Anyone visiting the Triangle region of North Carolina should make it their mission to catch an iconic Durham Bulls baseball game. The team became iconic thanks to the 1988 sports comedy movie ...

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 ...

Harris Cooper, ready to assist Durham Bulls fans. “Minor league baseball hits the sweet spot between thrilling displays of athleticism and intimate contact for fans,” Cooper says. “I have nothing but ...

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

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.

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) -- Ripken, the beloved black Labrador retriever known for his work as a bat dog and sports mascot, died recently, leaving a legacy that touched fans across the globe.

The first baseman has collected home runs in bunches since he was bumped to the Bulls. This was his fourth multi-homer game with Durham. None of his trio of homers on Sunday were cheap–they were ...

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 ...