Over 150 former Baylor football players have played in the NFL over the years, but until this week, no Bear had ever been an NFL head coach. That changed Tuesday, when Baylor great Mike Singletary was introduced as interim head coach of the San Francisco 49ers; he will lead the 2-5 team through at least […]
Many people involved in college athletics, from administrators to fans, tend to forget about the “student” part of the “student-athlete” and focus solely on their school’s wins and losses. But that’s not the case at Baylor, and the university’s concern for the 18- to 22-year-olds shows up in the NCAA’s annual academic reports. For the […]
Head coach Art Briles picked up his first Big 12 Conference win with style Saturday as the Bears swept past Iowa State, 38-10. True freshman quarterback Robert Griffin continued to impress, completing 21-of-24 pass attempts for 278 yards and two touchdowns, but Griffin shared the Parents Weekend spotlight with fellow freshman Kendall Wright. (Those two […]
A survey of Big 12 Conference men’s basketball coaches released yesterday by the league reveals that, more than ever, teams around the conference fear playing Baylor. Asked to rank the league’s 12 teams, head coach Scott Drew’s peers put the Bears on even ground with defending national champion Kansas. The coaches’ poll results had Baylor […]
Led by new coach Art Briles and freshman quarterback Robert Griffin, Baylor football has earned a good deal of attention this fall from fans and the media, and rightly so. Saturday’s home game against top-ranked Oklahoma (11:40 a.m. kickoff; get tickets or tune into Fox Sports Net’s national broadcast) will be yet another excellent test […]
David Wesley left Baylor 33 hours shy of a degree in 1993 to begin an NBA career that would last 14 seasons with the Nets, Celtics, Hornets, Rockets and Cavaliers. Now he’s back to finish his education — and in his spare time, assist head coach Scott Drew as a student manager. Drew points to […]
In just her third year in the league, WNBA MVP candidate Sophia Young led the San Antonio Silver Stars to the best record in the league and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, which begin tonight. Young finished the regular season averaging 17.5 points (a new career high) and 5.6 rebounds per game, and the former […]
18-year-old Robert Griffin is quickly becoming the storyline for Baylor football this season, picking up accolades from just about everyone who watches him play (update to add: including being named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week). After the Bears broke out for a 51-6 win over Northwestern State a week ago, Griffin led the […]
You may have already heard that Baylor’s football game this weekend vs. Washington State, originally scheduled for Saturday morning, has now been shifted to tonight at 7:30 p.m. to avoid Hurricane Ike. Thankfully, we’ve already got Sasha here all the way from Pennsylvania to lead us in showing our school spirit. Sasha won’t be at […]
Those who know me know well that I’m almost as big a fan of the Houston Astros as I am of Baylor, so it gave me great pleasure to read yesterday that former Baylor baseball letterman Mark Saccomanno had been called up to the big leagues. When I saw during last night’s game that Saccomanno […]
