Bears prepare to celebrate Floyd Casey Stadium finale Saturday
It’s hard to believe it, but a little more than 48 hours from now, Baylor football will have played its final game at Floyd Casey Stadium. After 64 years, the approaching Floyd Casey finale has caused...
View ArticleAlumni couple that attended first game as newlyweds to return for Floyd Casey...
To hear Tom (BBA ’50) and Margaret Stone describe it, 1950 doesn’t sound so different from 2013: a transformative new stadium taking shape, high expectations for Baylor’s ascendant football team, a...
View ArticleBaylor Football: 2013 Big 12 Conference Champs!
Well, THAT’S the way to send out your old home! After 64 seasons at Floyd Casey Stadium, Saturday’s finale held a lot of promise going in, and the Bears came through in every way. So many...
View ArticleBCS bowl bound: Baylor headed to 2014 Fiesta Bowl
In July, Baylor football was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12. In August, the Bears were unranked nationally. In January, Big 12 champion Baylor will be playing in a BCS bowl, as the No. 6-ranked...
View ArticleIndividual honors roll in for Baylor football as Bears prep for Fiesta Bowl
Two days from now, Baylor football will play in its first New Year’s Day bowl game since the 1981 Cotton Bowl. That team (like this year’s) was also the conference champion, led by future NFL stars...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 Baylor football season
Like many of you, I’m still hurting a little from the Bears’ Fiesta Bowl loss Wednesday night. But I’m doing my best to keep it in perspective; remember, it was just three years ago that we were...
View ArticleStadium and other Baylor projects moving right along
While the Baylor campus has been quiet over Christmas break, construction projects have been moving ahead at full steam. The video above gives a good look at 15 months worth of work on Baylor’s newly...
View ArticleIn Arizona for the game, Baylor fans turned out to serve the host community
For many Baylor fans, the trip to Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl wasn’t just about the game; they found time to give back to the host community. Approximately 200 Baylor and UCF fans joined Baylor’s...
View ArticleBaylor tennis teams continue string of top preseason rankings
You may have read recently that Baylor is the only school in the nation to have its football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball programs ranked in the top 14 nationally. But that doesn’t mean...
View ArticleOdyssey Sims on pace to give the Lady Bears three straight national players...
A Baylor Lady Bear has been the unanimous women’s basketball player of the year each of the last two years. But even with Brittney Griner’s departure for the WNBA, it appears Kim Mulkey’s squad is on...
View ArticleFinal steel beam going up at McLane Stadium
As soon as weather allows, construction workers at Baylor’s McLane Stadium are prepared to mount the facility’s last piece of structural steel, marking another milestone toward the project’s...
View ArticleAthletic complex expands with new Williams Center
Baylor’s Julie and Jim Riverfront Athletic Complex really began to take shape in the spring of 1999, with the opening of Baylor Ballpark and Getterman Stadium. That fall, Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field...
View ArticleAll-American ace leads No.16 Baylor softball into 2014 season
The thermometer may say it’s still winter, but the start of Baylor softball says it’s spring. Head coach Glenn Moore’s Lady Bears begin the 2014 season tomorrow at a tournament in Las Vegas. Ranked...
View ArticleBaylor alum claims 3rd PGA win in 8 tries this season
In the last 20 years, only four players on the PGA Tour have won three of their first eight starts in a season: Tiger Woods. Phil Mickelson. David Duval. And now, Baylor alum Jimmy Walker. Walker won...
View ArticleSmith begins his 20th year leading Baylor baseball
When the first pitch is thrown tomorrow night between Baylor and Arizona State, it will mark the beginning of head coach Steve Smith‘s 20th season guiding the Baylor baseball program. Smith, a 1986...
View ArticleMost famous American in European hoops history a Baylor Bear
Darryl Middleton was a star basketball player at Baylor from 1985-88 — an All-American who finished his career third in program history in career scoring. He still ranks among the Bears’ career...
View ArticleBears lead Big 12 with 6 players at 2014 NFL Combine
A program-record six Bears will spend the next week at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, working out in front of dozens of NFL coaches and front office personnel at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine. The...
View ArticleMcLane Stadium brick deadline: March 1
A little more than six months from now, some 45,000 Baylor fans will be making their way into the new McLane Stadium. There will be plenty to check out at the new facility before the Bears even kick...
View ArticleMen’s basketball honors true heroes through Fort Hood partnership
When the Baylor men’s basketball team spent a weekend training at Fort Hood before the 2012-13 season, the soldiers and families they met there left a lasting impression. The weekend served as a major...
View ArticleLady Bears claim 4th straight Big 12 title
Tuesday night was a good night for Baylor basketball. In Waco, the men won their home finale over No. 16 Iowa State for their sixth win in seven tries, polishing their NCAA tournament resume. An hour...
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