By Jeff “Laca” Conway On Christmas Day, I got about two dozen texts. Most of them were from family and friends wishing me a “Merry Christmas”. But one of the text that came in was a little different than the other ones. It was from Carlo in Connecticut – Matt DiDomizio’s cousin. He helps out […]
Stu Neiman from Magic City Jai-Alai contacted SayHiLi.com with the following official player changes for 2021. These four players are not returning: Legend – major health issues/surgeries Rock – knee injury/surgery Fred – not returning, will be continuing with his FT job with Broward County Limonte – left during 2020 meet and relocated to Orlando […]
As post 4 “Bug Brush” came dashing across the finish line in West Palm Beach seconds before the midnight deadline on New Year’s Eve as the winner of the race, greyhound racing in the state of Florida officially came to an abrupt end after a 95-year history. As a pari-mutual wagering event (such as jai-alai […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway When Florida voters overwhelming approved the banning of dog racing by a 69-31% vote in a 2018 constitutional amendment, the 11 surviving dog tracks had to make plans to phase out their business that had been going on for nearly 100 years. It appears only two tracks remain open as the […]
By Marty Fleischman Jose Ricardo Solaun’s biographical data in the center of the Tampa Jai-Alai program was simple: #30 Solaun- 5′ 11″ – 185 lbs – Frontcourt – Basque. The blurb under his photo was short and succinct: “Consistent, crafty frontcourter with perfect form; his best shot is the cortada.” What the program failed to […]
Winner of Singles – Jairo —– Winner of Doubles – Arrieta and Goitia (MagicMike updated the brackets to include the playback games) Click this link to see the breakdown of every game and score for both days: https://basquepelotaupdates.blogspot.com/2020/12/jai-alaicesta-punta-first-national.html Below is video of Sunday games:
Here are the standings so far and a link to the Youtube Video from Magic City Day 1 (Saturday 12-05-20). Day 2 will be Sunday 12-06-2020. Matches feature some of our NJAA roster (RickB as Bernard II)(Anthony as ANT)(Scott King as King)(Brodie as Barracuda)(Paul Kubala w/Kyle as Paul&Kubala)(Cachin as Cachin47)(Belota as Belota) and also some […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway Another short, two-month season is in store for Miami Jai-alai – but this one has a twist. Former star players Goiko and Lopez return to the “Yankee Stadium” of jai-alai, but joining them are six players from the Dania fronton including Erik, Ladutxe, Amigorena and Foronda. Those players likely will join […]
By Straymar Magic City Jai-Alai in Miami Florida concluded their 2020 short-court Jai-Alai season on Sunday, November 29th. The second and final doubles tournament was a nail-biter coming down the final doubles game #7 to see if Diaz-Carballo could tie the team of Asier-Douglas who had 17-wins. The team of Juice-RonRon upset the plans of […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway The big tournament coming up at the Magic City jai-alai fronton is heating up and so are the lineups. Here is a partial listing of some of the team playing I the first round in both singles and doubles that involve current Dania and Miami jai-alai players. (Subject to change given […]
