There was a big turnout this past weekend as several players from Miami Amateur Jai-alai made the trip up to play on the other Florida amateur court for the first time. The fundraiser event to raise money to enhance the already “greatly improved and expanded” public court in St. Petersburg, netted over $1200 in donations […]
The sport of jai-alai will be getting its best opportunity to showcase its sport tonight Tuesday 08/02/22, as ESPN 2 will be broadcasting a Magic City Performance in prime time tonight at 8pm for a full hour. ESPN 2. This surprise press release came out last night: Click Link to see: https://magiccitycasino.com/press_release/46
For the first time ever, a large group of N. Miami amateur players are coming up to play at the St. Pete cancha this weekend for a big fundraiser event. The tournament is being put together by Jon “Belota” Morin, currently a player on the St. Pete “roster”. The fundraiser is being held to raise […]
It was my first official day. After making the familiar 25-minute drive to Miami Jai-Alai for 18 years, I was now approaching the vintage Dania Jai-Alai sign perched atop the rundown Pirates Hotel at Dania Beach Blvd. The neon arrow pointed to the right, towards the beach. As I found a vacant spot in one […]
It’s been a little slow in the Jai-alai world and this story doesn’t really have anything to do with our sport, but it is gambling related, and I wanted to get this out there. By now, as you know, the Mega Million lottery has passed the $ ONE BILLION mark going to the winner of […]
Twelve years ago, Matt DiDomizio saved any form of jai-alai in Connecticut by building an amateur court in Berlin. A couple of years before that, Paul Kubala did the same thing on the west coast of Florida by lobbying the City of St. Petersburg to construct America’s first public court. Last year, Dania jai-alai announced […]
Less then a month away now is the Magic City’s 3rd annual National Jai-alai Championship to be held in Miami, Florida. An overwhelming number of players have signed up at a free crack to win some of the $2,800 up for grabs in prize money. The event will take place over 3 days – Friday, […]
“You have to take it!” Richie Berenson, son of Jai-Alai’s founder Buddy Berenson, excitedly told me as we sat at our usual table at Victoria Station. Richie had just ordered his “usual”… the turkey sandwich, no lettuce, no tomato, no mayo, “just plain turkey on bread.” His father, Buddy, listened intently as I told them […]
Here are the (11) doubles teams competing in the H2H Series B Doubles which starts on Sunday, July 17 along with a few comments. Note that only one team is the same as Series A. Carballo-Tennessee Cool Fitness-Manny CRB-Spinner (played well together last year) Diaz-Douglas Flores-Manu Ikeda-Aratz (should be a tough team, beware) Inaki-Ben (could […]
As I headed north on I-95, I was a little nervous. Steve Snyder was a busy man. After all, he was the owner of Dania Jai-Alai. He had, also, built the Milford fronton in Connecticut. Now, he asked for a meeting with me. In some of our almost weekly conversations, John Knox had made some […]
