The nonprofit Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation’s mission has always been helping at-risk kids in distressed communities by providing mentors and giving them safe places to play, learn and grow.

Earlier this year, Cal Ripken Jr. joined David Rubenstein ... “Since 2002, through the IronBirds and our Ripken Experience ...

It was always something sports related." Ripken, named after baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr., was a local celebrity of sorts for fans of animals and sports. He started his career in 2019 when he ...

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 ...

Ripken passed away on Jan. 1 after complications from a serious, undiagnosed medical condition. Ripken began serving several athletic teams in North Carolina at the age of three, according to a ...

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 ...