Former University of Miami student athlete alumni Tanard Davis poses for the photo during training at American Amateur Jai Alai on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in Miami. Now nearly extinct, jai-alai was once hugely popular up and down the Eastern Seaboard, especially in Miami, where the fronton was known as "the Yankee Stadium of Jai-Alai." In its heyday, in the 1970s and early '80s, crowds of thousands showed up to drink, smoke cigars, and see their favorite one-named stars, with long, curved baskets ("cestas") strapped to their hands, hurling the goatskin ball ("pelota") against the court walls at speeds up to 170 mph. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
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