It was upset time at the Belmont Stakes for an eighth consecutive year as 13-1 shot Palace Malice took the lead with a quarter-mile remaining in Saturday’s final leg of the Triple Crown and pulled away from Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the 145th running before a crowd of 47,562. more

Abby Wambach, the two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, will be interviewed by Coleman Country campers and provide soccer tips when she visits the camp in Merrick this summer, announced Camp Director Ross Coleman. more

Mepham graduate Victoria Gunnels and Long Beach graduate Kelley Jansen helped Molloy capture its third straight East Coast Conference softball title. more

Horseracing stables at Belmont begin their workday around 5 a.m., and horses start to train as early as an hour later. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) provides an excellent program where fans can see these majestic thoroughbreds train. more

Belmont Park’s 56-day Spring/Summer Meet got under way last Friday, with Read the Research winning the track’s opening race of 2013, taking a one-mile dirt event by five lengths with jockey Javier Castellano aboard. more

For the fourth time in as many games and with first place in Conference V girls’ lacrosse on the line at Sewanhaka April 11, Carey’s offense ran like a well-oiled machine and set the tone for another victory. more

Elmont lost several key players from a boys’ lacrosse team that finished with an overall record of 9-6 and a 3-5 mark in conference play. The Spartans, who missed earning a playoff berth by a single power point, have been up and down, thus far, in non-league games in 2013. more

March rolled in like a lion, but despite challenging weather the Molloy Lions’ men’s lacrosse team is rolling through March behind an offense running on all cylinders. more

A gallery of the Herald's images from Saturday's Belmont Stakes. more