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The future of the Baylor Alumni Association may soon be clear.

The BAA board of directors will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Galloway Suite at Floyd Casey Stadium to discuss the possibility of refocusing the association’s mission.

President Ken Starr and Tom Farr of Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs met the pope with about 60 scholars and journalists participating in a two-day conference on Christianity and freedom in Rome last month.

A year ago, junior forward Royce O’Neale was starting for the University of Denver. Everything changed when O’Neale learned about the illness of a family member back in his hometown of Killeen.

By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer The No. 12 Baylor Lady Bears (14-3, 4-1) are looking to bounce back in another…

For one Baylor student, validation as an artist is starting to feel like reality.

Guitar in hand, Jasper senior Savion Wright was awarded his ticket to Hollywood last week after his audition on season 13 of the hit reality singing competition “American Idol,” a dream Wright said has been a lifetime in the making.

“My whole experience so far now is completely surreal,” Wright said. “It’s been a rollercoaster ride.”

Since the announcement of a $3 million donation for an athletes-only dinning hall, Baylor’s athletics department will have more than a new stadium to show off in fall 2014.

Playing in front of a blacked-out home crowd, Baylor found themselves down by seven with merely 29.8 seconds left. Two threes from sophomore center Isaiah Austin later and somehow, Baylor had a chance to win this game with 9.1 seconds left, down by only two points.

Baylor had lost only one game to a team in the state of Texas since the beginning of the 2011-12 basketball season. That dominance would came to an end after No. 12 Baylor (13-3, 1-2) lost on Wednesday night to the unranked Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-8, 1-3) in Lubbock by a score of 82-72.

By Rae Jefferson Staff Writer The Waco Fire Department responded to a fire at Baylor’s Panda Express around 1 p.m.…

Since the beginning of the 2011-12 season, Baylor has been the most dominant basketball power in the state of Texas. In that span, the Bears have posted a record of 19-1 against teams from the state of Texas. No. 12 Baylor (13-2, 1-1) will put it all on the line as they travel to Lubbock to play in-state conference rival Texas Tech (8-8, 0-3) on Wednesday night.

The No. 7 Baylor Lady Bears (14-2) lost 66-55 to No. 1 Connecticut (18-0) on Monday at the Ferrell Center. The loss ended a 69-game home winning streak that stretched back to March 7, 2010. The Bears’ only two losses this season have come at the hands of top five teams.

Baylor’s 52-42 loss to the University of Central Florida in the Fiesta Bowl can be summed up pretty concisely. After looking at the stat sheet, the number of penalties and penalty yards stand out. What the stat sheet doesn’t show, however, is the number of missed tackles that helped UCF get the ball down the field.

No. 6 Baylor football came into the 43rd annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl as double-digit favorites over No. 15 University of Central Florida. By the time the dust cleared, UCF had pulled one of the biggest upsets of the year with a 52-42 win over the Bears on New Year’s Day.