Matt Velazquez

Year in review: Midseason lull ends football’s title hopes

The 2009 football season started and ended well, but a tough middle stretch ended any title hopes the Lions had.

By Matt Velazquez | May 9 07:31 pm ET

Defending my second major

So if I’m going to count Spec as a major, I guess this must be my thesis, or at least some other kind of important final paper.

By Matt Velazquez | May 3 01:07 am ET

CU football schedule preview

Columbia will open the 2010 season with four straight home games.

By Matt Velazquez | Apr 19 12:30 am ET

Ivy coach to join Donahue at BC?

Jones may be out of the running, but that means that there’s still a mystery afoot. There are six other coaches that could have been approached about joining Donahue, and while I cannot say that I have any legitimate idea as to who that could have been, I’ll do my best to narrow down the options.

By Matt Velazquez | Apr 7 12:33 am ET

Sports bars: New York’s big dilemma

The quest to the right bar for sports.

By Matt Velazquez | Mar 25 09:23 pm ET

Columnist picks top five CU games

Looking back at the past three and a half years, there are five games that stand out to me as the most memorable that I have seen while a Columbia student. I didn’t get to enjoy all of them as a fan, Columbia didn’t necessarily win all of them, and some of them hold more sentimental value than athletic value, but here are the top five most memorable games that I have seen as a Columbia student.

By Matt Velazquez | Mar 3 12:46 am ET

Why league should bring back all-star football game

Whether you’ve been watching or not, it’s all-star season in professional sports. All of these recent all-star games gave me an idea for postseason play that is not unheard of in the Ivy League: Let’s have an Ivy League football all-star game.

By Matt Velazquez | Feb 17 09:42 pm ET

What athletic feat does it take to actually root for Ithaca?

While I would still rank Cornell as one of the Ivy schools I dislike the most, I can’t help but root for the Big Red basketball team this season.

By Matt Velazquez | Feb 4 09:05 pm ET

Winning puts butts in the seats

Women's basketball has started the season strong and is worth watching in its future games.

By Matt Velazquez | Jan 24 09:19 pm ET

Don’t worry CU fans, football’s here to stay

Last weekend I went home to Connecticut to watch my high school football team compete in its first state championship game in our school’s history. The biggest surprise of my trip home was that Plainville High School‑my school’s Thanksgiving day rival and from the town I grew up playing sports in‑had dropped its football program. What got to me was that the recent and all too common trend of football programs being dropped finally hit close to home.

By Matt Velazquez | Dec 13 09:03 pm ET

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