Downtown Waco mural counts down to McLane Stadium debut
The approaching opening of Baylor’s McLane Stadium has excited more than just the campus community; the buzz is evident all over Waco. But nowhere is that more obvious than at the intersection of...
View ArticleMen’s basketball earns 4th NCAA tourney selection in 7 years
Eight Baylor head coaches combined to earn four NCAA tournament selections between 1946 (when the Bears received their first selection) and 2003 (when Scott Drew was hired). Drew’s Bears have now...
View ArticleBig 12 champion Lady Bears ready to host NCAA 1st and 2nd rounds
For the fourth straight year, the Baylor Lady Bears are both the Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament champions — the first team to accomplish such a run in Big 12 history. Monday night,...
View ArticleMen’s hoops heads to Sweet 16 for 3rd time in 5 years
For the third time in five years, Baylor men’s basketball is headed to the Sweet 16. Just let that sink in for a minute. Winners of 12 of their last 14 games, head coach Scott Drew’s Bears are once...
View ArticleLady Bears advance to Sweet 16 for 6th straight season
Six straight Sweet 16 seasons. It’s a tongue twister — and a reality for Baylor women’s basketball. In front of a raucous Monday night crowd that included Baylor football head coach Art Briles and...
View ArticleLady Bears fall in Elite Eight; Bears cut down in Sweet 16
So, Baylor’s basketball season has come to an end. As we noted on Twitter, I guess we’ll have to be content with a Sweet 16, an Elite Eight, and two Big 12 titles. The Lady Bears ran into the buzzsaw...
View ArticleOdyssey Sims wins ‘Heisman of women’s hoops’
For the third straight season, a Baylor Lady Bear is the national player of the year. Outgoing senior Odyssey Sims was named the winner of the 2014 Wade Trophy on Monday night by the Women’s...
View ArticleBaylor students study business of sports in unique S3 program
Big brands doled out $4 million for a 30-second Super Bowl spot this year. AT&T is reportedly paying $19 million a year to have their name on the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium. The New York Yankees are...
View ArticleBaylor tennis teams sweep Big 12 regular season titles for 9th time in 12 years
In the Big 12 Conference’s 18-year history, Baylor men’s and women’s tennis have combined to win 22 regular season league titles. Even when accounting for ties, that’s more than half of the trophies...
View ArticleBaylor club golf wins national championship
Just a couple of years ago, Baylor didn’t even have a club golf team. Now, the Bears have won a national championship. Baylor Club Golf is a student-led organization that gives students who don’t make...
View ArticleBaylor again leads Texas with 5 NFL draftees
For the second time in three years, Baylor football produced the most NFL draftees of any school in Texas. Five Bears were tapped in last week’s NFL Draft, bringing Baylor’s total since 2011 to 16 —...
View ArticleBaylor tennis teams reach Sweet 16 together for 9th time in 10 years
For the ninth time in 10 years, Baylor’s men’s and women’s tennis teams are together in the Sweet 16. Each team earned the right to host first and second round action this past weekend, and each team...
View ArticleJudge Starr testifies before Congressional committee on student-athlete...
The concept of student-athlete unionization has been one of the hottest topics in college athletics since late March, when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that football players at...
View ArticleCanion, Baylor softball begin road to World Series at home
Baylor fans will get one more weekend to see one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history play at home, as Baylor softball hosts an NCAA regional Friday through Sunday. Getterman...
View ArticleSoftball headed to Women’s College World Series
For the second time in four years, Baylor softball is headed to the Women’s College World Series! Head coach Glenn Moore’s team kept the 2014 season going by upsetting No. 4 seed Georgia twice in...
View ArticleLongtime App State coach the 11th Bear elected to College Football Hall of Fame
In 1960 — the same year Baylor yell leaders introduced the bear claw and “Sic ‘em, Bears!” yell — a young man named Jerry Moore served as a Baylor football team captain, helping carry the Bears to a...
View ArticleSoftball’s historic comeback clinches spot among NCAA final four
Baylor softball’s season came to a close Sunday, but not before the Lady Bears had completed the largest comeback in Women’s College World Series history and reached the NCAA semifinals for the second...
View ArticleBaylor lands cover of 2014 ‘Texas Football’ magazine
For the first time since 1975, Baylor football alone commands the cover of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. That bears saying again. Baylor hasn’t taken the cover in this fashion in almost 40...
View ArticleBears match best-ever finish at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
It’s hard to know which storyline to lead with from Baylor track and field’s performance this past weekend at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Is it freshman Trayvon Bromell setting a World Junior...
View ArticleBaylor family embraces Isaiah Austin following career-ending diagnosis
Isaiah Austin expected to spend this week preparing for Thursday’s NBA draft. Instead, he’ll spend it preparing for life without the sport he loves, after learning Saturday he suffers from a rare...
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