Sports

Daniel Bluman, an Israeli professional equestrian, won the $300,000 Longines Hampton Classic Grand Prix show-jumping class Sunday by going all-out in a seven-obstacle jump-off.

To the delight of many light-tackle enthusiasts, false albacore, also known as albies, have arrived in East End waters in recent days. 

Practice for East Hampton High's 11 fall teams began 10 days ago, and the prospects for most of them are, if the past is prologue, good.

The horrific tragedy that befell the open boat named the Pelican II, which took place 70 years ago this weekend, still resonates with many here who have firm roots in Montauk and beyond. 

When Pete Barylski's South Fork Giants and Tim Pilinko's Harbor Kraken went at it in the Hamptons Adult Hardball league's final series at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park, the Kraken emerged as the inaugural season's champion.

The Hampton Classic dodged the bullet when it came to Tropical Storm Henri, though the footing in the Grand Prix arena, where the turf was replaced following the 2018 Classic at a cost of $1 million, proved to be a problem for entrants in the first big jumping class.

Just a week into the fall sports season, one East Hampton High School football player has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in quarantine, the district announced Sunday morning.

Pete Barylski and Jim Kinnier are giving serious thought to having a league that will play games on weekends from the week after Labor Day through late October.

The Artists beat the Writers 11-9 Saturday in this year's celebrity-fest of a softball game at East Hampton Village's Herrick Park.

There was none of the casual chitchat Friday morning as Tropical Storm Henri gained strength about 700 miles south of Long Island. 

It was a winner-take-all showdown at the Terry King ball field in Amagansett on Aug. 17. 

Following a year's hiatus and now with a tropical storm having passed, it is expected that there will be a strong turnout for the 45th edition of the weeklong Hampton Classic, which is to begin Sunday morning.

The 73rd Artists and Writers Softball Game is to be contested at East Hampton's Herrick Park on Saturday at 2 p.m. Batting practice starts at noon. 

It was a wild and confusing finish Sunday at Ellen's Run, the 5K in Southampton that raises money to fight breast cancer.

Drew Smith, the newly appointed captain of East Hampton Village's lifeguards, has brought new life to Main Beach in particular and the the sandy stretch from Georgica to Two Mile Hollow in general.

It was readily apparent that the day ahead was going to be a hot one, even if the 72-degree water of the incoming tide outside the nearby breakwater seemed cool to the touch.

Thanks to Mark Danieli, a travel team for 7-to-9-year-olds can be found practicing two evenings a week at one of East Hampton Little League's Pantigo diamonds.

Hamptons Adult Hardball, a new over-30 wood bat baseball league, has a playoff doubleheader set for Sunday starting at 10 a.m. at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park.

The 7-on-7 men's soccer league's top two teams in the regular season, Maidstone Market and the East Hampton Soccer Club, were upset in playoff semifinal games played last Thursday at East Hampton's Herrick Park.

There seems to be a rush to move the seasons along more quickly than ever before, but I'm glad the fish in our local waters aren't following suit.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association had its highest finish ever at the United States Lifesaving Association's national tournament last week at South Padre Island in Texas.

This year's Travis Field coed softball tournament, a college scholarship fund-raiser, drew more teams than ever and strong attendance.

One hundred and fifty 6-through-8-year-old Nippers were put through their paces at Albert's and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett on July 28 and 29, with 9-through-14-year-old Junior Lifeguards taking part in various events at Indian Wells Beach over the weekend.

The popular breast cancer fund-raiser will have a 5K road race starting at the Southampton Intermediate School on Aug. 15 at 9 a.m., and a virtual race spanning Aug. 15 and 30.

Tortorella Pools had a chance to make it into the the men's 7-on-7 soccer league's Final Four if it defeated F.C. Tuxpan in a regular-season finale at East Hampton's Herrick Park on July 26, which it did, but to advance it also needed the league leader, Maidstone Market, to beat F.C. Palora, a new entry, later that night, which Maidstone didn't.

Bluefish are largely underappreciated, but the tide may be turning as people realize that not only are they one of the toughest fighting fish around but also a treat to eat, especially when smoked.

Twelve men's and seven women's teams, 228 lifeguards in all, contested the Main Beach lifeguard tournament last week. Teams came from as far away as Long Beach and Jones Beach.  

A rapid serve-and-volley crosscourt singles version of doubles tennis was introduced here recently at the Hither Hills Racquet Club.

Austin Allen and Tucker Bock, rising seventh graders at the Springs School, are pursuing their passion for race cars at the Riverhead Raceway and beyond in small cars called Bandoleros that are powered by lawn tractor engines and can reach speeds of 70 miles per hour.

I've had to be towed only in once in my life. It happened about 15 years ago when I broke down about two miles south of Orient Point in Gardiner's Bay.