By Foster Klug and Kimtong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a weapon with a 10-inch blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said Thursday. Media images showed a stunned-looking Lippert staring at his blood-covered left hand and holding his right hand over a cut on the right side of his face, his pink tie splattered with blood. The U.S. State Department condemned the attack, which happened at a performing arts center in downtown Seoul as the ambassador was…
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Baylor women’s basketball won its fifth-straight Big 12 Championship and the men look to be well on the way to making another run in the NCAA Tournament. Football also began spring drills and the guys take a look at the best positional battles. Follow us on Twitter @BUCodySoto @JeffreySwindoll @ShehanJeyarajah and follow the sports desk @BULariatSports
LOS ANGELES — People aren’t the only ones suffering from a seemingly endless winter of bone-rattling cold, record-busting snow and ice-slick sidewalks. Pooches’ paws feel the pain, too.
Following a weekend of three straight losses to Cal-State Fullerton, Baylor baseball hopes to bounce back over spring break. Baylor, Texas A&M, Louisiana State University, Hawaii, Nebraska and the University of Houston will participate in the annual Houston Baseball Classic at Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston.
The No. 6 Lady Bears stacked on more accolades to their Big 12 regular season title as the Big 12 individual awards came pouring in on Wednesday.
Baylor women’s basketball has been one of the most consistent sports in the school’s athletic program in past six years or so. It seemed as if those high points would be counter-balanced with rebuilding years.
The Baylor vs. TCU rivalry is alive and well, but for the No. 5 men’s tennis team, the argument is one sided. The Bears swept the Horned Frogs 4-0 Tuesday night at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for their 15th-straight win over TCU.
Fraternity Phi Kappa Chi was awarded first place at All-University Sing this past weekend.
As if one win wasn’t enough, then two wins must be a statement. The No. 5-ranked Baylor men’s tennis team defeated No. 11 Virginia 5-2 Sunday afternoon at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for their second win over the Cavaliers in 15 days.
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer Track & Field Baylor track & field ended the 2015 Big 12 Indoor Championships with a school-record, six event champions. The women’s team finished third overall and the men finished seventh overall at the Lied Recreation Center on Saturday. Senior Rachel Johnson took the 5,000-meter title on Friday. Senior Mariah Kelley finished first in the mile run. Junior Brianna Richardson earned the triple-jump crown. On the men’s side, junior Felix Obi won his third-straight Big 12 title in triple-jump. Sophomore Trayvon Bromell won the 200-meter. Baylor’s 4×400 relay team, junior Brandon Moore, freshman Kevin Harris…
The No. 6-ranked Baylor women’s tennis team snapped their two-game losing streak by picking up two straight wins over ranked opponents this weekend. The Lady Bears swept No. 19 Ohio State 4-0 on Sunday after winning 5-1 against No. 33 Northwestern on Friday.
The No. 6 Lady Bears (27-3, 16-2) capped off their extraordinary 2015 season with a 75-65 win over Texas Tech (15-15, 5-13) on Monday at the Ferrell Center. Baylor looked to bounce back from last week, which saw the team’s first two losses of 2015 against Oklahoma and Iowa State.
Things get heated every time Baylor and Texas face off in a Big 12 contest, but Monday night’s contest took it to a different level.
After seven players were ejected from the game, the No. 14 Bears couldn’t overcome poor shooting and weak offensive play in the second half to fall 61-59 to the Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.
The No. 5 Baylor Bears faced No. 11 Virginia for the second time this season on Sunday afternoon, but the result ended the same way. The Bears took down the Cavaliers 5-2 at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center to improve to 9-2 on the season.
No. 19 Baylor men’s basketball continued its winning ways in the Big 12 by taking its fourth game in a row with a 78-66 win over No. 20 West Virginia on Saturday afternoon at the Ferrell Center.
Freshman guard Kristy Wallace has been on a wild ride in her transition from high school to college. Many students stay in the same state for college. Some live just two hours down the road from the university they attend and even they start to miss home.
Food does different things for different people. For some, it has the power to create friendships through fellowship. For others, it’s ability to bring back fond memories can be comforting. In a way, food also serves as a source of identity for cultures. One thing is certain — the food experience is universal.
The concept of ownership is something we learn fairly early on in life. It is not uncommon to hear a toddler utter the word “mine” to another kid as they wrestle over a toy. Even men we revere in history for conquering foreign lands have put down their country’s flag as a way of claiming ownership. However, these kinds of actions pose a greater question: What does it really mean to own something?
LOS ANGELES — A $150,000 gown adorned with thousands of pearls and worn by Lupita Nyong’o at the Academy Awards has been reported stolen, sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
The 2015 Big 12 Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships begins today and conclude on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, at Iowa State University’s Lied Recreation Center. The Bears return 21 All-Big 12 Performers, including four who have previously won Big 12 indoor titles.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer After news broke that Baylor football running back Silas Nacita was removed from the team on Wednesday morning, many football fans responded to the reports and voiced their concerns. Confusion was the main cause for the outrage, stemming from Nacita’s statement he posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday morning. The dust has settled on the situation, and Nacita posted yet another response on Twitter early Thursday morning clarifying some grey areas about his previous statement. “First off, I’d like to thank you all for the support, but after further discussion with compliance I would…
Student Body President Dominic Edwards defended Internal Vice President Lawren Kinghorn Wednesday evening in the continuation of the McCahill, Hardy v. Kinghorn lawsuit.
No. 19 Baylor men’s basketball used a big second half run to pull away and defeat No. 12 Iowa State 79-70 on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.
