Though I've done little with rod and reel this season, I’m beginning to focus on the opening for blackfish on Oct. 11 in Long Island Sound and on Oct. 15 elsewhere in New York waters.

In East Hampton High School’s upset 1-0 field hockey win on Sept. 10 against the perennial powerhouse Miller Place, the important factors were the goalie, Izzy Briand, the defense in general, and the new artificial turf field.

Half a dozen members of Hamptons Run Club, which meets in East Hampton Village, are traveling to Germany this week, joining more than 50,000 international runners for the 51st BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday.