Author: Nathan Keil

By Nathan Keil | Sports EditorFor the second straight year, a team has snapped a long championship drought in a highly entertaining seven game World Series. In 2016, it was the Chicago Cubs snapping a 108-year losing streak. After a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers last Wednesday night, the Houston Astros claimed their first World Championship. As highly competitive and entertaining as the series was, it wasn’t always pretty. I’m not talking about the bullpens both being beaten up or the fact that the two teams combined to allow a World Series 24 home runs. First, it was…

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By Nathan Keil | Sports EditorIn preparation for Baylor’s matchup with Kansas on Saturday, the Lariat spoke with Sean Collins, assistant sports editor for The University Daily Kansan. Collins said that like Baylor, Kansas has had a difficult time settling on a quarterback this season and that the game will come down to which quarterback can settle find their offensive rhythm. Q: Zach Smith has been Baylor’s quarterback for most of the season, but now he is injured and freshmen Charlie Brewer will start on Saturday. How is Kansas preparing for Baylor’s offense when Brewer’s sample size has been so…

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By Nathan Keil | Sports EditorBaylor soccer needed a big win to increase its postseason chances, and that is exactly what the Bears got in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament Wednesday afternoon. Trailing 1-0 with two minutes to play in the second half, junior defender Sarah King found junior forward Lauren Piercy on a cross in the box and Piercy delivered a strike from six yards out to tie the game at 1. After losing four of its five games this season on golden goals in overtime, including 1-0 to Texas on Oct. 20, Baylor returned the…

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By Nathan Keil | Sports Editor, Video by Elisabeth Tharp | Broadcast Reporter Baylor’s quarterback depth chart got a bit smaller Tuesday morning. Rhule announced at his weekly press conference that Arizona transfer and senior Anu Solomon has withdrawn from Baylor University. Solomon was currently enrolled in graduate level courses, but Rhule said Solomon was struggling to consistently attend class and stay up with the workload due to his concussion issues. “Some guys were asking about Anu [Solomon], but the doctors still haven’t cleared him, and he’s missed too much school,” Rhule said. “So, he’s medically withdrawn from school so…

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By Nathan Keil | Sports EditorJustin Turner stepped back into the batter’s box. The Dodgers’ third baseman touches the bill of his batting helmet and looks out as Cubs’ pitcher John Lackey gathers the sign from catcher Wilson Contreras. He waits for Lackey’s 1-0 pitch. Turner finds himself in the position every baseball player dreams of growing up: tie game, two on two out and a chance to lift your team to victory. This is Turner’s reality. Fifty-five thousand people stand on their feet at Dodger Stadium, anxiously anticipating what was still to come. Lackey fires a fastball, knee high…

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