A lot of people questioned the Pittsburgh Steelers traded up to draft Baylor’s Daniel Sepulveda in the fourth round this year. After all, it’s not often that a punter even gets drafted at all. Sepulveda has made the Steelers’ move pay off this year, and he was rewarded by being named the team’s rookie of […]
With one week left ’til Christmas, many shoppers find that both ideas and time are in short supply. If that describes your situation, may we suggest a Baylor-related book for your loved one? Both Baylor Magazine and the Baylor Line regularly feature round-ups of books by Baylor alums and faculty (see here and here for […]
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale had some nice things to say about Baylor’s men’s basketball program in a recent column on ESPN.com: “Down at Baylor, Scott Drew is putting together something special. He has done a great job despite adversity and the Bears have played outstanding basketball early. Baylor won the Paradise Jam event […]
A day after kicking a career-best four field goals to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 19-13 win, former Baylor kicker Matt Bryant was named the Bucs’ 2007 Man of the Year. The award honors players not just for their on-the-field actions — though one could certainly make a case for Bryant on those […]
Yesterday afternoon’s press conference introducing Art Briles as Baylor’s new head football coach has generated a lot of positive buzz around the program. Click here or on the photo above for a slideshow of pictures taken by Baylor photographer Robert Rogers at the press conference. BaylorBears.com also has a photo gallery of its own, as […]
Baylor President John Lilley and Director of Athletics Ian McCaw today welcomed Art Briles to Baylor as the Bears’ new head football coach. Briles spent the last five seasons as head coach at the University of Houston, leading the Cougars to four bowl games. In 2001, UH went 0-11; two years later, Briles had them […]
7-year-old Taylor Darling has been fighting cancer for nearly two years; thankfully, it is now in remission. As she travels the road back to good health, she’ll have a new companion: a 6-year-old black quarter pony horse she named “Fudge.” The pony was a gift from the Make-A-Wish Foundation and was presented during an intermission […]
Nice win for the Lady Bears yesterday afternoon on national TV, as 13th-ranked Baylor came from behind to beat No. 12 Cal 69-56 at the Ferrell Center. How about this unbelievable stat: under head coach Kim Mulkey, the Lady Bears are 53-1 in home nonconference games. Overall, Baylor is 103-13 in the Ferrell Center in […]
Head coach Scott Drew’s Baylor men’s basketball team purposely put together a tougher non-conference schedule this year to prepare the team for Big 12 play, and the squad is proving up to the challenge. Over the past three days, the men defeated Wichita State, Notre Dame and Winthrop to win the Paradise Jam championship. Notre […]
Bill Glass was Baylor football’s first unanimous consensus All-America selection, but for the past four decades, he’s dedicated himself to what is now known as Champions for Life, a prison ministry Glass started three years after he finished a 10-year NFL career. The Amarillo Globe-News recently ran a nice feature on Glass and his work. […]
