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 ...

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 ...

Riki Lasa, president of the International Jai-Alai Players Association, has a bold, innovative plan he believes not only will resuscitate his ailing sport, but stimulate interest in it worldwide. His ...

Miami legend Udonis Haslem recently retired after a 20-year-long career and gave us his last stardom appearance in Miami Heat’s final regular season game against the Orlando Magic. As he concludes ...

Benny Bueno did not want to play jai alai when he was introduced to the game at 10 years old. Seven years later, he went pro in 1981. Steev Ramsdell was told he would never go pro when he began ...

"To me, jai-alai is a destination," Raminsky said, sitting in the front row of a near-empty Dania Jai-Alai at a recent Tuesday matinee. "For most people, it's just a stopping point, or something to ...

Jai-Alai players compete in a night match, Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at The Casino @ Dania Beach. After almost 70 years the sport of Jai-Alai is ending at the casino. It’s the end of an era as the ...

The world’s fastest moving ball sport of jai alai is making a triumphant return to the fronton at The Casino at Dania Beach. The 2022-23 Dania Beach Invitational Jai-Alai Tournament will feature over ...

A hard ball flying like a trapped bird in a courtyard with smooth stone walls, its floor marked into divisions by lines and trod by leaping black-haired men—such was the game the oldtime Aztecs played ...

MIAMI—Michael Carballo used to play center field in the minor leagues for the Chicago White Sox. Now, three times a week, he dons a helmet, straps a basket-like contraption to his arm and rifles a ...