Jai-Alai with a Miami Hurricanes swagger will make its debut at Magic City Casino on Sunday afternoon.
T en former University of Miami athletes six from football, two baseball, one lacrosse, one track — along with former athletes from Florida International University, Broward College, University of Virginia and Santa Fe College spent the past six months taking a crash course in Jai-Alai, the high-speed sport that enjoyed its heyday in Miami in the 1970s and 1980s.
A modern, smaller-court version of Jai-Alai is replacing dog racing at the casino this summer, and these reinvented athletes will compete for $430,000 in prize money during the five-month season.