The Bears are set to kickoff their season against the Texas State University Bobcats at 6 p.m. on Saturday at McLane Stadium.
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Entering the 2023 season, the Bears are not in the national spotlight like they were a year ago. Instead, the restrained preseason pressure has given them a chance to ignore outside noise and work on their culture.
After a down year in 2022, senior defensive lineman Gabe Hall and fifth-year senior defensive lineman TJ Franklin look to get the Bears back on track.
Baylor’s football season is rapidly approaching. With a program-record eight home games, this season is appropriately appointed with the slogan “This is Bear Country.” The Baylor Athletics mantra is being reintroduced to promote unity among students, alumni and local fans.
No. 15 Baylor volleyball is set to take on Big Ten stalwarts No. 2 University of Wisconsin and No. 7 University of Minnesota for the third year in a row as part of the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge. This fall’s installment of the annual duel will take place in the Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis.
College football’s obsession with the almighty dollar is severing the best part of the sport.
With a full season under her belt and a pair of exhibition wins to start the 2023 campaign, Baylor soccer head coach Michelle Lenard is ready to continue her efforts to build a strong culture.
From upsets over top-ranked teams to protecting home turf against conference foes, Baylor athletics has had another strong year. Even though both golf teams, softball, baseball and track and field are still competing as part of the 2022-2023 season, here’s a compilation of the best sports moments of the past year.
The Bears won’t get Waco weather in Pullman, Wash., when they take part in the NCAA Pullman Regional from Monday to Wednesday.
The Baylor bats showed up to play, but the baseball team came up empty in the end, 9-8, against Abilene Christian University on Tuesday at Crutcher Scott Field in Abilene.
Baylor men’s tennis is going dancing for the 25th-consecutive season. The Bears will match up with Florida State University in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships on either Friday or Saturday in the Columbia region.
“I didn’t think there was any reason to be nervous since the last serious tornado in Waco was in the 1950s,” Tucker said. “I did have some pretty serious hail damage to my car; I definitely wasn’t expecting that, it didn’t seem like hail was a real possibility since it had been so hot earlier that week.”
Welch said for her, raising awareness is so important because trafficking can happen to anyone. With I-35 so close to campus and college students being a prime age for trafficking, Welch said Waco is just as unsafe as any other city, and so is Baylor.
Lots went on over the busy Green and Gold weekend, so here is everything you may have missed.
In their final home meet of the season, the Bears gave it their all as Baylor legends like Michael Johnson watched on.
The Bears will play host to the top-ranked Sooners this weekend for a three-game series, starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Getterman Stadium.
Head coach Michael Ford will welcome back Michael Johnson, Jeremy Wariner and Skylar White as the Legends of the Meet
Junior Rosie Belsham said there’s no doubt in her mind that the Bears “are 100% the best team in the Big 12.”
It hasn’t been an easy season for No. 5 seed Baylor men’s tennis, but through the struggles, confidence never wavered. Now the Bears are back to full strength, and feel ready to make a run in the Big 12 Tournament.
“My dad always impressed me, the older he got, the more it was about his student-athletes and what kind of men, fathers and husbands they are,” Drew said. “When past players come in, to hear about their success and how they’re doing, personally I care most about that.”
Head coach Dave Aranda’s new defensive coordinator, Powledge, couldn’t stay away for long.
“No one can deny that Mulkey gets results,” Erhart said. “Her ability to coach a team to wins is impressive. But, how she gets those results seems questionable and concerning. I hope her players all feel safe to be the fullness of themselves around her, because good coaching in any sport is about much more than results.”
The Bears wrapped up their first scrimmage of the spring practice slate, and head coach Dave Aranda said he saw good things from both quarterbacks along with several transfers.
The former head coach of the then-Lady Bears decided to display her accomplishments with her new program in the place she used to call home for over two decades.
The Bears lost a lot of ammunition on the defensive line over the off-season, so assistant coach and D-line coach Dennis Johnson is relying on two specific guys to step up.
Regardless of your opinion of Donald Trump or why he’s coming to Waco, a former president selecting our city as a campaign kickoff is a significant event we need to be aware of.
By Gierra Cottingham | LTVN Reporter Former President Trump is coming to Waco. Opening his 2024 campaign for the White…
The city of Waco must improve the roadways within the Baylor bubble as it affects both Waco citizens and Baylor students.
I’ve always been a proud owner of a library card. Honestly, it was one of the biggest things I missed about my hometown. It never crossed my mind to look into getting one in Waco until I checked my bank account and realized most of my paycheck was going toward books.
These topics are only a few chapters of the intricate history of Waco and Baylor. Take this editorial as a stepping stone to becoming more familiar with the full story and use the knowledge to help educate other people too. Put yourself in spaces where you can meet people with backgrounds and experiences unlike your own. We need to get comfortable being uncomfortable in order to keep making strides toward a more equal and just society.
