Following an executive order signed by the Trump Administration, the NCAA Board of Governors voted to open men’s sports to all eligible student-athletes and restrict the women’s category to only student-athletes assigned female at birth. The NCAA announced Thursday that the policy is effective immediately and applies to all student-athletes regardless of previous eligibility rules.
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As Iowa hero Caitlin Clark walked off the court for the final time in Sunday’s women’s NCAA National Championship game, a sellout crowd and a nation of people sitting on the edge of their seats from home experienced the power of a game built on empowerment.
After the NCAA NIL Rule was passed in June 2021, there were talks of the NCAA Football franchise finally returning to gaming platforms now that students could benefit financially from their inclusion in the game. With over a decade of waiting, fans can finally look forward to the official release of NCAA 2025 this summer.
Griner will make her first return to Waco at 3 p.m. on Sunday for No. 21 Baylor women’s basketball’s conference game against Texas Tech in the Foster Pavilion.
Baylor’s top-ranked acrobatics and tumbling team is set for its season-opening meet against Texas Lutheran on Saturday in the Memorial Gym in Seguin.
The Bears and Longhorns met for the final time as conference foes, as Texas is moving to the SEC following this season.
At some point, college basketball needs to do a better job protecting its athletes. While the student experience is important, it has the potential to cause serious damage. Simply adding more security around student sections won’t stop a swarm.
Baylor track and field is off and running this spring. With two meets under its belt, the team is looking to build on previous successes in hopes of replicating that level of performance.
While sports gambling is legal in 38 states, with two more expected to launch later this year, Texas is one of the few where it is illegal and punishable as a Class C misdemeanor with a maximum fine of up to $500 — at least for now. Texas sports betting on trending apps will have to wait until at least 2025, but with the rapid growth, the gambling world isn’t waiting to enforce cognitive habits that lead to splurges.
Baylor track and field finished with nine competitors earning a medal, several personal bests and junior sprinter Nathaniel Ezekiel setting a new NCAA 600-yard record from the two-day Corky Classic at Texas Tech’s Sports Performance Center in Lubbock.
The Bears secured their second consecutive conference series sweep and are riding a five-game winning streak.
How should we address these types of controversial questions? We need to be able to create safe spaces for these discussions. That means acknowledging that everyone’s experiences are valid, recognizing that their political philosophy does not determine their worth as a human being and using respectful rhetoric.
In March 2022, Riley Gaines — a 12-time NCAA swimmer from the University of Kentucky — lost the 200-meter freestyle race by a hundredth of a second to Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete from the University of Pennsylvania. Wednesday evening, Gaines visited Baylor to speak to students about how allowing transgender athletes to compete in collegiate sports goes against what Title IX vows to protect.
Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Pete Sessions addressed a sold-out crowd about name, image and likeness legislation, Texas jobs and more Friday at the Baylor Club.
Lots went on over the busy Green and Gold weekend, so here is everything you may have missed.
The Bears battled back from their rough start on Friday, but No. 23 Oklahoma State University took home the Big 12 championship on Sunday at the Dallas Athletic Club in Dallas.
The Bears came up short of advancing to the Big 12 Championship semifinals, as they fell 4-2 to the Sooners on Friday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kan.
No. 5 seed Baylor men’s tennis was outmatched by No. 4 seed University of Oklahoma, 4-3, in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Championships Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kan.
Baylor acrobatics and tumbling head coach Felecia Mulkey helped create the sport and has won every single national championship the sport has ever held.
No. 18 Baylor volleyball swept No. 22 Rice University Wednesday night in the Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston for its fourth straight win.
As announced on Monday, Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule, former Baylor football head coach from 2017-2019, was fired following an abysmal NFL stint.
According to the NCAA, just under half of student-athletes said they would be comfortable seeking support from a mental health provider on their campus, and during Mental Health Awareness Week, Baylor Athletics prioritized breaking that stigma.
If there is overtime, there should be a definite winner. Otherwise say no overtime and call it good.
We always see the same teams in the running for the college football playoff, but the transfer portal is changing things up for the better.
Mitch Thompson said he had a feeling one day he’d return to the green and gold. The path to get there just took a different path than expected, but at least he doesn’t have to move very far.
Baylor track and field finished its collegiate campaign Saturday after a six-point ending, which landed the team in 37th place.
All 10 entries for No. 8 Baylor track and field will need to run, throw or jump their best in order to bring home a national championship.
The NCAA has long been a controversial organization, often seen as a group solely focused on limiting the opportunities of student-athletes. However, the organization has been able to stay in the good graces of the public eye by boasting its educational results.
The No. 1-ranked Lenz is the top-ranked player in NCAA men’s tennis, but with every honor comes a price.
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.