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The Picture on Ted Uhlaender’s Baseball Card

Profiles, Sports / By Robert F. Darden, Editor emeritus

In fall 1957, just 5’9” weighing only 129 pounds Theodore Otto “Ted” Uhlaender journeyed from McAllen to Waco and asked to try-out for the baseball team. As a non-scholarship walk-on, he led the freshman team in hitting. By his junior year, Uhlaender was one of the Southwest Conference’s leading hitters, batting a sizzling .365. Ted was all-Southwest Conference in baseball three times. After graduating, it wasn’t long before he began an eight-year major league career with the Twins, Cleveland Indians, and ending with the Cincinnati Reds.

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Bears on Skis

Campus, Sports / By Tyler Hicks

Joe Gage III grew up on the water, his summer days occupied by buoys and the never-ending pursuit of the perfect gliding technique. His father was part of Baylor’s fledgling club water skiing team in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, and the younger Gage — an avid athlete — quickly adapted the elder’s love of the sport. “I’ve played a lot of other sports, but there’s nothing else like this,” Gage III said. “There’s a unique rush with waterskiing, and I’ve always been chasing that rush. I guess you could say it’s in my blood.” His father added: “I can remember going to my tax class with dripping wet clothes because I just came from practice and didn’t want to leave that time with my friends. So, to see Joe fall in love with the sport that gave me so much, that’s really special.”

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Blessings Beyond Baseball

Profiles, Sports / By Robert Justice

The Miami Marlins’ Daniel Castano reflects as he recovers from a concussion. Thankfully, the former Baylor left-hander has virtually no recall of the horrifying image that flashed around the world in an instant: a baseball struck at 104-mph slamming off the bill of his cap and into his forehead.

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Sugar Bowl Champions 1957 | From The Archives

2 Comments / Classics, Magazine, Sports / By Baylor Line

They were calling it “Baylor’s greatest victory of all time” as most of the record 81,000 watchers in the fabulous Sugar Bowl still stared in shocked disbelief at the stadium scoreboard which read: “Baylor 13, Tennessee 7.” “I’ll buy that,” said exultant Baylor Coach Sam Boyd. To see Baylor win the Southwest Conference title and

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An Interview with Jerry Marcontell

6 Comments / In Conversation, Sports / By Lester Zedd

Former Baylor football player and distinguished alumnus was on the field for the Bears’ first Sugar Bowl game 63 years ago – and he remembers it like it was yesterday Baylor’s upcoming Sugar Bowl encounter with Georgia brings back many memories for Jerry Marcontell, who played an integral role in the Bears’ 13-7 upset of

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Looking Back: What Baylor’s 1957 Sugar Bowl Victory Means in 2020

Sports / By David Pickle

All these years later, all 63 of them, the 1957 Sugar Bowl game between Baylor and Tennessee holds a magical grip on Baylor alumni and fans of a certain age. To this day, the 13-7 upset over the No. 2-ranked Volunteers of Bowden Wyatt remains the highest-rated win in Baylor bowl history. The game was

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Bears Wrangle Longhorns as Brewer and Ehlinger Go Toe to Toe

Sports / By Cole Niles

Photo provided by Associated Press Nervous fans thought Baylor’s season could derail after the devastating loss to Oklahoma earlier in November. Matt Rhule answered that concern convincingly last Saturday, when the Bears throttled the Texas Longhorns in front of a packed McLane Stadium. This game came down to each team’s QB, and perhaps the most

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Baylor Escapes TCU in Triple Overtime Rivalry Classic

Sports / By Cole Niles

The undefeated Baylor Bears took on the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth on Saturday morning in what would become an instant classic. The Bears were riding high on 8 straight wins to start the season, but Matt Rhule knew that coming into their rival’s stadium meant anything could happen. Expecting the unexpected, Rhule took

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Baylor Men’s Basketball Preview

Sports / By Cole Niles

Photo provided by Our Daily Bears The Baylor men’s basketball team has been the standard for consistency over the past decade, reaching the NCAA tournament in seven of the last 10 years. And yet they haven’t made a truly deep run in almost 10 years under coach Scott Drew. Could this be the year that

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Baylor Escapes West Virginia in Halloween Thriller

Sports / By Cole Niles

Baylor hosted the West Virginia Mountaineers on Thursday night in what turned out to be a scary game for the undefeated Bears team. The Bears snuck out with a 17-14 victory over a rebuilding Mountaineers team, leaving many fans questioning if Baylor’s success thus far has been a charade. In the spirit of Halloween, we’re

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