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 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 ...

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 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 ...

In an episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations," Goodell talks about NFL's international expansion, and that adding an 18th game to the regular season schedule is the ...

Orioles owner David Rubenstein sees the intersection of political trials and public perception as a dicey one. Rubenstein, a Baltimore native and lawyer who advised former President Jimmy Carter ...

The Carlyle Group (CG) co-founder David Rubenstein and Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sit down at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss everything the US ...

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.

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 ...

Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein is one of 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients named by outgoing President Joe Biden. The Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented Saturday ...