Article contentThe Baylor women’s basketball team is dropping the Lady Bears nickname, instead choosing just to be called Bears. The program was the final women’s team at the school in Waco, Texas, to still use “Lady” as part of its name. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Baylor drops Lady Bears nickname Back to video“Baylor women’s basketball has solidified itself as one of Baylor’s most remarkable and celebrated programs,” the school said in a statement to ESPN. “While the use of Lady Bears is still very much a part of the program’s decorated history, in an effort to be more consistent with the current nomenclature of the other 18 Baylor sport programs, the team will now be referred to as simply the Bears.

Source: National Post September 04, 2021 18:22 UTC