CBC Makes Check Presentation to Durham Arts Council

CBC Makes Check Presentation to Durham Arts Council CBC presented a check for $50,000 to the Durham Arts Council at a recent Durham Bulls game. The arts are exploding in Durham and CBC hopes to ignite even greater support with a major gift to the Durham Arts Council. At the Durham Bulls game on April […]

The Bulls in the News

The Bulls in the News Duke Takes Freshman Class to Ballgame & American Tobacco Duke University is giving its freshman class a night on the town in their new city. This week Duke is taking the class of 1,734 to a Durham Bulls game and an evening at the American Tobacco campus. News & Observer […]

NPR Host Scott Simon to Throw Out First Pitch This Sunday

NPR Host Scott Simon to Throw Out First Pitch This Sunday National Public Radio’s Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition Saturday, will toss out the ceremonial first pitch at the Durham Bulls game against the Charlotte Knights on Sunday, August 21, 2005 at 5pm. Simon is in town to do a reading from his new […]

Bulls Home Games Webcast Live For Remainder of 2005 Season

Bulls Home Games Webcast Live For Remainder of 2005 Season Fans can watch the Durham Bulls in person at the ballpark and on FOX 50’s digital channel, but now fans around the world have another way to catch their favorite minor league team. The Durham Bulls are now available via video webcast. Beginning with the […]

Team USA Sweeps Nicaragua at the Beach

Team USA Sweeps Nicaragua at the Beach Jonah Nickerson out of Oregon State, recorded eight strikeouts in six innings of two-hit, scoreless ball in the season-closing game against Nicaragua. Jonah Nickerson (Oregon State, So., Oregon City, Ore.) and Kevin Gunderson (Oregon State, So., Portland, Ore.) turned in solid starts as the USA Baseball National Team […]

N&O Features Post 50

“It’s the bottom of the first inning of game three in the Durham Bulls’ four-game series against the Richmond Braves. On a platform in a corner of the Bulls’ dugout, Jamie Faussett coolly trains a television camera on Bulls batter Darnell McDonald and waits for the mini-drama to unfold.” Thus begins a tale of the […]

Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League Featured in Triangle Weekly Publication

Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League Featured in Triangle Weekly Publication Raleigh’s Independent Weekly recently dedicated its cover story to the Durham Bull Youth Athletic League. “Home Field Advantage” by Jeffrey Stern chronicles the opportunities the league is providing for kids in Durham’s poorest communities. Jon Gardiner provides photographs to help tell the story of the […]

Hall of Famer Spends Time at the DBAP

Baseball Hall of Fame member Phil Niekro (right) heads to the mound with Bulls catcher Paul Hoover. Niekro threw the first pitch for the evening’s game. The Durham Bulls hosted a very distinguished visitor on July 15 & 16, 2005. Baseball Hall of Fame member Phil Niekro, renowned for his knuckle ball, spent two evenings […]

Raleigh Sports Council Visits Durham

Raleigh Sports Council Visits Durham The Greater Raleigh Sports Council ventured to Durham last month for its quarterly luncheon at the American Tobacco complex and an exclusive, on-field batting practice session with Bulls manager Bill Evers. Baseball was, of course, the theme. Downtown Durham not only boasts the Bulls, but the city is headquarters for […]