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News on Long Island athletes and sports figures once they have gone beyond high school and college.

Adam Fox of the Rangers skates during prospect

LI's Fox working to make impact with Rangers

The 21-year-old defenseman is one of 37 prospects in camp this week and is a favorite for make next season's roster.

Steve Popper Popper: LI's Stroman would be a good fit for Yankees
The Patchogue-Medford product has talent and embraces pressure, as he showed at Fenway Park on Sunday.
Mets Matz struggles as Phillies' offense pounds Mets
Philadelphia unloads on Steven Matz for seven runs and 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings, raising his ERA to 4.85.
Hockey Trio of LIers get selected on second day of NHL draft
Franklin Square's Shane Pinto was the first player taken on Day 2 of the draft, by the Senators and Robert Mastrosimone was grabbed shortly later by the Red Wings.
Mark Herrmann Herrmann: Butler's move from hockey to golf pays off
The 20-year-old from Old Westbury, a rising sophomore for the University of Alabama’s golf team, stood out from start to finish.
Football Big Daddy Youth Football Camp brings starpower to LI
This year the roster will include former Giants Pro Bowl safety Landon Collins, Super Bowl winning safety Devin McCourty and Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu.
Stony Brook Stony Brook picks LI's Gilardi to coach men's lacrosse
Towson assistant Anthony Gilardi, a 2001 graduate of Baldwin High School, will be the new Stony Brook men's lacrosse coach, pending a background check, the school confirmed to Newsday on Thursday.
Soccer LI's Allie Long at Women's World Cup
Long grew up in Northport and starred for Northport High School. Now she's on the U.S. national team.
Soccer LI's Crystal Dunn at the Women's World Cup
Dunn, who grew up in Rockville Centre and starred for South Side High School, is a starting defender for the U.S. national team.
Giants How the Giants' two LIers plan to spend their time off
Both Jake Carlock and James O'Hagan said they intend to spend the coming weeks back home before they report for training camp.
Giants Giants' Carlock may be NFL's last Pioneer
The football team at LIU Post now represents all of LIU and is making the jump from Division II to FCS. The players are no longer the Pioneers —beginning this fall, they’ll be the Sharks.