By Jason Levy

For Oceanside native Marty Himes, automobile racing falls somewhere between air and water when it comes to life’s necessities. It would be impossible to imagine his life without cars, racetracks, and the people who brought it all together. All you have to do is drive past his house to see the cars in his yard and track signs across his fence. And once you step inside his house, you will see that his love of all things auto racing is no mere hobby or even passion. Since his birth in 1939, racing is Marty Himes’ life, and his house is the Himes Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia in Bay Shore, N.Y.

By Jason Levy
Photos Courtesy of San Jose Sharks

Twenty-one years ago, four Long Island high school buddies, who hadn’t seen one another in a couple of years, decided to get together to catch a Mets game during the 1988 season. There was a pre-game tailgate, a 6-0 Mets win over Philadelphia which was highlighted by a near no-hitter by David Cone, and a promise that the four would reunite each year.

By Anna Comstock

Where hockey’s intensity meets UFC’s physicality and NASCAR’s speed, you will find the Roller Rebels, Long Island’s premiere, all-female roller derby league. With creative freedom when it comes to uniform fashions (several skaters wear fishnet stockings with short shorts or skirts) and alias skate names like Regine Bull, Eve L. Taco and Cyanide Kisses, these athletes mean business, while still maintaining an air of fun femininity.

By Jeff Bernstein

Embedded in the fabric of what used to be Shea Stadium, were the Met moments, dates and memories that will live forever for all of us: Game 6 1986, The Imperfect Game, Oct. 16, 1969, “Ya Gotta Believe”, Piazza’s post-9/11 home run, the back-to-back chokes in Shea’s final two campaigns, the debuts of Gooden and Strawberry, the farewells of Willie Mays and Bob Murphy, and the emotional returns of Seaver and Piazza.