The musical adaptation of the film Bull Durham is set to make its Paper Mill Playhouse debut in Fall 2025. According to ...

Beloved Ripken The Bat Dog who retrieved baseball bats for the local baseball teams and fetched kicking tees for the North Carolina State University team has crossed the rainbow bridge.

Whether Ripken was retrieving baseball bats for the Durham Bulls, the Holly Springs Salamanders, or the Savannah Bananas; bumping fists and dropping pucks for the Carolina Hurricanes; or fetching ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A beloved furry friend of the Durham Bulls and the North Carolina State Wolfpack is being remembered by many. Ripken passed away on Jan. 1 after complications from a ...

The 8-year-old Ripken’s history in the spotlight included retrieving bats for Durham Bulls minor-league baseball games and kicking tees during NC State college football games at Carter-Finley ...

Ripken the Bat Dog, the endlessly eager black Labrador who charmed fans at Durham Bulls and N.C. State University football games, has unexpectedly died. The Rainbow Bridge braces itself for its ...

The new Durham park on the northwest corner of Morehead Avenue and Blackwell Street is a nod to the old Bulls park, with similar features and paint color. Duke baseball player Jay Beshears holds a ...

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.

Starting in 2019 as a 3-year-old pup, Ripken worked as a retrieval dog in baseball, carrying bats for the Durham Bulls, Holly Springs Salamanders and Savannah Bananas. He retrieved tees for N.C ...

for who baseball is *the* religion, is going through the annual process of choosing the one player on her home team of the Durham Bulls of the Carolina League, he who she will take under her wings ...

He also played the role of "bat dog" at Durham Bulls games, going out to fetch ... Ripken, named after baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr., was a local celebrity of sorts for fans of animals and ...