Brendan McGair

PawSox first baseman Josh Ockimey has a routine that suits him just fine. Only on this occasion, we're not talking about the pregame steps the slugger takes in preparing for that day's game. Like clockwork, Ockimey is a man with a firm plan the moment he gets out of bed during the baseball season –...

The PawSox take on Gwinnett Friday, May 17th at 6:00pm ET on YurView, Cox channels 4 and 1004 in Rhode Island. Luckily, the phone call came when it did. “Otherwise, we would have passed by Baltimore,” said Rick Medeiros, PawSox senior director of fan services. It's Sunday night on May 5. The mission: safely transport the PawSox...

Usually, the parent who PawSox infielder Nick Lovullo fields the most questions about is his father. In many ways, it's completely understandable. Not every kid can boast the claim about their dad serving as a major-league manager. Nick's dad Torey is in his third season as the dugout leader of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Around these...

It's a recent Tuesday morning and Mike Miller, Gorkys Hernandez and Nick Lovullo are already wearing their PawSox jerseys. Specifically, the fashion choice is the specialty Osos Polares de Pawtucket uniform that's broken out every Tuesday home game at McCoy Stadium. First pitch isn't for seven hours, so what exactly are these teammates doing? On this...

One day, you're in Pawtucket and hitting tape measure home runs. Next thing you know, you're being tapped on the shoulder. The major leagues are beckoning. Welcome to Michael Chavis' world, one that stared the power-hitting prospect right in the face. In a 48-hour span last week, Chavis went from "property of the Pawtucket Red...

Trevor Kelley's youthful baseball memories are Rhode Island memories, through and through. Kelley was born in Barrington, played Little League along with countless backyard baseball and street hockey games with his neighborhood contemporaries, and made his way to McCoy Stadium too many times to count. “Barrington is small enough where everyone knows each other," said Kelley....

The PawSox take on Syracuse Friday, April 12 at 6pm on YurView, Cox channels 4 and 1004 in Rhode Island. There is so much turnover in a Triple-A clubhouse that often the team's personality and public persona follows the lead of the manager. Enter Billy McMillon, the new keeper of the managerial flame for the Pawtucket...

The call for support went out and the community responded in droves. On a recent snowy Thursday night at Finn's Harborside in East Greenwich, friends and family banded together to show support for a special young boy. They all came for a fundraiser to benefit Isaiah Hazard, the five-year-old East Greenwich native who was on...

For eight R.I. high school football teams, there's still one more game left to play. This weekend marks the culmination of a journey that began under hot summer skies and concludes with Thanksgiving quickly approaching. Win or lose, it's about savoring the Super Bowl experience that will unfold over consecutive days on the artificial turf...

It was August of 2017 and preseason camp was about to start when the Central Falls High football team was whistled for a false start penalty that was no mere 10-yard infraction. Head coach Jeff Lapierre was relayed some tough news – his Central Falls High varsity and JV programs would be unable to conduct...