Last TWIB of April!

Yet another exciting week of sports awaits!

Soccer, baseball, and a texting incident. The drama!

Enjoy last week’s highlights and view upcoming events for the week of April 8!

You don’t have to choose between baseball and the upcoming solar eclipse. Editor’s Warning: Mentions of death.

The Lions outscored the Crimson 30–16 in the first two games of their three-game series. 

Columbia defeated Princeton in both games of a Saturday doubleheader this weekend.

After splitting a doubleheader Saturday, Columbia looked to pick up the victory against Penn on Sunday to win the first series of their Ivy League campaign. They lost 13–7.

Literal wins, imminent wins, and metaphorical wins—take your pick!

Happening in the World: There has been an influx of French citizens moving to the Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood of Montreal in recent years, transforming the area into a French enclave with Parisian accents and traditional restaurants.

Sports Editor Abby Rubel stops tanning to bring you the latest from Athletics. Baseball: The Lions (12-21, 8-4 Ivy) swept Brown (7-19, 3-9 Ivy) this weekend in Rhode Island. Columbia is now second in the Ivy League standings, a game behind Harvard. Brown remained in seventh place. The Lions dominated the first game 8-2. Brown […]

While you’re enjoying Bacchanal (or shivering your butt off), Columbia’s teams are busy taking on Ivy opponents. Baseball: The Lions (8-18, 4-2 Ivy) head up to Hanover this weekend to take on Dartmouth (5-13, 1-1-1 Ivy) in their first conference roadtrip of the season. Columbia is currently tied with Yale for first place; the Bulldogs […]

Champion of the sporting life Ross Chapman went to a softball game and lived to tell the tale, sustained only by fevered visions of you, dear reader. A few squandered offensive opportunities left the Lions low after game one, but a powerful pitching performance by Tessa Kroll helped the Columbia softball team split a cold […]

With baseball season well underway, the Lions are doing pretty well. Bwog’s sports-savvy lefty Max Rettig caught up with pitcher, and fellow lefty, David Speer, who is enjoying quite a good season. Catch the interview below.  Bwog: What’s the team culture like, especially when traveling?  David: We’re all pretty much best friends. Our fall workouts […]

Another weekend has passed, and another track and field record has been passed. Baseball beat the Crimson; softball did not. Tennis continued to serve up victories. Catch the run-down from Bwog super sports fan Max Rettig. Baseball: The Lions won both games against Harvard on the power of offense, with 12-6 and 8-2 wins. In […]