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There’s a new blogger online, and he’s created quite the excitement in the world of economics where speculation rules. Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced last week that as he is now a private citizen, he will start blogging about a range of issues regarding the economy and from time to time, baseball.

USA Today named No. 14 Baylor softball one of the top 10 college for women’s Division I softball. Recently, it has shown why.

Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey is a household name in women’s basketball. She has achieved great success at nearly every level possible in a basketball career. In Northwestern State head coach Brooke Stoehr’s own words, “She has got her fingerprints all over women’s basketball.”

The Bears claimed it first win in six games after a revival of the team’s offensive power Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark, beating UT-Arlington 10-7.

No. 13 Baylor softball kick off its Easter weekend with a bang as it hosts Big 12 opponent Texas Tech this weekend at Getterman Stadium. The Bears have learned to respect everybody over the course of non-conference play with impressive wins over then-No. 2 Oregon, then-No. 25 Tulsa and a conference opening series win over Oklahoma State.

When the No. 20 University of Houston Cougars came to Baylor Ballpark Tuesday night to deal the Bears an 11-0 shellacking, head coach Steve Smith made no bones about it. In his own words, his team is “either too young or not good enough” at this point in the season.

Through Pell Grants, Stafford Loans and other initiatives, the government places a premium on the value of education in the country, and realizes that the externalities education poses are immeasurable. Thus it is disheartening to see that, despite financial aid’s importance, Congress is now attempting to freeze maximum Pell Grant awards at their current value of $5,775.

Baylor baseball was scorched by the red-hot No. 20 Houston Cougars 11-0 Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. Houston crushed Baylor’s pitching staff behind seven runs scored in the final three innings.

The Lady Bears crashed out of the NCAA tournament for the second-straight year in the Elite Eight, just one game short of the Final Four. Head coach Kim Mulkey did not think for a second to call the season a complete disappointment in the aftermath of her team’s loss in Oklahoma City. Quite the opposite, actually.

The U.S Basketball Writers Association and Associated Press both named sophomore forward Nina Davis an All-American on Tuesday. It’s Baylor’s fifth straight season to have a player named, as Davis joins Odyssey Sims (2012-14) and Brittney Griner (2011-13).

No. 2 Baylor men’s tennis breezed through its competition last Sunday as the team blanked both Incarnate Word and the UT-Arlington 7-0 at the Hurd Tennis Center. Despite switching up the lineup during both matches, the Bears did not miss a beat in their Sunday doubleheader.

The two-seed Baylor Lady Bears are just two games away from the Final Four of the NCAA tournament in Tampa Bay, Fla. in two weeks. What stands in their way is the daunting regional tournament at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla.

No matter how far a new life is from an old one, though, military brats never forget a home. Military kids are experts at the balancing act of adjusting to a new life with new friends while holding on to the old ones.

After breezing past the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Baylor women’s basketball heads to Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. The last time Baylor played on this stage at this venue, disaster struck. This regional tournament is a shot at redemption.