News Editor Matthew Burkhart recounts his first meeting with Ripken, NC State football’s beloved tee-fetching dog, in wake of ...

Ripken the Bat Dog, the endlessly eager black Labrador who charmed fans at Durham Bulls and N.C. State University football ...

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

Ripken joined the rest of the state’s mascots at the game. “It was an incredibly humbling experience and representative of exactly how much Ripken meant to the people of his home state,” the ...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has promised she will introduce a bill “ASAP” to back President-elect Trump’s idea to ...

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 ...

The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died. In a Facebook ...

Ripken the bat dog, a black labrador retriever who fetched the hearts of sports fans across North Carolina, died on New Year’s Day. The O’Donnell family, owners of Ripken, announced the ...

DURHAM, NC — The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died.