Addressing the media at one of my first press conferences at Miami Jai-Alai in 1980 Living in a hotel is weird. Living in a hotel in Miami having only the clothes on your back is outright bizarre. National Airlines never found my luggage. I could not make a trip back to Tampa until the weekend. […]
Here are the complete scores of the 93 matches played over the 3-day USNJAC Event held at Magic city Casino in Miami. The pace was fast-paced as most days were wrapped up in 4-5 hours vs. last year’s monster long 2- day event. The big winners were Matt DiDomizio who walked out of there […]
USNJAC -Day 2 Review Saturday, August 28th proved to be a huge day for Magic City in day 1 of the Pro Division of the 2nd Annual USNJAC at Magic City Jai-Alai in Miami, Florida. Reigning singles champion of the 1st USNJAC (Dec 2020), Dania’s Jairo, was eliminated by Magic City’s Julen by a score of […]
(Click Link above for USNJAC website) *** HERE IS LINK TO DAY 1 OF ACTION IN THE MASTERS DIVISION *** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XMAoPSHwzg Magic City Casino in Miami, Florida will be the jai-alai capital of the world this weekend with amateurs, former pro’s and current pro’s will compete with $26,500 in prize money up for grabs. The […]
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North America’s newest cancha is now open in Cancun. Built by the Salas brothers, this fronton has Loren Harris working with them putting on some great events for kids and adults. The next big event is Labor Day weekend for their International Fall Festival. For more details go to Loren Harris and Fronton Salas Facebook […]
I was preparing for the 1979/1980 Tampa Jai-Alai season. It was early December. I was in the announcer’s booth setting up the equipment when I was alerted to pick up line two. I looked at the blinking light. I lifted the receiver. “Marty, Paul Rico.” It was the voice of the Chief Operating Officer of […]
It was a historical evening in the sport of jai-alai – Monday, August 16, 2021 . For the first time in history, a legal bet could be made on the sport that was not in the form of pari-mutual wagering that has been around for decades. Pari-mutual wagering is how jai-alai, horses and dog tracks […]
Decoupling of jai-alai went into effect August 1st, but that is not hindering America’s only full-length jai-alai fronton from opening. Unless you have been to the moon or somewhere, its likely your aware decoupling was passed this past spring allowing jai-alai frontons to continue other means of gambling without having to run live jai-alai games […]
The wheels of justice move slowly. I was becoming more impatient each day. It had already been weeks since State Division Director Dan Bradley had told my attorney and cousin Richard Hirsch that he would not revoke my license if I was not convicted of a felony. But Richard was, indeed, doing what good lawyers […]
