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Telling the story of Becky Smith's jai alai career

Frankie de la Cretaz
Apr 28, 2019
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Earlier this month, I published “They Call Her La Primera, Jai Alai’s Last Hope” on Longreads. It tells the story of Becky Smith, who, in the mid-1980s, attempted to become the first female professional jai alai player (definitely in the U.S., probably in the world). This spring, over 30 years after she first tried, she signed a professional contract. A…

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