This year’s Baylor-Texas football game will mark the 113th time the two teams have squared off on the gridiron — one of the 25 most-played rivalries in college football history. For most of that time — since 1916 — the two teams have been conference rivals, first in the Southwest Conference (1915-96) and then in […]
For the second time in the last three years, a Baylor football non-conference opponent is about to become a conference opponent. In 2021, it was BYU; this time, it’s Utah. As far as athletics goes, the two schools are practically complete strangers. This Saturday marks the two schools’ first meeting in football, and they’ve only […]
This Saturday evening, it’s all back: touchdowns and tailgates, the Baylor Line and the Golden Wave, first downs and third downs and a sea of green and gold on the Brazos. Yes, the 2023 season is almost here, and it officially begins Saturday at 6 p.m. when the Bears kick off the new year against […]
The addition of so many new schools to the Big 12 — BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF this fall; Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah in 2024 — means Baylor fans have plenty of new places to visit as they cheer on the Bears. In just a few weeks, Baylor football will visit Orlando and […]
Many Baylor fans may not realize that one of the key reporters they’re reading or watching in CBS Sports’ college football coverage is a fellow Bear — in fact, one whose work they may have read right here on campus. Less than a decade after his days writing for The Baylor Lariat, Shehan Jeyarajah (BA ’16) has […]
For a Baylor volleyball program that has reached the NCAA Tournament seven years in a row — including four straight Sweet 16 berths — expectations are always high, even with a team as young as this year’s squad. The relative youth of this year’s team may stand out, but the young talent up and down […]
It’s hard to believe, but the upcoming Baylor football season will be the 10th at McLane Stadium. How time flies! The epicenter of Bear Country every home football Saturday, McLane Stadium has aged gracefully, if it’s aged at all. It’s still tied with an incoming conference rival (Houston’s TDECU Stadium) as the newest Power 5 football […]
The Big 12 Conference is a growing family! Four new family members arrive this fall (BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF) — and now, another four partners will join the league in 2024: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah! All four schools in the 2024 set are R1 and AAU universities, each was founded before its […]
This week’s Major League Baseball All-Star game marks the unofficial midpoint of the baseball season, and for Baylor fans, there was plenty to cheer in the season’s first half. Major league debuts, starting spots, and elite power numbers were just a few of the highlights. Four Bears have seen time in the big leagues already […]
When Keyonte George heard his name called last night in the 2023 NBA Draft, it fulfilled a lifelong dream for the former Baylor guard — and continued a recent trend for BU that no one else in college basketball can match. George was selected with the 16th overall pick by the Utah Jazz, making him […]
