for attaining a hostile attitude towards students and Columbia fans while making a point of catering to visiting fans.~~
−
−	For instance, at baseball games Columbia students are publicly and inappropriately chastised for cheering for the Lions. This has contributed, in part, to students' boycott of varsity baseball games.
−
−	Another example is the Cornell-Columbia game on 23 January, 2010, when over half of the spectators in [[Francis S. Levien Gymnasium]] were [[Cornell]] fans. This essentially nullified Columbia's home-court advantage, while many Columbia fans were turned away. Cornell won the game 77-51, but the real winners were the Athletics Department; they earned $10 for every ticket they sold to a Cornell fan.

	== Football and basketball ==		== Football and basketball ==

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 ==Cheapskates==
-Athletics is notorious for attaining a hostile attitude towards students and Columbia fans while making a point of catering to visiting fans.  For instance, at baseball games Columbia students are publicly and inappropriately chastised for cheering for the Lions.  This has contributed, in part, to students' boycott of varsity baseball games.  Another example is the Cornell-Columbia game on 23 January, 2010, when over half of the spectators in [[Francis S. Levien Gymnasium]] were Cornell fans.  This essentially nullified Columbia's home-court advantage.  Furthermore, many Columbia fans were turned away.
+Athletics is notorious for attaining a hostile attitude towards students and Columbia fans while making a point of catering to visiting fans.
 == Football and basketball ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:25, 27 January 2010
Line 8:		Line 8:

	In the 2006-2007 academic year, Columbia Athletics set a record for number of Ivy League titles won in a year with 5. Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Fencing, Men's Fencing, and Men's Tennis all brought home titles.		In the 2006-2007 academic year, Columbia Athletics set a record for number of Ivy League titles won in a year with 5. Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Fencing, Men's Fencing, and Men's Tennis all brought home titles.
		+
		+	==Cheapskates==
		+	Athletics is notorious for attaining a hostile attitude towards students and Columbia fans while making a point of catering to visiting fans. For instance, at baseball games Columbia students are publicly and inappropriately chastised for cheering for the Lions. This has contributed, in part, to students' boycott of varsity baseball games. Another example is the Cornell-Columbia game on 23 January, 2010, when over half of the spectators in [[Francis S. Levien Gymnasium]] were Cornell fans. This essentially nullified Columbia's home-court advantage. Furthermore, many Columbia fans were turned away.

	== Football and basketball ==		== Football and basketball ==