Beloved Ripken The Bat Dog who retrieved baseball bats for the local baseball teams and fetched kicking tees for the North ...

Beloved Ripken The Bat Dog who retrieved baseball bats for the local baseball teams and fetched kicking tees for the North ...

His last appearance was retrieving a kicking tee during a Dec. 22 home game for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.

Ripken, a beloved black Labrador Retriever and friend to several Triangle sports teams, has died. Ripken died unexpectedly on New Year's Day after "suffering complications from a serious, undiagnosed ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- If you went to a Durham Bulls baseball game or NC State football game over the past few years you probably got the chance to see the one and only, Ripken The Bat Dog. Ripken's ...

It's the Razorbacks' lowest preseason ranking by Perfect Game since the 2021 season, when they were picked No. 20. That team ...

The 15,000-square-foot center in Fayetteville offers cutting-edge technology, instruction and resources for baseball and ...

Despite going 35-18 in the regular season, Duke was just the No. 6-seed in a loaded ACC Tournament in Charlotte. Entering ...

Starting in 2019 as a 3-year-old pup, Ripken worked as a retrieval dog in baseball ... Rodd Baxley covers Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA ...