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

After an 11-2 regular season, Long Beach boys’ track and field coach Greg Milone couldn’t have asked much more from the Marines in the Division 2-A championship meet. 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

One game does not make a season, but in the case of Long Beach’s girls’ lacrosse team there was a lot riding on its Nassau Class B quarterfinal playoff matchup at Plainedge on May 16. more

Lynbrook outscored Long Beach at even strength in their Nassau Class B boys’ lacrosse playoff quarterfinal matchup at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium on May 16, but the Marines were a perfect 4-for-4 in man-up situations and also scored shorthanded on the way to an 8-4 victory. more

Seventh-seeded Long Beach entered the Nassau Class AA softball playoffs struggling on offense and mired in a three-game losing streak, but came out swinging in last Friday’s opening-round matchup against No.10 Hicksville and scored four runs on six hits in the first three innings. more

The regular season hasn’t gone as planned for Long Beach’s girls’ lacrosse team, which lost its third straight and six of the last seven games May 2 when North Shore rolled to a 12-3 Conference I victory. more

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

Defending state Class B champion Garden City got the best of Long Beach on the lacrosse field again, this time knocking the Marines from the ranks of the unbeaten on Tuesday afternoon, 8-5. more

Long Beach entered the finale of last week’s series against Conference AA-IV baseball rival Bellmore-JFK mired in a nine-game losing streak and in danger of being swept by the Cougars for a second consecutive season. more