Editing Columbia University (section)

==Athletics==
{{Main|Columbia Lions}}
[[File:Bigredmarchingband.jpg|thumb|[[Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium]] in [[Manhattan]],  home field of [[Columbia Lions football]]]]
[[File:GehrigCU.jpg|thumb|[[Lou Gehrig]], who attended Columbia University in 1922 and 1923]]
A member institution of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) in [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] [[Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]], Columbia fields varsity teams in 29 sports and is a member of the [[Ivy League]]. The football Lions play home games at the 17,000-seat [[Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium]]. The Baker Athletics Complex also includes facilities for baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, track, and rowing, as well as the new Campbell Sports Center, which opened in January 2013. The basketball, fencing, swimming & diving, volleyball, and wrestling programs are based at the Dodge Physical Fitness Center on the main campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Athletics|url=http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/university/campus/athletics.php|access-date=April 16, 2011|publisher=Columbia University|archive-date=June 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623112705/http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/university/campus/athletics.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Former students include [[Baseball Hall of Famers]] [[Lou Gehrig]] and [[Eddie Collins]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|football Hall of Famer]] [[Sid Luckman]], [[Marcellus Wiley]], and world champion women's weightlifter [[Karyn Marshall]].<ref name="tws02oct012">{{Cite news|author=Carft, Julie|date=July 29, 1989|title=Image is Heavy Burden – Weightlifter Karyn Marshall Feels Pressure to Project 'Femininity, Intelligence'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-29-sp-145-story.html|access-date=October 2, 2009|archive-date=March 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308235715/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-29/sports/sp-145_1_karyn-marshall|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SI2">{{Cite magazine|last=Lidz|first=Franz|date=March 21, 1988|title=A Lift For Wall Street|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067134/index.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=June 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011090230/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067134/index.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> On May 17, 1939, fledgling [[NBC]] broadcast a doubleheader between the Columbia Lions and the [[Princeton Tigers]] at Columbia's Baker Field, making it the first televised regular athletic event in history.<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/spr99/34a.html Baker Field: Birthplace of Sports Television] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007095924/http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/spr99/34a.html|date=October 7, 2008}}. Columbia University.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=20th-Century Greats|url=http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/athletics/athletes_bios.html|access-date=April 11, 2011|publisher=Columbia University|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629150629/http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/athletics/athletes_bios.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Columbia University participated in multiple firsts within collegiate athletics.<ref>{{cite web|year=2004|title=Columbia Athletics Highlight|url=http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/athletics/athletics_timeline.html|access-date=April 11, 2011|publisher=Columbia University|archive-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525021443/http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/athletics/athletics_timeline.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The football program is best known for its record of futility set during the 1980s: between 1983 and 1988, the team lost 44 games in a row, which is still the record for the NCAA [[Football Championship Subdivision]]. The streak was broken on October 8, 1988, with a 16–13 victory over arch-rival [[Princeton University]]. That was the Lions' first victory at Wien Stadium, which had been opened during the losing streak and was already four years old.<ref>[http://www.wikicu.com/Losing_streak Losing streak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115070433/http://www.wikicu.com/Losing_streak |date=January 15, 2021 }}. Wikicu.com. Retrieved on September 7, 2013.</ref> A new tradition has developed with the [[Liberty Cup]]. The Liberty Cup is awarded annually to the winner of the football game between [[Fordham University|Fordham]] and Columbia Universities, two of the only three NCAA Division I football teams in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football Hosts Columbia in Liberty Cup Game on Saturday|url=https://fordhamsports.com/news/2015/9/17/FB_0917155020.aspx|access-date=May 15, 2021|website=Fordham University Athletics|date=September 17, 2015|language=en|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515050001/https://fordhamsports.com/news/2015/9/17/FB_0917155020.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>