MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Florida is one of the few places in the country where you can still watch and bet on jai alai in local casinos. The heyday of jai alai was decades ago, but there are signs of a ...

The elaborate Frontón Palacio jai alai arena opened in downtown Tijuana to a capacity crowd of 3,000 spectators 75 years ago on Feb. 28, 1947. Jai alai, a modern version of an ancient Basque sport, ...

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, ...

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Jai alai, the world's fastest ball sport, originated in the Basque region of Spain and France but took root in Miami during the go-go days of the 1970s and '80s. However, for the ...

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 ...

The owner of the old Orlando Jai Alai Fronton property in Fern Park has teamed with one of the country’s largest gaming developers with plans to build a venue that offers a poker room and other forms ...