The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is here. It is the fastest, most exciting two minutes in sports. I know. I was there. Sixty freaking years ago. I was almost 9 years old, but I remember everything about it like it was yesterday. Why I was taken out of school in the 3rd […]
Entries from this weekends “Matt” tournament are available. The handwritten one is for Friday nights Spec 9 performance with 13 games scheduled to 9 points. On Saturday, just 6 games are scheduled – but they are apparently 20-point games, a first that I can recall. The event will be live on Matt’s Facebook page […]
(TO ENLARGE ANY PICTURE ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER – RIGHT CLICK AND OPEN IMAGE IN NEW TAB) Drive by America’s only public jai-alai court in St. Petersburg, and it is likely there will be a pretty decent size group of players virtually everyday out there. Puryear Park Jai-alai, which quietly celebrated its 16th anniversary earlier […]
This past Tuesday night, Morgan Kathan, the daughter of the original Puryear Park co-founder Greg (aka Echeva), was back at it -competing against 9 other men on the St. Pete Cancha. Morgan is back in town for a week after recently moving to Vermont to be with her new husband and her new job. For […]
Bucket List Dream Fulfilled 60 Years Ago
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsThe 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is here. It is the fastest, most exciting two minutes in sports. I know. I was there. Sixty freaking years ago. I was almost 9 years old, but I remember everything about it like it was yesterday. Why I was taken out of school in the 3rd […]
Entries up for Matt Tournament
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsEntries from this weekends “Matt” tournament are available. The handwritten one is for Friday nights Spec 9 performance with 13 games scheduled to 9 points. On Saturday, just 6 games are scheduled – but they are apparently 20-point games, a first that I can recall. The event will be live on Matt’s Facebook page […]
Puryear Park Jai-alai Busier Than Ever with Action Everyday
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway Blogs(TO ENLARGE ANY PICTURE ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER – RIGHT CLICK AND OPEN IMAGE IN NEW TAB) Drive by America’s only public jai-alai court in St. Petersburg, and it is likely there will be a pretty decent size group of players virtually everyday out there. Puryear Park Jai-alai, which quietly celebrated its 16th anniversary earlier […]
St. Pete’s Female Player Morgan Continues to Excel
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsThis past Tuesday night, Morgan Kathan, the daughter of the original Puryear Park co-founder Greg (aka Echeva), was back at it -competing against 9 other men on the St. Pete Cancha. Morgan is back in town for a week after recently moving to Vermont to be with her new husband and her new job. For […]