A few years back, I drove by Casino Miami, an old-school, slots-heavy joint frequented by working-class Hispanics, and decided that today would be the day I’d check out the long forgotten and most ...

The World Jai-Alai League(WJAL) will kick off a fresh chapter for the sport of professional jai-alai when it opens its ninth ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Players and others who make a living from the once-popular sport of jai alai hope the closing of the last fronton, or court, at The Casino at Dania Beach is not the end of their ...

It's a Friday night at Miami Jai Alai and the place is dead. Only 46 seats are taken — 47 if you include the center-court spot occupied by a garbage can cordoned off by yellow police tape. Evidently, ...

Earlier this summer, we documented the dying sport of jai alai in Orlando, but it seems we weren’t the only ones intrigued by what was going on at Orlando Jai Alai. New York director Drew Blatman ...

An elegant man took a seat at a beaten up bench with a view of the jai-alai court in front of him, his red tie knotted just so, his hair slicked back just so, his hands crossed in front of him just so ...

Back in the 1980s, Becky Smith would walk into the bar at the Miami Jai Alai Fronton, a glamorous, high-stakes gambling palace often referred to as the “Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai.” She wasn’t there ...

BERLIN -- For a few Connecticut residents, the memory of jai alai still lingers fondly. The distinct sound of an unyielding ball, called a pelota, slamming up against a massive granite wall; the ...

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The fastest-moving ball sport in the world is still generating interest in South Florida for sports enthusiasts seeking the thrill of competition and gamblers looking to cash in on the action with the ...

He was there when every seat in the jai-alai fronton was taken, and Marty Fleischman has been there when the place was so empty that it echoed every time the ball hit the floor. After more than 40 ...