Roar Ryan Roar

By Ryan Young

About Roar Ryan Roar

Welcome to "Roar Ryan Roar," where I hope to give insights and opinions on both Columbia and Ivy League happenings, as well as my personal experiences. I am a baseball beat writer for Spectator and a sports broadcaster on WKCR. Being from Long Island, I am a fan of the Jets, Knicks, Islanders, and—above all—many would consider me a ridiculously avid Mets fan. I will not disagree. I am not a fan of many of our Ivy rivals (and will have fun deriding them throughout the column); the Yankees; those who mistakenly consider themselves New Yorkers; and the agony my teams cause me. So as you can see, following the Lions is a perfect fit.

Follow me on twitter: @RY_Mets

Ryan Young is a Columbia College sophomore majoring in economics-statistics. He is a sports broadcaster for WKCR.

Articles

YOUNG: Sports heat up in the springtime

By Ryan Young
Apr 9 10:34 pm ET

Basketball and Football aren't the only sports to get excited about.

YOUNG: Baseball's appeal goes beyond the game's box score

By Ryan Young
Mar 30 02:20 am ET

There is an appeal to Columbia baseball beyond the box score.

YOUNG: Ivy basketball shines as Harvard enters tournament

By Ryan Young
Mar 13 09:43 pm ET

The excitement of Ivy League men's basketball has gone unmatched in the last few weeks.

YOUNG: No more close losses for the Light Blue

By Ryan Young
Feb 23 03:42 am ET

All across the big sports at Columbia—basketball, football and baseball—the Lions must be able to pull out close games in order to improve their records.

YOUNG: Ivies need more TV coverage

By Ryan Young
Feb 6 01:42 am ET

While Columbia fans can pay to stream home games, they cannot access video of road games, and this policy does not make sense.

YOUNG: Scheduling trips up Lions

By Ryan Young
Jan 23 01:25 am ET

Ancient Eight scheduling tendencies have recently hurt the Lions in recent competition.

Harvard establishes athletic prestige

By Ryan Young
Nov 30 09:50 pm ET

Many of its students will join the one percent. Its football team annihilated its rivals in front of over 55,000 in enemy territory. Its basketball team forced Florida State and Central Florida to blush shades of crimson in the process of taking over Atlantis. It has long been associated with academic prestige, but never major athletic triumph. It is Harvard, and the Crimson are rewriting the history books up in Cambridge, Mass.

YOUNG: CU sports lack wins but not excitement

By Ryan Young
Nov 18 05:06 am ET

The Lions may not have wins to show for their difficult Ivy season in football or the admirable effort for the basketball team at UConn, but it sure has been an interesting ride.

YOUNG: Ivies can learn from World Series drama

By Ryan Young
Nov 4 02:16 am ET

Major League Baseball had one of its greatest months ever. With the introduction of more playoffs, such drama could unfold in the Ivy League as well.

YOUNG: Homecoming turns from magical to typical

By Ryan Young
Oct 17 02:09 am ET

If you told me on Saturday morning that the Lions would have a second down on the four-yard line, trailing by only three points with under two minutes left in the game—I would’ve said either you’re one of those wide-eyed, overly optimistic freshmen or you know nothing about Ivy League football.

YOUNG: Lions fans need to tame the blame game

By Ryan Young
Oct 5 10:15 pm ET

“Boooooooooooo!” That is what greeted a harmless one-out eighth-inning pop-up by Alex Rodriguez at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. Meanwhile, when Derek Jeter struck out in a bigger spot in the next inning, to cap off an 0 for 5 day in which he made a key error, the response was mostly just murmurs. I’m sure Yankee fans realize that the sensible plan of action would have been to boo their beloved shortstop who was more culpable for the loss, but they couldn’t resist showering their usual scapegoat with disapproval.

CU needs to capitalize on NYC's potential

By Ryan Young
Sep 21 10:56 pm ET

The Lions may have lost the biggest college football battle in New York City last Saturday, but at least the Light Blue and its fans were able to comfortably head back to 116th and Broadway, while the Rams had to stay put in the dull yet perilous Bronx. Unfortunately, even with such a prime location, Columbia athletics is losing another New York City battle: utilizing the opportunities the best city in the world has to offer.

Fresh take, optimism for CU athletics

By Ryan Young
Sep 7 11:11 pm ET

I am pretty much like any sports fan that is a life-long New Yorker—with my year being mostly divided into baseball and football seasons, as my Mets and Jets always find new ways to torment me. In fact, none of my favorite teams have ever won a championship in my lifetime. So you can imagine, by coming to Columbia to support the Lions, I feel right at home…

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