When Kevin McCarthy heard that he had been drafted by the Kansas City Royals, his father, Gene, had to pull over to the side of the road. “We were driving home from my little brother’s … more

Great pitching silenced great hitting when some of the top high school senior baseball players from Nassau and Suffolk Counties got together for the Ryan T. Caufield Grand Slam Challenge last Monday evening at Farmingdale State College. more

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

Behind a dominant pitching tandem and a balanced offense, Molloy College enjoyed a historic season on the softball diamond in 2013 with a record 53 wins and an appearance in the NCAA Division II … 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

A potent offensive attack helped carry South Side all the way to the quarterfinals of the Nassau County Class B girls’ lacrosse playoffs and the program’s first regular season conference title since 2009. more

Second-seeded South Side nearly completed an epic comeback in its final turn at-bat in Game 3 of its Nassau Class A baseball quarterfinal playoff series against No. 15 Island Trees at Barasch Field last Saturday. more

South Side entered the Nassau Class B boys’ lacrosse playoffs riding the momentum of three straight strong defensive efforts, but offensive-minded North Shore managed at least two goals in every quarter of last Monday’s first-round matchup and held on for a 9-8 home victory. more

Members of South Side’s girls’ lacrosse team knew last Friday’s showdown with Locust Valley was a big game, but they didn’t realize how big or what was at stake. At practice the previous day, they bounced some questions off coach Meaghan Healey. more

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