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, a staple of the North Carolina sports community, died on New Year's Day. Here's what we know and how ...

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 ...

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, most famous for being the bat dog at Durham Bulls games but also seen at NC State football, Carolina Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes games, died suddenly and unexpectedly at the start of ...

The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog says the black Labrador known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during ...

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 ...