03.17.2020 COVID-19 Shock, relief mix for college athletes after abrupt end to NCAA season It’s hard to imagine any athlete never having heard, “Play every game like it’s your last.” That phrase took on added meaning last week when the coronavirus pandemic shut...
07.23.2019 Sports Ospreys Notebook: Hot weather’s part of game The final game of the season had no significant consequences whatsoever for the North Fork Ospreys, and yet the heat was on. Oh boy, was it on.
07.21.2019 Sports Baseball: Ospreys get scorched in heat While both teams tried to beat the heat, the Long Island Road Warriors beat the North Fork Ospreys, rather soundly, too. Then again, the Road Warriors had a lot...
07.14.2019 Sports Baseball: Tardif relishes moment to play in HCBL all-star game When he wasn’t mowing down batters on the mound during his high school career at Mattituck, Joe Tardif was tracking down balls in center field for the Tuckers. As...
07.03.2019 Sports Ospreys Notebook: Tardif’s not your average Joe Joe Tardif’s entrance into the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League was loud and dramatic. In his first at-bat for the North Fork Ospreys, Tardif blasted a 3-and-2 pitch for a...
06.16.2016 Sports Suffolk Times honors 2015-16 Athletes of the Year The spring season has a familiar rhythm to it for Meg Tuthill. She routinely wins track-and-field races, collects a lot of medals and, as it turns out, Athlete of...
06.14.2016 Sports Baseball: It’s all about pitching at Grand Slam Challenge It was one last high school baseball game for Long Island’s top seniors. One final chance to hit the diamond as a representative of their schools. For Mattituck’s Joe...
05.25.2016 News Baseball: Tardif twins make for a winning team For Joe Tardif, it never has been about himself. Depending on the situation, it could be about his family, his team, his friends, or about his twin brother John,...
05.23.2016 Sports Baseball: Center Moriches ends Mattituck’s reign New York State will have a new Class B baseball champion. A state championship can be a fragile thing. It unquestionably takes a wealth of talent to win one,...
05.13.2016 Sports Baseball: Now pinch running for Tardif, another Tardif Some rules were clearly broken during Thursday’s high school baseball game between Smithtown Christian and Mattituck, yet no one is complaining.