Winter sports are starting off with a bang. Sports maven Max Rettig brings you the highlights. This past Saturday, the men’s swimming and diving team tweeted a congratulatory message to the women’s swimming and diving team. This was not just any ordinary show of camaraderie between teams: Columbia’s women’s swimming and diving team showed up […]

Spotlight: Head of the Charles Regatta One week after splitting the team to compete in two different races on the Passaic and Housatonic Rivers, the lightweight crew team competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend. Joining them was Columbia’s women’s rowing team, in their first meet this non-traditional season. The Head of […]

Bwog’s dedicated sportsman Akul Arora faithfully presents this week in Columbia sports. Columbia soccer battled Penn to a decisive tie on Saturday.  The final score of the exhilarating contest was 0-0.  Even though there weren’t any goals, the Lions displayed a lot of heart.  They had an aggressive style of play, doubling up Penn in […]

The Men’s cross-country team, ranked 30th in the nation last week, took the top spot at the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday. The Lions toppled a field of 28 teams in their pursuit and capture of first place. Columbia’s victims in the 5-miler include Colorado State (16), New Mexico (21), host Notre Dame (22), Virginia […]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stay on campus over winter break? You may be like Bwog and predict a mental breakdown would ensue if you had to see Butler one more time after your last exam, let alone repeatedly for weeks. But a winter break in Morningside Heights is the […]

Update: We won! Final score: 75-57. It’s the first time since 1985 that Columbia has beaten Villanova. Tonight’s Men’s Basketball (2-1) game versus Villanova (3-1) of the Big East will be streamed live on ESPN3, ESPN’s online network that airs games tertiary to their two main networks and tangental to various other channels (ESPN Classic, […]

Bwog is bringing back a series of interviews with standout athletes on campus. Last semester, we caught up with track star Kyle Merber and tennis sensation Nikki Bartnik. This week, Bwog sat down with Field Hockey’s Gabby Kozlowski, hoping unlock the secrets to her outstanding career and see how the girls handle all those sticks […]

Senior Jeff Adams signed a free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Monday and will head to Texas this week to start the Cowboys’ rookie mini-camp. Adams, a sociology major from Western Springs, Illinois, is a three-time All-Ivy League left tackle for Columbia, making him the first Lion since 1996 to earn three consecutive […]

The Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams, which have both enjoyed outstanding seasons, finished their final Ivy League matches with a bang today. The squads pulverized Penn, with the Women winning 6-1 and the Men a resounding 7-0. With two wins this weekend, the Men’s Tennis team remains in the hunt for the Ivy League title […]

We’re back for the second round in our series of interviews with Columbia athletes to help you get to know these jocular jocks. Last week, we broke a sweat with Kyle Merber, star distance runner for Men’s Track & Field. Next up is Florida native, Nikki Bartnik CC ’13, who has owned the No. 1 […]

Bacchanal weekend got off to a bad start for many Lions teams. Yale snapped the Men’s Tennis team’s 12 game winning streak and handed the squad their first Ivy League loss. The Bulldogs similarly got the better of the Women’s Tennis team, while Cornell swept Baseball and Softball in Saturday’s doubleheader. The Lions, however, bounced […]

Today, we begin a series of athlete interviews to reveal the personality behind the pads, and help you get to know your Lions in light blue. First up is Kyle Merber CC ’12, a middle distance runner for the Men’s Track & Field team hailing from Dix Hills, NY. Among his many accolades, Kyle is […]

It wasn’t all about Seder dinner and Easter baskets for Columbia Athletics this weekend, as the Lions traveled far and wide to take on Ivy League foes and non-conference adversaries alike. The Men’s Tennis team continued their dominant run this week, extending their win streak to 12 as they sit comfortably atop the Ivy League. […]

Savvy sports sources tell Bwog that this March Madness thing is still going on, despite the fact that it’s April. If you’ve spent the last month stressing as much about your bracket as your CC midterm, you probably already know that tonight is the NCAA Division I National Championship Game. If you have no idea […]

Katie Meili, CC’13, has had one of the most impressive seasons in Women’s Swimming & Diving program history, culminating with a record-shattering swim in the 100 yard breaststroke at the 2012 Ivy League Championship. The Texas native captured four other Ivy League titles that weekend and was unanimously named Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. […]