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It hasn’t taken Kim Mulkey longWith only two games left in the regular season, the LSU women’s basketball team sits at No. 8 in the national rankings. Sitting second in their conference, behind consensus No. 1 South Carolina, we can finally, confidently say that the Kim Mulkey-led Tigers have turned things around. ...

Baylor should thank its stars the NCAA is an even worse operation than it isBaylor University, synonymous with gang rape and sexual assault on college campuses lo these past several years, has been handed a penalty by the NCAA that will include “four years of probation, recruiting restrictions, a vacation of records,” following an NCAA investigation into Baylor’s handling o...

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey continues consistent ignoranceBaylor University, which is a (air quotes) “Christian university,” continues to be a magnet for shit behavior. Baylor’s women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey continued to perpetuate that behavior with a display of disgusting ignorance following their loss to UConn in the Elite 8. ...

Grand Jury Doesn't Indict Two Baylor Football Players Accused Of Sexual Assault

A McLennan County grand jury decided on Wednesday not to indict Baylor football players John Arthur and Tre’von Lewis, two redshirt freshmen who were under investigation for possible sexual assault....

Baylor Lawyers Reveal NCAA Investigation In Court Filing

The NCAA is currently conducting an investigation of Baylor in regards to its football program’s recent sexual assault scandal, according to a recent legal filing from university lawyers....

Yet Another Lawsuit Says Baylor Officials Did Nothing After Report Of A Gang Rape By Football Players<em></em>

A lawsuit filed today by a former Baylor volleyball player says the former Baylor athlete was “brutally gang raped by at least four and, according to some reports, as many as eight, Baylor football players.” According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, it is the seventh Title IX lawsuit filed against the h...

Baylor Hires Linda Livingstone As Its President

Baylor University has hired Linda Livingstone as its first woman president, the school announced today. The move comes amid several lawsuits against the university over its mishandling of sexual assault cases on campus, which included downplaying women’s allegations, failing to properly report accus...

Baylor Files Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Claiming 52 Rapes By Football Players In Four Years

Lawyers for Baylor University filed yesterday a motion to dismiss the Title IX lawsuit that said no less than 31 football players committed 52 rapes between 2011 and 2014, under then-head coach Art Briles. The motion, filed in U.S. District Court in Texas, claims that “as a general rule, universiti...

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Baylor President Says The University Has Done Its Christian Duty

Baylor president David Garland spoke to the Chronicle of Higher Education about his school’s ongoing sexual assault scandal. It feels like every week there is a new development that makes Baylor look somehow worse than it already did, but Garland just can’t seem to understand why folks haven’t moved...

by Tom Ley|baylor bears

|Fri Mar 10 2017

Art Briles Writes Letter Explaining How He's A Great Guy Who Didn't Do Anything Wrong<em></em>

Former Baylor head football coach Art Briles, who presided over a football program that remains mired in one of the biggest sexual-assault scandals in sports history, is still very upset that people want to place any blame on him for the fact that his players allegedly committed 52 rapes over the co...

by Tom Ley|art briles

|Thu Mar 02 2017

State Authorities Open Preliminary Investigation Into Baylor's Response To Sexual Assault Allegations

According to ESPN, the Texas Rangers—the criminal investigative unit, not the baseball team—are opening a preliminary investigation into Baylor University’s recent mishandling of several on-campus sexual assault cases....

by Tom Ley|baylor bears

|Wed Mar 01 2017

Police Kick Out Fan For Photographing Pro-Art Briles Shirts At Baylor Tailgate

Five months after Baylor head football coach was fired for his role in the university’s sexual assault scandal, fans are selling #CAB t-shirts outside today’s game against Texas Christian to show their support for Coach Art Briles. A TCU fan who attempted to take a picture of the shirts was reported...

by Emma Baccellieri|Baylor University

|Sat Nov 05 2016

Baylor's Sexual Assault Scandal: Still No Report, Still Few Answers

Baylor’s board of regents is sharing details of the university’s sexual assault scandal with select media outlets after months of staying publicly silent. A group of regents spoke anonymously with the Wall Street Journal last week, and two days ago an interview with four regents—Ron Murff, James Gra...

by Emma Baccellieri|art briles

|Sat Nov 05 2016

Baylor Homecoming Parade Float Sweeps Things Under The Rug

The past six months at Baylor have seen an independent investigation reveal the university’s repeated flaws in responding to sexual assault accusations against its football players, leading to the firing of head football coach Art Briles and the resignation of Chancellor Ken Starr....

by Emma Baccellieri|Baylor University

|Sat Oct 15 2016

Ken Starr Believes Art Briles Is The True Victim In Baylor's Sexual Assault Scandal

Former Baylor chancellor Ken Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) praised the character of ousted head football coach Art Briles, saying he felt Briles had been the object of a “grave injustice,” in a Saturday interview with the Texas Tribune....

by Emma Baccellieri|Baylor University

|Sat Sep 24 2016

Baylor Offensive Lineman Arrested For Allegedly Stalking Ex-Girlfriend

Baylor offensive lineman Rami Hammad was arrested yesterday on a third-degree felony stalking charge, three weeks after a Baylor professor called 911 because he allegedly wouldn’t leave his ex-girlfriend alone, according to the Waco Tribune....

by Kevin Draper|baylor bears

|Tue Aug 02 2016

Report: Baylor Coerced Rape Victims Into Silence By Threatening To Punish Them For Drinking

Baylor rape victims say the university told women who attempted to report their assaults that their parents would be informed of their alcohol or drug use under the student conduct code and in some circumstances were themselves charged with code violations, according to the Associated Press....

by Timothy Burke|baylor university

|Mon Aug 01 2016

Baylor Has Figured Out How To Bury Its Scandal

It remains a stunning display of arrogance, of cynicism, of self-preservation, and of downright evil. Baylor’s conscious decision to not produce a report on its failure to handle multiple sexual assault cases was made with one goal in mind: to protect Baylor. It is not possible to remind yourself to...

by Barry Petchesky|baylor bears

|Fri Jul 15 2016

Baylor Settles With Art Briles To Avoid Wrongful Termination Suit

Baylor University has reached a settlement with former head football coach Art Briles, according to a school regent, a move that heads off Briles’s potential wrongful termination suit that would have exposed thousands of internal records about the college’s investigation of its handling of sexual as...

by Timothy Burke|baylor bears

|Sat Jun 18 2016

Art Briles Thinks He Was A Fall Guy

A Baylor student named Jasmin Hernandez, who was raped by Baylor football player Tevin Elliot in 2014, is suing the university for its mishandling of her case. Former head coach Art Briles was named as a co-defendant, which was filed before he was fired, and now he’s attempting to block settlement o...

by Tom Ley|art briles

|Thu Jun 16 2016

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