At big American sporting events, it’s usually pop or rock stars who are selected to sing the National Anthem — singers like Billy Joel or Carrie Underwood. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship (commonly called Euro 2008) wrapped up Saturday in Vienna as Germany faced Spain in the title match, which is roughly equivalent to […]
Freshman Robert Griffin should have been wrapping up his high school track career this spring. Among the nation’s top sprinters, Griffin would likely have won several state titles and perhaps even break some records in his final season. Instead, he graduated a semester early so that he could go through Baylor’s spring football practice; Griffin […]
The vaunted Baylor 4×400-meter relay team brought home its fourth straight national championship over the weekend. Only one school has ever won more than four straight titles in the event: Baylor, which won five in a row from 1990-92. Some other numbers on the run… The team clocked a season-best time of 3:00.22, the fastest […]
I’ve never been much of a fisherman — too impatient, I suppose — but I’ve got enough outdoorsman in my blood to understand those who do. Two Baylor alums have made the news this year for their fishing exploits: Alton Jones won the Bassmaster Classic in February, while Charlie Pack was inducted into the Texas […]
For the 18th straight season, Major League Baseball has dipped into the Baylor baseball program to select players in the annual First-Year Player Draft. Five Bears were drafted this season, led by junior shortstop Beamer Weems, who went in the eighth round to the San Diego Padres with the 255th overall pick. The other Baylor […]
Junior third baseman Brette Reagan became the Baylor softball program’s first-ever three-time all-American when she was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I third team in May. The Lady Bears have had at least one All-American each of the last four years. Reagan earned the honor after leading Baylor in average (.385), runs (35), hits […]
Seven-foot center Mamadou Diene is a favorite around campus, nicknamed “The Mayor” for his friendly nature, and he has finished among the top three in the Big 12 Conference in blocks per game in each of his first three seasons. But it was his off-the-court activity that earned him the title of 2008 Big 12 […]
Russia is an important actor on the world stage in just about every arena, one of a few key players that will help direct international happenings for the foreseeable future. For that reason, it’s good to see today’s Baylor students — tomorrow’s leaders — studying Russian language and culture. Three Bears were selected to receive […]
Baylor Law students regularly have the top pass rate on the Texas State Bar Exam, but this tidbit is the icing on the cake: A pair of Baylor students were among the top three individual scorers on the February exam. Dallas native Thomas Keane earned the second highest score on the exam, while Ashley DeForest […]
When colleges and universities talk about rankings, they’re usually referring to the ones annually released by U.S. News and World Report. The publication’s lists make a big splash when they are released every year and have come to be the most relied-upon evaluation of a school’s academic standing. But at the end of the day, […]
