By Straymar/Jabracadabra Week 6 was yet again, another amazing week of Jai-Alai H2H action. Sunday’s doubles matches started with Jeden-Nicolas improving to 4-0 by taking a straight set win over Jairo-Ben (6-5, 6-4). Next up was CRB-Douglas winning in 3 sets against Joseph-Manu (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). Bueno-Benny lost 3 points in a straight set victory […]
Puryear Park “alumni” Rocco was recently in the news for being the only former jai-alai player in history to become a jockey agent. Rocco, who named himself after his grandfather’s name, learned to play jai-alai as a teenager off the walls of a movie theatre on Dale Mabry in Tampa and then playing a few […]
I felt my heart pounding. I knew this was it. Bennett Collett, Sr., now the majority owner of World Jai-Alai, was taking over. No doubt he was going to put his own team in. World Jai-Alai had become the dominant force in the sport of Jai-Alai in the 1970s and ’80s. Our company owned four […]
I felt my heart pounding. I knew this was it. Bennett Collett, Sr., now the majority owner of World Jai-Alai, was taking over. No doubt he was going to put his own team in. He sat across from me, having just left ex-CEO Dick Donovan’s office. I had to be first on his “hit list.” […]
Championship Season Jai-Alai H2H – Week 6 Update
Straymar BlogsBy Straymar/Jabracadabra Week 6 was yet again, another amazing week of Jai-Alai H2H action. Sunday’s doubles matches started with Jeden-Nicolas improving to 4-0 by taking a straight set win over Jairo-Ben (6-5, 6-4). Next up was CRB-Douglas winning in 3 sets against Joseph-Manu (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). Bueno-Benny lost 3 points in a straight set victory […]
“Eric Piggy” aka Rocco in the News
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsPuryear Park “alumni” Rocco was recently in the news for being the only former jai-alai player in history to become a jockey agent. Rocco, who named himself after his grandfather’s name, learned to play jai-alai as a teenager off the walls of a movie theatre on Dale Mabry in Tampa and then playing a few […]
“Inner Circle?”
Marty Fleischman BlogsI felt my heart pounding. I knew this was it. Bennett Collett, Sr., now the majority owner of World Jai-Alai, was taking over. No doubt he was going to put his own team in. World Jai-Alai had become the dominant force in the sport of Jai-Alai in the 1970s and ’80s. Our company owned four […]
“Double It?”
Marty Fleischman BlogsI felt my heart pounding. I knew this was it. Bennett Collett, Sr., now the majority owner of World Jai-Alai, was taking over. No doubt he was going to put his own team in. He sat across from me, having just left ex-CEO Dick Donovan’s office. I had to be first on his “hit list.” […]